Joni Ernst

How to contact Joni Ernst

Official website · Contact form

Washington office: 260 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 · 202-224-3254

State offices:

• 111 Seventh Ave. SE, Suite 480, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 · 319-365-4504
• 201 W. Second St., Suite 806, Davenport, IA 52801 · 563-322-0677
• 733 Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Suite 733, Des Moines, IA 50309 · 515-284-4574
• Federal Building, 320 Sixth Street, Suite 194, Sioux City, IA 51101 · 712-252-1550
• 2146 27 th Avenue, Suite 500, Council Bluffs, IA 51501 · 712-352-1167

Official accounts: X · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

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Where Joni Ernst falls, left to right

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 71st from the left of 100

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 23rd of 99 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 47th of 99 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 100 bills and resolutions; 2 passed a chamber; 2 became law. Most often about government operations and politics, agriculture and food and commerce. 18th of 100 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Became law

• Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act April 13, 2026
• Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025 October 7, 2026

Most recent

• A resolution designating the week of September 21, 2026, as the "Ray Gaesser Memorial Farm Safety Week" to recognize the life and legacy of September 28, 2026
• A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate ZIP Codes for certain communities. May 12, 2026
• No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act August 6, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology · Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety · Rural Development, Energy, and Credit (Chairman)
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  Cybersecurity · Emerging Threats and Capabilities (Chairman) · Personnel
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census · Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chairman)

Service

• In the Senate since 2015
• Current term ends January 3, 2027
• Born 1970

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Joni Ernst

The political action committees that gave to Joni Ernst's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. NORPAC · $37,970
2. Team Joni (FEC) · $30,676
3. National Propane Gas Association PAC (FEC) · $10,000
4. Growth Energy PAC (FEC) · $10,000
5. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC (FEC) · $10,000
6. Jpmorgan Chase & Co. Federal Political Action Committee (FEC) · $10,000
7. Conservatives Harvesting Success PAC (FEC) · $10,000
8. Together Holding Our Majority PAC (FEC) · $10,000
9. Tomorrow Is Meaningful PAC (FEC) · $10,000
10. The Hawkeye PAC (FEC) · $10,000

Largest bundlers

1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $234,450
2. NORPAC · $34,570
3. Maggie's List (FEC) · $7,000
4. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (NABPAC) · $2,000

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Joni Ernst?

Joni Ernst's campaign raised $4.9 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $1.2 million (23%) came directly from 323 PACs; the largest were NORPAC ($37,970), Team Joni ($30,676) and National Propane Gas Association PAC ($10,000). Groups also forwarded $278,020 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from AIPAC ($234,450), NORPAC ($34,570) and Maggie's List ($7,000). From FEC filings.

How do I contact Joni Ernst?

Call the Washington office at 202-224-3254 or one of 5 state offices (Cedar Rapids 319-365-4504, Davenport 563-322-0677 and Des Moines 515-284-4574), or write through the official website, https://www.ernst.senate.gov.

Is Joni Ernst liberal or conservative?

By voting record, Joni Ernst is moderately right: a DW-NOMINATE score of +0.54 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 71st from the left of 100 senators.

How often does Joni Ernst vote with their party, and miss votes?

Joni Ernst voted with their party on 99.8% of 823 party-line votes and missed 2.3% of 915 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has Joni Ernst passed?

Joni Ernst sponsored 100 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 2 became law: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act and Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025 (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has Joni Ernst received?

$1.2 million directly from 323 PACs since January 2023, plus $278,020 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.