# Democrats attack GOP Iran war votes in 2026 midterms

> Fact-checkers examine Democratic claims that Republican Senate candidates repeatedly voted against resolutions to end the Iran war.
- Title: Democrats attack GOP Iran war votes in 2026 midterms
- Summary: Fact-checkers examine Democratic claims that Republican Senate candidates repeatedly voted against resolutions to end the Iran war. Democrats in competitive…
- Keywords: 2026 midterms, iran war, senate races, war powers resolution, josh turek, ashley hinson, susan collins, sherrod brown, jon husted, jon ossoff, mike collins, gas prices
- Source: PolitiFact — https://politifact.com/article/2026/oct/20/iran-war-votes-midterms-ohio-iowa-maine-georgia
- Author: Amy Sherman
- Published: 2026-10-20T21:10:08+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: 2026 midterms, iran war, senate races, war powers resolution, josh turek, ashley hinson, susan collins, sherrod brown, jon husted, jon ossoff, mike collins, gas prices
## War and the midterms
Democrats in competitive Senate races are attacking Republican opponents over Iran war votes, capitalizing on public anger about the conflict.
## Voter disapproval
Polls show voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran war and overwhelmingly believe he lacks an exit strategy.
## War duration
Trump initially predicted the war would last four to six weeks. It has now stretched on for more than seven months.
## War and prices
The U.S. and Israel launched the war February twenty-eighth. Gas prices are averaging above four dollars a gallon nationally.
## Voter priorities
For voters, the economy and cost of living are still the dominant issues by a wide margin, though a large majority correctly link the war to energy prices and inflation.
## Resolution votes
Since March, the House held six war powers resolution votes and the Senate held fourteen. Some resolutions passed, but none have overcome a presidential veto.
## Iowa: Hinson's votes
Democrat Josh Turek said Republican Senator Ashley Hinson voted in favor of the Iran war seven times. Hinson voted against six resolutions calling for the war's end.

> has voted in favor of (the Iran war) seven times
## Hinson's Lebanon vote
One vote Turek cited was not a direct call to end the Iran war.In June, Hinson voted against a resolution to withdraw U.S.forces from hostilities in Lebanon, where there were no U.S.forces engaged in conflict.
## Maine: Collins' reversed votes
Democrat Troy Jackson said Senator Susan Collins voted against ending the war nine times before voting for it five times. Jackson reversed the votes.

> voted against it nine times before she voted for it five times
## Collins' actual record
Collins voted against war powers resolutions five times before April thirtieth: March fourth, March eighteenth, March twenty-fourth, April fifteenth and April twenty-second. Since then she voted with Democrats nine times.
## Ohio: Husted's procedural votes
Democrat Sherrod Brown said Republican Senator Jon Husted voted fourteen times for the war. Only one was on a resolution to end the war; the other thirteen were procedural votes keeping resolutions from the floor.

> voted 14 times for the war in Iran pushing gas, diesel prices to record highs
## Husted's stated position
Days before the most recent vote in September, Husted told Politico the war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so gas prices can fall.

> The war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices
## Georgia: Collins' seven votes
Senator Jon Ossoff said Republican Representative Mike Collins voted seven times for the war. Ossoff's campaign pointed to six war powers resolution votes and one national security appropriations vote.

> voted seven times for the war in Iran
## Expert context
Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said voting against war powers resolutions allows the president to continue his chosen policies.

> Voting against such a resolution, in effect, allows the president to continue his chosen policies
## War as tiebreaker
Republican strategist Brian Darling said when GOP candidates point to votes or statements that the war needs to end soon, it shows they understand widespread opposition to it.

> An issue that is on the top of minds for voters may prove to be a tie breaker in these Senate elections
## Key takeaway

Democrats in competitive Senate races are attacking Republicans over Iran war votes, but fact-checkers find the claims require context about procedural votes and the war's connection to inflation.