Ashley Hinson
Bio | Ashley Hinson is a former award-winning journalist who studied Broadcast Journalism at the University of Southern California. She is now a state representative, and is the first woman ever elected to represent her district. |
Status and Position | Current State House of Representatives of Iowa |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Iowa |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election IA-01 | IA-01 | Yes | Running | 45.0% |
Campaign Financing | Hinson's campaign financing comes mostly from organizations such as the McCoy group, Cottingham & Butler, Musco Lighting, Crowell Inc., and many more. Lots of PACs as well as large and small individual contributions. |
Voting Rights | Ashley Hinson has not made a clear stance on voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Hinson does not support universal healthcare. While Hinson has shown support for increasing healthcare affordability and accessibility, she has made clear that she values the choice and control of the people. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Hinson is in support of people having their own control and private healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Hinson is in support of people having their own control and private healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | Unknown | Hinson does not have a clear statement on LGBT rights. N/A |
| Taxes | Against | Hinson is an advocate against increasing taxes. One of Hinson's main goals is to decrease taxes. She has supported tax cuts so that many can take home more of their own money. She strongly values the middle-class in terms of taxes. She strongly supported Iowa's tax cuts that she claims helped Iowa families take home about $1,600 dollars more a year. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Nuance | Hinson has not specified a desired tax rate but supports a general decrease in the overall tax rate. One of Hinson's main goals is to decrease taxes. She has supported tax cuts so that many can take home more of their own money. She strongly values the middle-class in terms of taxes. She strongly supported Iowa's tax cuts that she claims helped Iowa families take home about $1,600 dollars more a year. |
| Abortion | Against | Ashley Hinson is a pro-life advocate. Hinson has been endorsed by a national pro-life group and has voted for a six week abortion ban |
| Gun Control | Nuance | Hinson is a supporter of the Second Amendment but has not spoken about gun control in detail. Hinson does not have a clear statement on the control of guns but is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Hinson believes in the right to keep and bear arms as well as hunt. She says she is a proud supporter of the Second Amendment and gun rights. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Hinson does not have a stance on assisted suicide. Hinson does not have a clear statement on the control of guns but is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Hinson believes in the right to keep and bear arms as well as hunt. She says she is a proud supporter of the Second Amendment and gun rights. |
| Government Interference | Nuance | Hinson stands strongly for less taxes in order to help people increase their take home wages. She is especially in favor of doing for the middle class. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Hinson stands strongly for healthcare accessibility. She does not believe that Planned Parenthood will help with accessibility to healthcare and that defunding it will not be a problem in this regard. She believes the government should stay out of women's healthcare issues. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Hinson has spoken about components having to do with welfare but has not spoken specifically about welfare. Hinson stands for less taxes to support the middle class. She has also spoken out about her concern for healthcare affordability and accessibility. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed her support for or against stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed support for or against the death penalty. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Hinson has not spoken in detail about the topic but has advocated for bills that do not support mandatory minimum sentencing. |
| Military Spending | For | Hinson is a strong supporter of the military. She has expressed her concern for the accessibility of overall healthcare and believes the same is true for veterans. She aims to help increase healthcare accessibility and support for American soldiers. |
| War on Terrorism | Nuance | Hinson has not clearly expressed whether she is for or against the War on Terrorism. She does believe that we should use Israel as a strong ally in our efforts in the War on Terrorism. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | Hinson has not made a clear statement about foreign policy interaction. Other than having spoken out about desires to lessen dependency on foreign oil, Hinson has not expressed a clear viewpoint on foreign policy interaction. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed her stance on the power of the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Hinson does not have an expressed stance on the topic of nationalism. |
| Free Markets | For | Hinson is for a free market-leaning system. Hinson has expressed her support, especially economically, for the government being less involved. She supports less taxes and believes that there are many areas that the government should stay out of. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed her views on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Hinson does not have an expressed stance on Affirmative Action. |
| Government Spending | Nuance | Hinson stands for citizens being able to keep more of the money they earn through tax cuts. She still supports spending where it is necessary like infrastructure and military spending. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed her support for or against charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Hinson has not expressed her support for or against Common Core. N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | Hinson is for clean energy. Hinson believes in making efforts and advancements in renewable energy. She believes that many new proposals can have a negative impact on the economy. Her plan is to make advancements in renewable energy while maintaining the economy. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Hinson has not made a clear statement on her views on religious freedom. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Hinson has not spoken about her stance on the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Hinson has not made a statement or shown support for or against slavery reparations. |
| Border Control | For | Hinson supports strong border control. Hinson supports a stronger border. She has shown concern for trafficking and drug dealing taking place along our southern border. She believes there is a clear illegal immigration problem. She aims to make advancements to our current legal immigration system and supports funding to control and promote stronger border security. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Hinson does not have a stance on the issue of passenger profiling. |
| DACA | Unknown | Hinson has not made a statement regarding her support for against DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Nuance | Hinson has not spoken about sanctuary cities. She is strongly against illegal immigration. She believes that illegal immigration is a problem that we must fund and make efforts to keep at a minimum. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Nuance | Hinson has not spoken about support in favor or against the recreational use of marijuana. She has shown her support for expanding laws regarding the medical use. |