Federal · U.S. Senate
Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator · Iowa · Party: Republican
65 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- U.S. Senator
- District
- Iowa
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2015
- Body
- U.S. Senate
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
Last verified Oct 9, 2026.
Official source ↗Photo: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Photo_Collection_of_the_Senate_Historical_Office.htm">Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office</a>
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Joni Ernst's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 6
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
Yes Source ↗ -
To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.
On the Amendment
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens.
On the Amendment
No Source ↗ -
To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.
On the Amendment
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗
Raised · 2025–2026
$2,002,592
Spent $2,307,957 · Cash on hand $1,934,478 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Joni Ernst's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$233,93912%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$763,43338%
- PACs and other political committees$637,25032%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$367,97018%
For comparison, the average of the 97 senators with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $5,042,860; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 18%; cash on hand $4,597,448. A senator's fundraising varies with where they are in a six-year term.
Top PACs
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- THE BOEING COMPANY PAC$10,000
- ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP PAC$10,000
- DENALI LEADERSHIP PAC$10,000
- COMMON VALUES PAC$10,000
- GROWTH ENERGY PAC$10,000
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC$10,000
- OORAH! PAC$10,000
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
- TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC$10,000
The 10 largest of $637,250 from PACs and other political committees (32% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
- UNITED BREAST CANCER SUPPORT PAC$8,133
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND$0
- INDIVISIBLE ACTION$15,476
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES$9
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns$156,000
- Finance, insurance and banking$151,400
- Energy and utilities$58,038
- Technology and telecommunications$47,982
- Issue and advocacy groups$44,600
- Agriculture and food$40,742
- Defense and aerospace$29,000
- Health care$26,514
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 55% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- US AI$13,200
- APOLLO$11,000
- EDWARD C. LEVY CO.$7,292
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$7,000
- APOLLO MANAGEMENT$7,000
- AUDAX CORPORATION$7,000
- CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT$7,000
- DANIELS INVESTMENT CO$7,000
- ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT$7,000
- FISHER INVESTMENTS$7,000
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Joni Ernst at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 2, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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