Ernst, Joni
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Joni Kay Ernst is an American politician and retired military officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Iowa. She is a member of the Republican Party.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Ernst, Joni
- First name
- Joni
- Last name
- Ernst
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Iowa U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,921,862.70
- Total disbursements
- $1,655,755.50
- Cash on hand
- $2,239,842.74
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $2,921,862.70 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $2,020,872.76;Share: 69.2%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $696,050.00;Share: 23.8%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $204,896.03;Share: 7%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $43.91;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,921,862.70 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $1,349,142.00
- Itemized
- $1,349,142.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 36493 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,349,142.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $27,584.00;Transactions: 593;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $12,715.00;Transactions: 544;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $36,637.00;Transactions: 816;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $20,958.00;Transactions: 824;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $80,953.00;Transactions: 872;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $29,648.00;Transactions: 974;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $97,461.00;Transactions: 1,446;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $53,361.00;Transactions: 1,419;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $40,137.00;Transactions: 1,384;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $33,482.00;Transactions: 1,310;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $72,795.00;Transactions: 2,153;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $75,587.00;Transactions: 1,757;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $34,038.00;Transactions: 1,334;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $49,857.00;Transactions: 1,237;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $84,546.00;Transactions: 1,160;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $61,247.00;Transactions: 1,434;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $56,077.00;Transactions: 1,682;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $66,946.00;Transactions: 1,798;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $54,364.00;Transactions: 1,649;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $52,760.00;Transactions: 1,931;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $58,081.00;Transactions: 1,812;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $122,621.00;Transactions: 3,600;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $41,097.00;Transactions: 1,758;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $86,190.00;Transactions: 3,006;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,349,142.00 across 36,191 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $696,746.00;Transactions: 35,572 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $53,336.00;Transactions: 214 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $93,510.00;Transactions: 193 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $110,103.00;Transactions: 101 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $395,447.00;Transactions: 111 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 19% in district
- District share basis
- $254,346.00 in district and $1,094,796.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $1,349,142.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| IA | Dollars: $254,346.00;Transactions: 3,862;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $160,355.00;Transactions: 3,398;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $140,530.00;Transactions: 1,270;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $133,977.00;Transactions: 3,783;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $89,654.00;Transactions: 3,493;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $570,280.00;Transactions: 20,687;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $1,349,142.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| KARP, ALEXANDER C. DR. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| LAVIN, STEVEN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARNOLD, LAURA | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| BANKE, BARBARA R. MS. | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| BELARDI, JAMES | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CASTLE, JOHN K. | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CHAMBERS, JOHN T. | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| IMMERGUT, MEL | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| POPOLO, CHRIS | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| POPOLO, JOE | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $807,380.00 | 31775 transactions |
| CAPITAL GROUP | $40,000.00 | 9 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $15,591.00 | 114 transactions |
| CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES | $7,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| $6,800.00 | 3 transactions | |
| JPMORGAN CHASE | $6,617.00 | 16 transactions |
| LAVIN & GEDVILLE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| APOLLO ISG | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| APOLLO MANAGEMENT | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $73,900.00 | 17 transactions |
| Technology | $6,800.00 | 3 transactions |
| Finance | $6,617.00 | 16 transactions |
Classified: $13,417.00 and 19 transactions out of $87,317.00 and 36 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S4IA00129
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4IA00129
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S4IA00129
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:E000295
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4IA00129:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- E000295
- fec_candidate_id
- S4IA00129
- fec_candidate_ids
- S4IA00129
- govtrack_id
- 412667
- wikidata_id
- Q13475242