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Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

RRepublicanIA · Senator
65
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence66
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone7
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency37
Avg: 47

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

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Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

RepublicanIA · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.536)
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Joni Ernst is a Republican Senator from IA. She has served 11 years in Congress across 2 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as conservative, voting with her party 34.4% of the time.

11
Years in Office
2
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

34.4%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
210 votes against party
1.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
34
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Joni Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-11.7% vs avg
34.4%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.1% vs avg
1.2%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+4.3 vs avg
34
Avg: 29.7

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipChairSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySenate Committee on Armed ServicesSenate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$1,997,165
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,997,586
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,240,264
Disbursementsⓘ
$997,372
Individual Donors
$637,250
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2015–PresentSenate · IA · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

IA · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

3,195,937
Population
$73,431
Median Income
38.0
Median Age
30.8%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 85.6%Black 3.9%Hispanic 7.0%Asian 2.4%