Articles Tagged: Joni Ernst

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernt’s annual Roast and Ride event features a motorcycle ride — the proceeds from which benefit an Iowa veterans-related charity — and a hog roast and rally.

Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson slammed Democrats for treating Iowans’ health care as a “political game” rather than accepting a clean stopgap funding measure as Congress barrels toward a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

Senate Republicans from farm states and soybean growers are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which they say are deepening economic pain in rural America.

At a Cedar Rapids stop, Zach Wahls pitched his U.S. Senate run as a fight to “fix the broken economy by cleaning up corruption.” From child care costs to rent hikes, drug prices and gun safety, he linked pocketbook struggles to special-interest influence — and pledged to take no corporate PAC money.

Iowa Republicans and Democrats offered prayers and condemned political violence after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday.

Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s announcement that she will not seek a third term in office creates an open seat for the 2026 election. Not since 2014 — and only four times in nearly six decades — has a U.S. Senate election in Iowa been without an incumbent. Here’s who is — and isn’t — running for the seat.

Turek, a former Paralympic athlete, is one of five Democrats seeking the party’s nomination in Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate election.

Friday evening — just days after she entered the race for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat — Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson received the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

Iowa will now have open-seat elections for governor and the U.S. Senate for the first time in nearly six decades, and half of the state’s federal delegation likely will feature new representation after the 2026 elections.

How does Joni Ernst’s decision to not seek reelection impact Iowa’s 2026 elections?

In today’s roundup of campaign news, former Iowa U.S. Rep. Rod Blum weighs a congressional comeback, and another Republican announces he’s entering the primary for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson wasted little time announcing her candidacy for U.S. Senate Tuesday, mere hours after Sen. Joni Ernst published a video announcing she will not seek re-election.

Also, state legislator Dave Jacoby endorses Zach Wahls in Democratic U.S. Senate race

Saying it is time to give back to the family that has supported her during her career in public service, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst in a video message announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election next year.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another hole in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects down the ballot as Democrats look to the state for pickup opportunities.