Ashley Hinson voted against all six House resolutions directing the President to remove U.S. forces from the war with Iran, which Congress never authorized, from March 5 to September 15, 2026. Two failed by one vote or on a tie: on April 16 a resolution failed 213 to 214, and on May 14 one failed on a 212 to 212 tie, so a switch by Hinson would have adopted either one. The war has killed 21 U.S. service members and wounded 865, according to the Pentagon's October 2026 report.
Hinson praised the attack on the day it began, and in March said the threat from Iran "was and continues to be real" after the government's counterterrorism chief resigned saying there was none. In Iowa, the first Americans killed in the war were soldiers of the Des Moines-based 103rd Sustainment Command, and gas prices rose more than in any other state.
Ashley Hinson's Votes and Statements on the Iran War
- Hinson Cast Deciding Votes Against Two Iran War Powers Resolutions in April and May 2026. On April 16, 2026, Ashley Hinson voted no on H.Con.Res. 40, which directed the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran; it failed 213 to 214, so a switch by her alone would have adopted it 214 to 213. On May 14, 2026, she voted no on H.Con.Res. 75, which failed on a 212 to 212 tie, and had she voted yes it would have passed 213 to 211. Congress never authorized the war, which began on February 28, 2026. As of the Pentagon's October 15, 2026 report, 21 U.S. service members have died and 865 have been injured, most of them wounded since July 7, after fighting restarted.
- Hinson Voted Against Four More Iran War Powers Resolutions, From March to September 2026. Hinson also voted no on the House's other four Iran war powers resolutions: on March 5, when it failed 212 to 219, and on June 3, July 23 and September 15, 2026, when the resolutions passed the House over her vote. These concurrent resolutions do not go to the President, and the war continued. On September 15, two other Iowa Republicans voted for the resolution, while Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson and Randy Feenstra, voted against the resolution, The Gazette reported. The Pentagon put the war's cost at $43.6 billion as of this month in September 2026, and Moody's economist Mark Zandi estimated it has cost the average household the equivalent of almost $2,000, including $1,100 in higher energy prices, $540 in higher interest rates.
- Hinson Praised the Attack on Iran the Day the War Began. On February 28, 2026, the day the United States and Israel attacked Iran, Hinson posted that "President Trump is taking decisive action with Operation Epic Fury to protect American interests from the tyrannical Iranian regime." On the war's first day a U.S. Tomahawk missile struck a primary school in Minab; a U.S. military investigation preliminarily found the United States responsible for a Tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School, using outdated data provided by the US Defense Intelligence Agency, and Iranian authorities said the attack killed at least 175 people, including scores of civilians.
- Hinson Said the Threat From Iran "Was and Continues to Be Real" After the Counterterrorism Chief Said There Was None. Explaining her March 5, 2026 vote, Hinson told Iowa reporters, "We know the threat to Americans was and continues to be real" (Radio Iowa). On March 17, 2026, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned, and Kent said Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the United States. The next day the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, testified that Iran was not rebuilding its uranium enrichment before the war, testimony that contradicts one of several justifications the President gave.
- Hinson Did Not Explain Her Votes Against Ending the War When Asked in September 2026. On September 21, 2026, NBC News reported that Hinson's campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about her votes against the war powers resolutions. On September 24, asked by Iowa's News Now about her vote the week before, Hinson did not specifically explain why she opposed the measure, and asked what would lead her to support congressional action on the war, Hinson did not identify any. In March 2026, About six-in-ten Americans (61%) disapprove of Trump’s handling of the conflict, Pew found, and in August the Chicago Council found most Americans said the war has not been worth the costs (68%).
What the Iran War Ashley Hinson Voted to Continue Has Cost Iowa
- Fallen soldiers. The first Americans killed in the war, on March 1, 2026 in Kuwait, were Army Reserve soldiers, and All were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines. Among them was Maj. Jeffrey O'Brien of Waukee, killed in a March 1 Iranian drone attack in Kuwait.
- Gas prices. Iowa's average gas price rose 69.1%, from $2.45 to $4.14 a gallon between February 18 and August 20, 2026, and Iowa has seen the largest percentage increase in the country, according to AAA data compiled by Visual Capitalist.
- Diesel. On September 14, 2026, the average price of diesel in Iowa was $6.06 per gallon, raising what Iowa farmers pay to run equipment and haul grain.
- Fertilizer. Iowa farmers reported double-digit increases of fertilizer prices due to the Iran war in May 2026, on top of a declining farm economy (Iowa Capital Dispatch).
Frequently Asked Questions About Ashley Hinson on Iran war
What is Ashley Hinson's record on the Iran war under Trump?
Ashley Hinson voted against all six House resolutions in 2026 directing the President to remove U.S. forces from the war with Iran, from March 5 to September 15, and on two of them, in April and May, a switch by her would have adopted the resolution. She praised the attack the day it began. The war's first American dead were Army Reserve soldiers based in Iowa, among them 20-year-old Sergeant Declan J. Coady of West Des Moines.
How did Ashley Hinson vote on the Iran war powers resolutions?
Ashley Hinson voted no on all six: the April 16, 2026 resolution failed 213 to 214 and the May 14 resolution failed on a 212 to 212 tie, so her vote alone could have changed either result. The last three passed the House over her no votes, beginning with a June 3 vote, but are not binding, and the war continued.
Did Ashley Hinson support the war with Iran?
Yes. Ashley Hinson posted on February 28, 2026 that President Trump was "taking decisive action with Operation Epic Fury", and in March she defended her first vote against limiting the war by saying the threat from Iran "was and continues to be real". In September she did not identify any circumstance in which she would back congressional action on the war, CBS2 Iowa reported.
Last updated: 2026-10-25