Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator from Iowa
Joni Kay Ernst was born in July 1970 in Red Oak, Iowa. She earned an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and a Master of Public Administration from Columbus State University. During her undergrad studies, she joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and joined the U.S. Army Reserve after she graduated. She served in the Iowa National Guard and deployed to Kuwait in 2003.
Ernst won election to the office of Montgomery County Auditor and was reelected four years later. She was elected to the Iowa State Senate and was reelected there as well. She resigned her state seat when won the U.S. Senate seat in 2014 and won reelection in 2020.
Ernst is divorced from Gail, with whom she has one child. She is Lutheran.
In the News…
Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, chair of the DOGE Caucus, introduced the Return to Sender Act to recoup $3 billion allocated by President Biden’s administration under the Inflation Reduction Act for electric postal service delivery trucks. Representative Michael Cloud of Texas introduced the bill in the House.
The South Carolina company contracted to produce the trucks has delivered less than 100 to the U.S. Postal Service since the initial order for 50,000 of the electric vehicles was placed three years ago.
“Biden’s EV postal fleet is lost in the mail. The order needs to be canceled with the unspent money returned to sender, the taxpayers,” said Senator Ernst. “I am defunding this billion-dollar boondoggle to stamp out waste in Washington. Tax dollars should always be treated with first class priority.”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Senator Ernst today? You can let her know at:
The Honorable Joni Ernst
Senator from Iowa
260 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
