As Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee since 2023, after having been vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019, Ernst is the fourth-ranking Republican in the Senate. After graduating from Iowa State University, …

Joni Ernst assumed office in the U.S. Senate in 2015, the first woman from Iowa elected to either house of Congress and the Senate's first female combat veteran. Ernst was born on July 1, 1970, in Red Oak, Iowa.

Senator Joni Ernst, a native of Red Oak, Iowa, has dedicated her life to her state and country, having served in the military for over 23 years and now representing Iowans in the United States Senate. ... Joni went on to Iowa State University where she joined the university’s ROTC program. After graduating from Iowa State, Joni joined the U.S ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Joni Ernst (b. 1970) is an American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and began her first term representing Iowa in that body the following year. She was the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and the first woman to represent Iowa in Congress.

RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Myers …

Jul 30, 2021 · Joni Kay Ernst, a dedicated individual to her state and country, is a Republican United States Senator for Iowa and the first female to represent Iowa in Congress. Ernst was born in Red Oak, Iowa to Marilyn and Richard Culver.

Following her graduation from Iowa State University, Joni Ernst joined the U.S. Army Reserves. In 2003-04, she served in Kuwait and Iraq, as a company commander of the 1168th Transportation Company, and led 150 Iowa Army National Guardsmen during Operation Iraqi Freedom (the Iraq War of 2003-11).

Senator Joni Ernst, na.ve of Red Oak, Iowa, has dedicated her life to her state and country, having served in the military for over 23 years and now represen.ng Iowans in the United States Senate.

ERNST, Joni, a Senator from Iowa; born in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, July 1, 1970; B.A., Iowa State University, 1992; M.P.A., Columbus College (now Columbus State University), Columbus, Ga., 1995; United States Army Reserves, 1993-2001; Iowa Army National Guard, 2001-present, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; auditor of ...

Jan 14, 2013 · Served as the Montgomery County Auditor, 2005–2011. Received M.P.A. from Columbus College and received B.S. from Iowa State University. 20 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserves and Iowa Army National Guard (currently serving) and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2004).