Republican Ashley Hinson broke with President Donald Trump over his diesel deal with Russia, saying she would tell him it was a “bad idea” ahead of his rally in Sioux City, Iowa. She is in a tight race with Democrat Josh Turek for the open Senate seat of retiring Senator Joni Ernst, and Turek's campaign accused her of trying to “rewrite her record” after she voted seven times to continue U.S. involvement in the Iran war. Recent polls show the race is close: YouGov gave Turek 47% to Hinson's 46%, and Marist gave Turek 48% to 45%. Trump announced the deal to help lower fuel prices, which remain high at a national average of $4.27 per gallon for gas and $6.30 per gallon for diesel, and Republican lawmakers also objected to it.
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