Joni Ernst

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Joni Ernst

U.S. Senator · Iowa · R

U.S. Senator — IA (R)

Joni Kay Ernst (née Culver; born July 1, 1970) is an American politician and retired military officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Iowa. She is a member of the Republican Party. After graduating from Iowa State University, Ernst joined the United States Army Reserve. She served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1993 to 2015, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2016–2026 cycles

$37,527,696 raised

Influence graph
Individual 73%
PAC 13%
Other

Where the $37,527,696 raised came from · FEC · 2016–2026 cycle

$37,527,696
Raised
FEC receipts · 2016–2026 cycle
$4,837,908
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2016–2026 cycles
$3,146,457
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 111 sources
$27,000,000
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Retired$580,054
  • Other / unclassified$274,098
  • Securities & investment$145,591
  • Not employed / self$113,094
  • Lawyers & law firms$53,339
  • Health professionals$25,871
  • Real estate$19,071
  • Tech$18,488

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • CAPITAL GROUP$40,000
  • HOMEMAKER$15,521
  • SELF$10,854
  • CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES$7,500
  • GOOGLE$6,800
  • CASTLE HARLAN INC.$6,600
  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.$6,600
  • JACKSON FAMILY WINES$6,600
  • YANCEY BROS. CO.$6,600
  • APOLLO ISG$6,600

Committee assignments · 12

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipChairman
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and CreditChairman
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesChairman
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 97

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S. 4952Protecting American Taxpayers Act
  • S. 4892SMART Energy Efficiency Standards Act· Energy
  • S. 4891Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act· Immigration
  • S. 4940Specialized Infant Formula Protection Act· Agriculture and Food
  • S. 4789Blue Star Mothers Day Act· Armed Forces and National Security

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 120 total

People7
Organizations7
PACs / committees106

Connections · explore all 120

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Spent against them · $27,000,000

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • 2020-11-03
    Senate Leadership Fund, the McConnell-aligned super PAC, spent roughly $27 million to support Joni Ernst in her 2020 reelection race against Theresa Greenfield, one of the most expensive Senate contests of the cycle. Senate Leadership Fund
    source · newssingle source — not corroborated
    $27,000,000

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