Joni Ernst
RRepublicanIA · Senator
65
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence66
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone7
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency37
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Joni Ernst
RepublicanIA · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.536)
Joni Ernst is a Republican Senator from IA. She has served 11 years in Congress across 2 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as conservative, voting with her party 34.4% of the time.
11
Years in Office
2
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
34.4%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
210 votes against party
1.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
34
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Joni Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty-11.7% vs avg
34.4%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.1% vs avg
1.2%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+4.3 vs avg
34
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$1,997,165
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,997,586
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,240,264
Disbursementsⓘ
$997,372
Individual Donors
$637,250
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2015–PresentSenate · IA · RepublicanCurrent
State Demographics
IA · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
3,195,937
Population
$73,431
Median Income
38.0
Median Age
30.8%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 85.6%Black 3.9%Hispanic 7.0%Asian 2.4%