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Joni Ernst

U.S. Senator, Iowa · Republican

Votes with the Republican majority on 99.8% of party-line votes
99.8%
821 of 823 party-line votes
Votes against that majority
2
119th Congress, through Sept. 30, 2026
Rank within party
34th lowest of 54
Among Senate Republicans with 50+ party-line votes

Joni Ernst (R-IA) voted with the Republican majority on 99.8% of the 823 party-line votes cast in the 119th Congress through Sept. 30, 2026, and against it 2 times. Among 54 Senate Republicans with at least 50 such votes, that is the 34th-lowest score. Missed 21 of 915 roll calls (2.3%).

Source: Voteview roll-call data for the 119th Congress (through Sept. 30, 2026), files updated . A party-line vote is one where most voting Democrats opposed most voting Republicans. Voteview profile · Congress.gov

By party

AsPeriodParty-line scoreVotes with own partyWith DemocratsWith RepublicansRank
Republican Jan. 9, 2025 – Sept. 30, 2026 99.8%821 of 823 0.2%99.8% 34th-lowest of 54 Senate Republicans

Votes against the Republican majority

The 2 most recent of 2 party-line votes on which Joni Ernst voted against the Republican majority.

DateMeasureVoteRecord
Jan. 30, 2026H.R. 7148
To eliminate funding for refugee and entrant assistance.
On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected
Nay
Republicans: Yea
Official record
Voteview
Oct. 9, 2025S. 2296
To require a review of the methodologies used to determine the amounts of locality-based comparability payments and to require the President's Pay Agent to conduct a pilot program establishing alternative models for determining the amounts of those payments.
On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected
Nay
Republicans: Yea
Official record
Voteview

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