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Ernst received 52% of the vote in November 2014, 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 2014, 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 has vocally opposed wasteful U.S. federal spending.<ref>Varney, James (September 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/22/joni-ernst-end-year-fiscal-responsibility-act-stop/ Joni Ernst aims to change fed's 'spend it while you have it' mentality]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 22, 2019.</ref> | |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| U.S. Senator from Iowa From: January 3, 2015-present | |||
| Predecessor | Tom Harkin | ||
| Successor | Incumbent | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Gail[1] | ||
| Religion | Lutheran[1] | ||
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 Barack Obama's State of the Union address in 2015.
Ernst received 52% of the vote in November 2014, while her Democratic opponent received only 44%. In her victory, she swept 85 of Iowa's 99 counties.[2]
Ernst has vocally opposed wasteful U.S. federal spending.[3]
Background
Ernst saw combat as a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004) and served in the Iowa Army National Guard as well as the U.S. Army Reserves where she rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.[4]
She served as auditor of Montgomery County, Iowa from 2005 to 2011.
Ernst was elected to 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.[1]
She campaigned in the Republican U.S. Senate primary with the claim "I'll know how to cut pork".[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Senator Joni K. Ernst" (2015). The Iowa Legislature website. Retrieved on January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Pate, Paul D. [Iowa Secretary of State] (December 29, 2014). "November 4, 2014 general election". Iowa Secretary of State website. Retrieved on January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Varney, James (September 22, 2019). Joni Ernst aims to change fed's 'spend it while you have it' mentality. The Washington Times. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ Twitchy staff (January 15, 2015). 'Jackass': Luke Russert writes off combat vet Joni Ernst as 'unknown pig farmer'. Twitchy. Retrieved on January 16, 2015.
- ↑ Strong, Jonathan (March 24, 2014). "Senate candidate: I'll use my hog castrating experience to help end pork barrel spending". Breitbart. Retrieved on January 16, 2014