Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday’s news that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is considering not seeking reelection inspired the type of internet callback that no ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House's budget bill at a town hall in her home state on Friday, and pushed back on an attendee who said the cuts would lead ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, who earlier this year faced backlash when she shot down a town hall attendee's claim that the Trump administration's Medicaid cuts would result in deaths, is ...

Iowa’s Republican Senator Joni Ernst has decided against seeking reelection in 2026, putting a competitive Senate seat in play ahead of the midterms. Aug. 30, 2025 ...

Ernst was first elected in 2014. Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst plans to announce that she will not run for reelection in 2026, a senior Republican official familiar with her decision told ABC News.

"It has been an honor to dedicate my life to the service of our great state and country," Ernst said in a video announcement. "Now as our family ages and grows, it's my time for me to give back to ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst will not seek reelection in 2026, according to two people familiar with her decision, setting off a major upheaval in one of Iowa's marquee midterm contests. Speculation has ...