Joni Ernst

Leadership & Staff

Ryan Berger Principal, Navigators Global

• Deputy Chief of Staff (past)

Jon Kohan Partner, Jamestown Associates

• deputy chief of staff (past)

Government Positions

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• US Senator from Iowa (Jan 3 '15→?)

Iowa State Senate

• Senator from Iowa District 12 ('11→Nov 28 '14)

Montgomery County, Iowa county in Iowa

• County Auditor ('04→'11)

Iowa National Guard

• Lieutenant Colonel ('92→Nov 30 '15)*

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Republican Party of Iowa

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Apr 21 '14)

Campaign Donors

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Peter S Kalikow President of H.J. Kalikow & Company, LLC

• 3 contributions · 35,000 USD (Dec 19 '19→Nov 3 '20)

Larry Heyman Chief Executive Officer of The Heyman Enterprise

• 4 contributions · 25,600 USD (Jun 28 '19→Aug 10 '20)

Henry Tippie Investor, Austin Texas; worked at Rollins Inc for 68 years; served as Dover Motorsports Inc. and Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment Inc.

• 2 contributions · 20,200 USD (Mar 18 '19→Feb 27 '20)

Bobby Kotick Chairman, CEO - Activision

• 1 contribution · 20,000 USD (Jul 12 '20)

Julie Kent VP, The Kent Companies - Midland Texas

• 1 contribution · 15,600 USD (Mar 19 '19)

Robert E Marling Jr CEO, Woodforest National Bank

• 1 contribution · 15,600 USD (Aug 7 '20)

James A Haslam III Owner, Cleveland Browns

• 5 contributions · 15,200 USD (Jan 4 '19→Apr 19 '19)

Cherna Shovers Moskowitz Widow of Irving I. Moskowitz

• 5 contributions · 15,000 USD (May 13 '19→Nov 4 '21)

William Kent Chairman and CEO, The Kent Companies - Midland Texas

• 1 contribution · 12,900 USD (Mar 19 '19)

Robert Mercer Renaissance Tech billionaire, Club for Growth backer

• 5 contributions · 12,600 USD (Sep 10 '13→Mar 4 '16)

Memberships

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 6 '15→Jan 3 '27)

Mamreland Lutheran Church ELCA Lutheran Congregation in Stanton, Iowa

• member

Iowa Farm Bureau

• member of Montgomery County, Iowa

NRA National Rifle Association of America; 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit.

• lifetime member

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Family

Richard Culver father of Joni Ernst and owner of construction company in Red Oak, Iowa

• father

Libby Ernst daughter of Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst

• daughter

Gail Ernst husband of Iowa GOP Senator Joni Earnst

• husband

Schools

Columbus State University in Columbus, GA

• Graduate (?→'95)

Iowa State University

• Undergraduate (?→'92)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Joni For Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst election campaign committee

• senate election campaign committee

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Largest business lobbying group in the USA

• endorser ('14→?)