India, June 3 -- Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek has won the Democratic nomination for his state's open U.S. Senate seat, NBC News projects. Turek went on to defeat state Sen. Zach Wahls. He will face Rep. Ashley Hinson, the winner of Tuesday's GOP primary, in the general election.

Turek, 47, is a former Paralympic gold medalist in basketball.

"Iowans feel like they're pushing uphill, and I know exactly what that feels like, because it's working-class families like mine paying the price for Trump's war and Washington's corruption," Turek said in a campaign ad that featured him pushing his wheelchair up an incline. "In the Senate, I'll take on Trump, and no one will push harder for change."

Turek lives in Council Bluffs with his wife Jarolin...