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'''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.
'''Senator Joni K. 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>
She joins the Iowa U. S. Congressional delegation consisting of two Republican U. S. senators and four House members, three of whom are Republicans and one a Democrat.<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/IA "Iowa"] (2015). Govtrack.us. Retrieved on January 15, 2015).</ref>
She joins the Iowa U. S. Congressional delegation consisting of two Republican U. S. senators and four House members, three of whom are Republicans and one a Democrat<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/IA "Iowa"] (2015). Govtrack.us. Retrieved on January 15, 2015.</ref>.
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Ernst served in the 84th and 85th general assembly of the Iowa legislature (Jan 2011-Jan 2015), her second term as a state senator from district 12, representing six counties in the southwest corner of Iowa<ref>[http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=85&personID=9761 "Senator Joni K. Ernst"] (2015). The Iowa Legislature website. Retrieved on January 16, 2014.</ref>.
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