(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson has the backing of President Trump as she enters week two of her campaign for the U-S Senate. Trump posted a message on social media Friday night, calling Hinson a wonderful person who has always delivered for Iowa and will continue doing so in the United States Senate. Hinson, a Republican from Marion, has been a member of the U-S House since 2021.

“I’ve worked very hard to stand up for President Trump, working alongside him in my service in congress,” Hinson said, “and I would say that job’s not done.” Hinson kicked off a tour of Iowa’s 99 counties this week. She announced her Senate bid last Tuesday a few hours after Republican Senator Joni Ernst released a video saying she would not seek reelection.

The top Republican in the U-S Senate, Majority Leader John Thune, endorsed Hinson on Friday. Jim Carlin of Sergeant Bluff, a former state legislator, has been campaigning for the G-O-P’s senate nomination for a few months. Carlin says Iowa doesn’t need another candidate picked by the Republican establishment who pretends to support President Trump, but isn’t a true conservative fighter.

After Hinson announced she was running for the U-S Senate, three of the 100 Republicans who are currently members of the state legislature endorsed Carlin.