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Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator (Class 2), IA
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| 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)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-640 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-640 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-639 | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-639 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-638 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-638 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-637 | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-637 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-636 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-636 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-635 | Dec 8, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-635 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-634 | Dec 4, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-634 US-GOV-PD |
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SRES 520
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-633 | Dec 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-633 US-GOV-PD |
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HJRES 131
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
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On the Joint Resolution | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-632 | Dec 4, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-632 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-631 | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-631 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 91
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-630 | Dec 3, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-630 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-629 | Dec 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-629 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-628 | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-628 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-627 | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-627 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-626 | Dec 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-626 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-625 | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-625 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-624 | Dec 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-624 US-GOV-PD |
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HJRES 130
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
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On the Joint Resolution | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-623 | Nov 20, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-623 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 76
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-622 | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-622 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 89
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-621 | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-621 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-620 | Nov 19, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-620 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-619 | Nov 18, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-619 US-GOV-PD |
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HR 5371
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…
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On Passage of the Bill | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-618 | Nov 10, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-618 US-GOV-PD |
| On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-617 | Nov 10, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-617 US-GOV-PD | |
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On the Amendment | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-616 | Nov 10, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-616 US-GOV-PD |
Campaign finance
2024 · Itemized receipts loaded
Period Jul 21, 2022–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 11:20 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
| Gross receipts loaded | Refunds/reversals loaded | Net receipts loaded |
|---|---|---|
| $3,495,307 | $0 | $3,495,307 |
Largest itemized receipts
| Cycle | Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74,721 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 21, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $40,908 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 15, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $35,445 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Dec 30, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $34,970 | NORPAC- EARMARKS | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Mar 26, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $33,199 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $32,950 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 4, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $31,999 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 7, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $30,671 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 12, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $30,606 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 28, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $26,949 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $24,759 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $23,990 | TEAM JONI | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Sep 28, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $22,766 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Feb 27, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $22,099 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 20, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $21,878 | WINRED | JONI FOR IOWA | Corporate PAC | Nov 21, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Outside spending
Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.
| Cycle | Position | Itemized spending loaded | Period / as of | Coverage | Source |
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| 2024 | Support | $20,441 (30 records) | Aug 29, 2024–Sep 19, 2024 · as of Sep 19, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
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
Social media
Recent posts
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