Joni Ernst Won't Seek Reelection in Iowa

Friday, August 29, 2025

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst has decided not to seek reelection to a third term, two people familiar with the decision say, and is poised to make an announcement next week. ... Ernst has come under fire since responding "we are all going to die" to a constituent at a town meeting who raised concerns about Medicaid cuts in Trump's policy megabill.

Posted by retort at 07:24 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

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"She rejects the scientific consensus on climate change."

Politicians like her need to be tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-29 07:55 PM

Iowans are pissed and she knows it:

www.huffpost.com

Is she dying? She did predict that she would ...

Her Mouth Cost her Bigly.

While I empathize cuz my mouth often costs Me Bigly....

I still glad she's Throwing in the Towel.

Fewer -------- in Congress can only be a Good Thing.

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I'll believe Iowans wake tf up when I see it. I know enough of them

Ernst mistake was telling voters how GOP politicians actually feel about them. Hopefully Iowa voters will be smart enough to recognize that wasn't just her view when she made that statement.

This is a sign that if we have a fair election next Fall there will be a Blue wave.

Mighty big "if".

Maybe Trumpanzee can put a good word in to his main boo.... Kim-meh Un... on her behalf...

imo, Iowa could become an interesting election to watch into November 2026.

Key takeaways from Tuesday's special elections in Iowa and Georgia (August 26, 2025)
thehill.com

... Democrats continued their winning streak in key special elections this year with another victory in a contested state Senate seat in Iowa. ...

The party eyed the seat as a pickup opportunity to break up the Republican supermajority in the body and demonstrate further enthusiasm among the Democratic base in an offyear election. The party's candidate in a Georgia state Senate election also appears poised to advance to a runoff against a Republican opponent in a deeply conservative district.

The Democratic Party has been struggling to unify itself and get energized in the aftermath of its devastating loss to President Trump in the 2024 presidential election and other key races last November.

But even amid voter dissatisfaction with party leaders and disapproval with the party brand as a whole, one positive sign for Democrats has been the multiple victories they have achieved in the handful of elections this year.

Democrat Catelin Drey's win in Iowa Senate District 1 by more than 10 points, as of the latest vote count, over Republican Christopher Prosch is just the latest in a string of Democratic electoral successes this year that is likely to give the party hope heading into the midterms.

Trump had carried both Iowa districts and the Pennsylvania one by double digits in November. ...

@#11

So, in an Iowa district that Pres Trump carried by double digits in 2024, a Democrats have now won a special election by 10 percentage points?

Probably way too early to ask this but I'll ask it anyway ... is Pres Trump causing Iowa to become a purple state?

Has Pres Trump and MAGA missed the boat?

Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat (2007)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1: Isaac Brock]
While we're on the subject
Could we change the subject now?
I was knocking on your ear's door
But you were always out
Looking towards the future
We were begging for the past
Well, we knew we had the good things
But those never seemed to last
Oh, please just last

[Verse 2: Isaac Brock]
Everyone's unhappy
Everyone's ashamed
Well, we all just got caught looking
At somebody else's page
Well, nothing ever went
Quite exactly as we planned
Our ideas held no water
But we used them like a dam
...