The Iowa Poll, conducted March 5-8, 2023, for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 805 Iowans ages 18 or older.

A handful of Iowa Republican lawmakers have announced they are backing U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's run for governor.

The Iowa Poll, conducted October 9-12, 2022, for the Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 804 Iowans ages 18 or older.

The Iowa Poll, conducted Sept. 8-11, 2024, for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 811 Iowans ages 18 or older.

Sen. Joni Ernst defeated Democrat Bruce Braley for one of Iowa's senate seats in 2014, receiving 52% of the vote to Braley's 44%. She won reelection in 2020 over Democrat Theresa Greenfield ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

Des Moines Register Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is thanking her colleague, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, after he performed the Heimlich maneuver on her Thursday during a Senate lunch as she was choking.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst toured Kemin Industries in Des Moines Wednesday before holding a roundtable discussion about the importance of STEM education.

The Des Moines Register. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is in the process of buying a home and will retain residency in Red Oak, Liz Bowman, she and her spokeswoman said.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Red Oak Republican, wheels a cart full of binders March 2 into the Iowa Secretary of State's office in Des Moines bearing the signatures of nearly 24,000 Iowans who support ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has pulled ahead of Democrat Theresa Greenfield in the closing stretch of a contentious U.S. Senate race, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll ...

With less than two weeks before voters head to the polls, Iowa Republican Senate Candidate Joni Ernst is nursing a small lead in the polls over her Democratic rival, Rep. Bruce Braley, and she's ...