Senator Ernst Faces 4th Complaint of Breaking Campaign Finance Law
IRS Complaint by End Citizens United Marks Nearly Three Months of Ernst Refusing to Answer for Allegations of Political Corruption Today, a fourth campaign finance watchdog, End Citizens United, filed a complaint against Senator Joni Ernst and her dark money group, “Iowa Values,” demanding an IRS investigation into “a shining example of how corrupt Washington […]
Ernst Votes Against Reproductive Rights, Renewing Spotlight on Her Career Crusade Against Women’s Health Care
From Des Moines to DC, Ernst Has Made Her Name By Pushing Some of the Most Extreme Anti-Women’s Health Care Legislation in the Country Today, Senator Joni Ernst voted for anti-choice legislation aimed squarely at “shaming women and criminalizing doctors,” part of Republicans’ “plan to make curbing a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy a […]
Ernst Hypocritically Campaigns on ‘No Budget, No Pay’ Policy
Iowa Starting Line Report Details Ernst’s Refusal to Hold Herself Accountable To Her Own Standards DES MOINES – A new report by Iowa Starting Line sheds light on Senator Joni Ernst’s latest effort to rewrite her hypocritical record: campaigning on a ‘No Budget, No Pay’ policy after she continued taking a taxpayer-funded salary when her […]
Where In The World Is Senator Ernst?
Ernst Spends Her Week in Iowa Dodging Voters, Refusing to Answer for Her Push to Gut Health Care and Retirement Security After she was caught secretly pushing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and refusing to stand up against the proposed $1.5 trillion in cuts to health care, Senator Joni Ernst is conspicuously absent […]
Iowa Democratic Party Accepts Requests For Limited-Scope Recounts
Today, the Iowa Democratic Party returned recount assessments to the Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns regarding their limited-scope recount requests. The IDP Recanvass/Recount Committee — in consultation with the DNC Voter Protection Team, and IDP legal advisors — reviewed each campaign’s submitted requests to determine whether the requests met the requirements for a recount. As a […]
While in Iowa, Senator Ernst Must Answer for Her Plans to Gut Social Security and Medicare
While back in Iowa this week, Senator Joni Ernst must face Iowans and explain to them why she wants to cut their hard-earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. After a new report caught Ernst secretly telling her DC donors that vital programs like Social Security and Medicare are “out of control,” Ernst needs to come […]
IDP Receives Requests for Limited-Scope Recount of Precinct Caucuses
Today, the Iowa Democratic Party announced it has received requests from two presidential campaigns for an official recount of precinct caucuses. The requests are limited to the scope of both of the campaigns’ precinct recanvass requests. The Sanders campaign filed an official request for a recount of 10 precincts, and the Buttigieg campaign filed a […]
Iowa Democratic Party Announces Results of Official Recanvass Request
Updated results can be found at results.thecaucuses.org DES MOINES — Today, the Iowa Democratic Party announced the results of the limited-scope recanvass requests from the Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns. The list of recanvassed precincts and changes can be found here. The recanvass process resulted in no change to national delegate allocation. The IDP recanvass administrators […]
Ernst’s Election Year About-Face on Prescription Drugs Won’t Fool Iowa Voters
Today, after Senator Joni Ernst attempted to rewrite her long record of blocking meaningful prescription drug reform and fighting against efforts to reduce health care costs, Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Jeremy Busch released the following statement: “Senator Ernst’s eleventh hour flip-flop to pretend she’s fighting to lower health care and prescription drug costs is an […]
Iowa Democratic Party Elects Representative Mark Smith As New Chair
Today, the Iowa Democratic Party announced that Mark Smith has been elected as the new chair, by a majority vote of the IDP State Central Committee. Chair Smith represents Marshalltown in the Iowa State House, and formerly served as House Minority Leader. A sixth generation Iowan, Mark has the breadth of experience and record of […]