Two Republican Senate candidates call for swift end to Iran war, diverging from Trump

Sept 21 — Two Republicans in tight U.S. Senate races called on Monday for a swift end to the war in Iran, the latest sign that vulnerable candidates are trying to put some distance between themselves and President Donald Trump over a conflict that has pushed up fuel prices, including a surge in diesel to record highs.Both Mike Rogers, locked in a competitive race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, and Ashley Hinson, who is facing Democrat Josh Turek in a close contest in Iowa, struck a more dovish tone on Iran on Monday, after previously backing Trump's authority ⁠to strike Tehran.The shift was particularly notable for Hinson, a sitting member of the U.S.

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Scoop News DeskIran · Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM UTCUpdated Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC

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Trump's approval rating has fallen to 32%, a career low, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.New Rogers AdRogers previously backed Trump's strikes on Iran and argued in a late-July CBS Detroit interview against curbing the president's authority to continue the conflict while he was negotiating to end it.But in a campaign ad posted on X on Monday, Rogers struck a different tone as he spoke from a grocery store."The war with Iran needs to end and end quickly," he said. "When it does, energy costs will plummet.

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