A candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in eastern Iowa issued an apology on social media after a journalist for the New York Times identified passages on her campaign website that had been copied from that newspaper and others.

Ashley Hinson, the Republican candidate in the race for House District 1 against incumbent Rep. Abby Finkenauer, wrote a post on Twitter that apologized for the plagiarism that the Times reported on Monday. Hinson, a former journalist, is the current Iowa House member for District 67, which includes northern parts of the Cedar Rapids metro area in Hiawatha, Marion, and Robins.

“I was unaware of the plagiarism when I reviewed drafts presented to me by staff. As a journalist I take this extremely seriously and am deeply sorry for the mistake,” Hinson wrote in the post. “The staff responsible will be held accountable.”