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Joni Ernst

U.S. Senator (Class 2), IA

Republican Iowa since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James O'Neill to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Yea Jun 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward Walsh to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland Yea Jun 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michelle Bowman to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Yea Jun 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dale Marks, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Yea Jun 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dale Marks to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Yea Jun 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) Yea Jun 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Allison Hooker to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) Yea Jun 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Duffey, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Yea Jun 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Yea Jun 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 22, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 22, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 22, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… Yea May 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 21, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 21, 2025 Point of Order Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 21, 2025 Point of Order Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion to Adjourn Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 21, 2025 Motion to Table 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
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

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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)

Social media

Recent posts

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