Joni Ernst
In Office
Reveal Party
Joni Ernst is a U.S. Senator from Iowa, born in Red Oak in 1970. She earned degrees from Iowa State University and Columbus State University and served in the U.S. Army Reserves and Iowa Army National Guard, rising to lieutenant colonel. Ernst previously worked as Montgomery County auditor and state senator before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and reelected in 2020, currently serving on key leadership committees.