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Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IA
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), IA current
Iowa |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), IA
Iowa |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Iowa
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.536, social dim. -0.027. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… | Yea | Aug 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 | Nay | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 | Nay | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115 | Nay | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Murphy Amdt. No. 3447 | Nay | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114 | Nay | Aug 1, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental… | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service | Yea | Aug 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education | Yea | Jul 31, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development | Yea | Jul 31, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,030 recorded contributions totalling $3,515,748. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 421 of 1030 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate PAC | 175 | $2,006,006 | 57% |
| Big donor | 216 | $751,572 | 21% |
| Super PAC | 30 | $20,441 | 1% |
| Unclassified | 609 | $737,729 | 21% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $74,721 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $40,908 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $35,445 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Dec 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $34,970 | NORPAC- EARMARKS | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Mar 26, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $33,199 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $32,950 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 4, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $31,999 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 7, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $30,671 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 12, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $30,606 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $26,949 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $24,759 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $23,990 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $22,766 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Feb 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $22,099 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 20, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $21,878 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 21, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)
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S 3971
US · Jun 17, 2026
Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
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S 4789
US · Jun 16, 2026
A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, to designate February 1 of each year as "Blue Star Mothers Day".
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S 872
US · Jun 15, 2026
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
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S 4747
US · Jun 10, 2026
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes.
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S 4685
US · Jun 4, 2026
Ending Double Dealing Act of 2026
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