Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst is a Republican U.S. senator from Iowa, in Congress since 2015, who voted with most Republicans on 99% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 4 bills become law since 2015.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- Not VotingOn the Nomination — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
- YeaOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- NayOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
5 most recent bills
- S. 766 Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025Oct 7, 2026 · Became Public Law No: 119-120.
- S.Res. 916 A resolution designating the week of September 21, 2026, as the "Ray Gaesser Memorial Farm Safety Week" to recognize the life and legacy of Ray Gaesser, who…Sep 28, 2026 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5123; text: CR S5076)
- S. 5314 No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks ActAug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- S. 5294 Keeping China Off the Rails Act of 2026Aug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- S. 4505 A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate ZIP Codes for certain communities.Aug 6, 2026 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1550 (114th) Program Management Improvement Accountability ActBecame law
- S. 1872 (117th) United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal ActBecame law
- S. 3971 (119th) Small Business Innovation and Economic Security ActBecame law
- S. 872 (119th) Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025Passed a chamber
- S. 1258 (118th) Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023Passed a chamber
- S. 123 (116th) Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans ActPassed a chamber
- S. 1872 (119th) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility ActPassed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 41 (114th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySubcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesSubcommittee on Cybersecurity, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Subcommittee on Personnel
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsSubcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship — ChairmanNo subcommittees
Elections Sen. Ernst has won
Sen. Ernst has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (2014, 2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.6 to 8.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Iowa done while Sen. Ernst served?
2015 to 2024 in Iowa: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 0.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.0 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Iowa during Ernst’s time representing it (2015 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Iowa’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Cedar Rapids office111 Seventh Ave. SE, Suite 480, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Hours: 8am-5pm CT
Phone 319-365-4504 · Fax 319-365-4683 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Davenport office201 W. Second St., Suite 806, Davenport, IA 52801
Hours: 8am-5pm CT
Phone 563-322-0677 · Fax 563-322-0854 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Des Moines office210 Walnut Street, Suite 733, 733 Federal Building, Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone 515-284-4574 · Fax 515-284-4937 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Sioux City office320 Sixth Street, Suite 194, Federal Building, Sioux City, IA 51101
Phone 712-252-1550 · Fax 712-252-1638 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Council Bluffs office2146 27 th Avenue, Suite 500, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Phone 712-352-1167 · Fax 712-352-0087 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries E000295-cedar_rapids, E000295-davenport, E000295-des_moines, E000295-sioux_city, E000295-council_bluffs (5 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.ernst.senate.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 100 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 100 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Votes on civilian nominations
237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.
- Not voting · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
- Not voting · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Yea · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
- Yea · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- Yea · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
- Yea · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
- Yea · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Yea · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence
Evidence
- What is counted
- Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
- How it is matched
- The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
- Not voting
- Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.
589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.