NEW POLL: Senator Ernst’s Approval Tumbles to 37%, Falling Eight Points With Six Months Until Election

A new poll today shows Senator Joni Ernst’s election-year woes are only growing worse: her approval rating dropped 8% since December, and with just six more months until Election Day, Ernst now finds herself underwater and increasingly out-of-step with Iowa voters. https://iowademocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-9.10.38-AM.png Only 37% of Iowans approve of Senator Ernst’s job performance, with only 19% […]

Reynolds Ignores Experts and Workers As Cases Continue to Climb 

DES MOINES — On the same day that Iowa reported another single-day high number of deaths related to COVID-19, Governor Reynolds touted the early re-opening in parts of the state — including 5 counties that just reported their first case. Instead of giving Iowans the opportunity to hear from public officials or medical experts, Reynolds […]

Senator Ernst Must Disavow AFP, ALEC After New Push to Decimate Iowa’s Biofuel Industry

As Iowa communities are struggling to survive an unprecedented crisis, several of Senator Joni Ernst’s Big Oil boosters are now trying to capitalize on the pandemic to cripple Iowa’s biofuels industry for good. In a letter to President Trump – signed by 24 anti-ethanol groups including Americans for Prosperity, who “launched” Senator Ernst’s career, and […]

Ernst vs. Reality: Iowa “Has Fared Pretty Well” in COVID-19 Crisis

After months of downplaying the toll of the COVID-19 crisis and recklessly calling for Iowa to “reopen,” Senator Joni Ernst has once again shown there’s no length she won’t go to disregard the catastrophe facing Iowa communities: ERNST: “Iowa has fared pretty well… We have not been hit nearly as hard as some of the […]

ICYMI: IA-02 Candidate Miller-Meeks Touted Unproven COVID-19 Treatment

New study finds drug pushed by Miller-Meeks “showed no benefit” and “more deaths” DES MOINES — A new report from Iowa Starting Line shows IA-02 GOP Congressional Candidate and State Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks peddled misinformation about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine, saying she has read the research and would want to try the drug if she […]

Ernst Claims She “Pushed For” Relief Funding She’s Opposed for Weeks and Senate GOP Has Blocked

Furthering Her Bad Faith Effort, Senator Ernst Bragged on New Funding for Hospitals, States, and Testing That She Has Spent Weeks Decrying as “Gimmicks,” Pork,” and “Unrelated Requests” for Pandemic Relief Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans for weeks have blocked urgent relief funding for hospitals, state governments, dedicated support for rural and minority-owned small businesses, […]