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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
Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Mar 17, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Mar 17, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 12, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 11, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended Yea Mar 11, 2026 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 Yea Mar 10, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Yea Mar 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Yea Mar 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 5, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 2, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Yea Feb 26, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Yea Feb 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Yea Feb 25, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Yea Feb 25, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Feb 24, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Feb 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Yea Feb 12, 2026 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Yea Feb 11, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Feb 10, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Feb 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Feb 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed 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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