Ernst Must Demand Oversight of PPP Corporate Handouts
Senator Ernst Campaigns on PPP Loans While Reports Show Fortune 500 Companies Receiving Millions While Iowa Businesses ‘Struggle’ As corporate conglomerates are reaping massive small business loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, the Trump Administration has now taken the “stunning move” to refuse to disclose the names of businesses who have received taxpayer-funded relief. […]
DMR Editorial: Senator Ernst Must Oppose GOP Lawsuit to Repeal the ACA
Ed Board Blasts Iowa GOP for Silently Standing By A Lawsuit Enabled by Senator Ernst that Would Repeal Health Coverage During a Pandemic In a scathing editorial, the Des Moines Register Editorial Board took Senator Joni Ernst and the Iowa GOP to task for refusing to condemn the GOP’s lawsuit to repeal the entire Affordable […]
GOP Responds to Record Primary Turnout with Voter Suppression Plan
GOP bill would deny Secretary of State’s procedures, kick voters off the roles, and increase voter ID laws DES MOINES — Last Tuesday, nearly 25% of registered voters in Iowa cast a ballot in the primary election. The record setting turnout reflects the will of the majority of Iowans: to be able to safely vote […]
POLLS: Senator Ernst Hits Record-High Unfavorability as Iowans ‘Sour’ on Failure in D.C.
Second General Election Poll Shows Ernst Deep Underwater with Voters, As Iowa Elevates as Key “U.S. Senate Battleground” Just one week and two polls into the U.S. Senate general election, voters are sending a clear message that Senator Joni Ernst is out of step and Iowa is ready for a change. A new Civiqs poll […]
100 Days of Silence: Senator Ernst *Still* Won’t Answer if She Supports the GOP Lawsuit to Repeal the ACA
After Bragging About Her “Courage” to Undermine Health Coverage, Ernst Refuses to Come Clean on Lawsuit She Enabled 100 days and counting – that’s how long the third-most unpopular senator in the country Joni Ernst has sheltered in silence on her party’s lawsuit to repeal the entire Affordable Care Act. Senator Ernst has spent years […]
MEMO: Washington Has Changed Senator Ernst – And Iowans Will Send Her Packing
To: Interested Parties From: Mark Smith, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party Date: Monday, June 8, 2020 Re: Washington Has Changed Senator Ernst – And Iowans Will Send Her Packing Six years ago – thanks to hundreds of thousands of dark money dollars lifting her campaign from a non-starter – Joni Ernst became the Republican […]
Ernst Says “The Bank Is Not Open” In Pandemic Response, Despite Repeatedly Opening the Bank for Billion-Dollar Corporate Giveaways
After voting twice for a $500 billion coronavirus slush fund for the industries whose corporate PACs are bankrolling her campaign, Senator Joni Ernst told KHOW Radio that “the bank is not open” for critical aid for Iowa workers and communities devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite 165,000 Iowans out of work and local governments facing […]
Iowa Dems Kick off General Election with Statewide Weekend of Action
Record-breaking voter turnout shows momentum for Iowa Dems DES MOINES — This weekend, Iowa Democrats are kicking off the general election with a statewide weekend of action to organize around our values, bring new voices into our party, and engage our communities. County parties will host more than 50 events across the state including voter […]
PPP POLL: Voters Reject Senator Ernst and Another Six Years of Washington Corruption
Ernst’s Half-Decade of Failure Faces Categorical Condemnation: 38% Favorability, 38% Job Performance, 35% Approval of Pandemic Response A new PPP poll today shows precisely why Mitch McConnell and his dark money allies are pouring over $20 million into Iowa TVs to salvage Senator Joni Ernst’s re-election: Iowans know Senator Ernst, they don’t trust her, and […]
McConnell Dark Money Group Quintuples Iowa Ad Buy As Anxiety Mounts on Ernst’s Vulnerability
McConnell-Aligned “One Nation” Booked $5.3 Million In Iowa Ads, Their 2nd-Largest Ad Buy for Any GOP Incumbent and 5x Their Prior Reservation As the third-most unpopular senator in the country Joni Ernst kicks off the general election facing a “nosedive” in approval and “on the defensive,” one of Mitch McConnell’s dark money groups is not […]