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She received 52% of the vote in November 2014, while her Democrat opponent Bruce Braley 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 was later chosen to give the rebuttal to the president [[Barack Obama]]'s State of the Union address in 2015.

She received 52% of the vote in November 2014, while her Democrat opponent Bruce Braley 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 was later chosen to give the rebuttal to the president [[Barack Obama]]'s State of the Union address in 2015.

===Tenure===

===Tenure===

While mostly maintaining strong conservative stances, Ernst has also been considered a largely bipartisan senator on certain issues.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/26/joni-ernst/bipartisanship-rankings-show-joni-ernst-toward-top/ Bipartisanship rankings show Joni Ernst toward the top ]</ref>

While mostly maintaining strong conservative stances, Ernst has also been considered a largely bipartisan senator on certain issues.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/26/joni-ernst/bipartisanship-rankings-show-joni-ernst-toward-top/ Bipartisanship rankings show Joni Ernst toward the top ]</ref>