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'''Joni Ernst''' is a Republican U.S. senator from Iowa who was elected in 2014.  She was chosen to give the rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address in 2015.

'''Senator Joni Ernst''' is a Republican U.S. senator from Iowa who was elected in 2014.  She was chosen to give the rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address in 2015.

Ernst received 52% of the vote in November, while her Democratic opponent received only 44%.  In her victory, she swept 85 of Iowa's 99 counties.<ref>Pate, Paul D. [Iowa Secretary of State] (December 29, 2014).  [http://electionresults.sos.iowa.gov/Views/TabularData.aspx?TabView=StateRaces^Federal%20/%20Statewide%20Races^84&ElectionID=84 "November 4, 2014 general election"].  Iowa Secretary of State website.  Retrieved on January 15, 2015.</ref>

Ernst received 52% of the vote in November, while her Democratic opponent received only 44%.  In her victory, she swept 85 of Iowa's 99 counties.<ref>Pate, Paul D. [Iowa Secretary of State] (December 29, 2014).  [http://electionresults.sos.iowa.gov/Views/TabularData.aspx?TabView=StateRaces^Federal%20/%20Statewide%20Races^84&ElectionID=84 "November 4, 2014 general election"].  Iowa Secretary of State website.  Retrieved on January 15, 2015.</ref>