Joni Ernst
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Joni Ernst

U.S. Senator (IA) [Republican]
Next election November 2026 · class 2

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Committees registered to them

FEC IDCommitteeConnected organisation
C00546788JONI FOR IOWA2025 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
C00610428ERNST VICTORY IOWA—

"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright. 1 further committee(s) are linked to this candidate in FEC records but are not theirs to spend — party committees and unauthorised committees — and their money is excluded here.

Campaign totals, 2026 cycle

Candidate IDReceiptsFrom individualsFrom committees DisbursementsCash on handThrough
S4IA00129$2,002,592$997,372$637,250$2,307,957$1,934,47806/30/2026

Source: FEC bulk file weball26.

Committee activity, 2026 cycle

CommitteeReceiptsDisbursementsTo other committeesCash on hand
ERNST VICTORY IOWA$32,400$58,287$4,598$0

Source: FEC bulk file webk26.

Money in — from other political committees, 2026 cycle

Contributing committeeTotalContributionsRecord
INDIVISIBLE ACTION$15,4751C00678839 →
GROWTH ENERGY PAC$10,0002C00475665 →
TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC$10,0002C00495887 →
TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC$10,0002C00571323 →
BEST AT BRINGING ENTREPRENEURIAL RESULTS NEVER IMAGINED OR ENVISIONED PAC$10,0004C00863373 →
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)$7,5002C00003764 →
MAGGIE'S LIST$7,0001C00469023 →
T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)$6,5003C00361758 →
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION$5,0001C00035006 →
UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT$5,0001C00010470 →
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,0001C00110338 →
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS PAC$5,0001C00540054 →
NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC$5,0001C00089458 →
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$5,0001C00081414 →
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$5,0001C00078451 →

Top 15 of 225 committees, $360,795 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.

Money out — largest payees, 2026 cycle

PayeeTotalPaymentsCommittee
TARGETED VICTORY$344,29714C00546788 →
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$210,26614C00546788 →
CMDI$142,08423C00546788 →
VENABLE LLP$132,50212C00546788 →
TRUIST VISA$96,56218C00546788 →
STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER$80,0001C00546788 →
DOT THE I DESIGN AND GRAPHICS$60,1408C00546788 →
RIGHTSIDE COMPLIANCE LLC$57,50114C00546788 →
JONI PAC IOWA$26,6123C00610428 →
JONI FOR IOWA$9,5494C00610428 →
JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC$7,5252C00610428 →
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$6,7404C00610428 →
RIGHTSIDE COMPLIANCE LLC$5,1758C00610428 →
POPOLO, JOE$1,8001C00610428 →
ANEDOT INC$7371C00610428 →

Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.

Outside spending, 2026 cycle

DirectionAmount (net)
Independent expenditures supporting them$0
Independent expenditures opposing them$15,476

Spent by groups acting independently of the campaign. Net of amendments, so a total can read negative when corrections outweigh new spending. Source: FEC independent expenditures.

Personal financial disclosure — the private side

Senate disclosures are not published as files that can be linked directly; the Senate requires each search to be run by hand.

Search this person at the Senate Electronic Financial Disclosure database. It covers annual reports, periodic transaction reports for stock trades, and candidate filings.

Lobbying disclosures — what registrants reported (LD-203), 2024–2026

DateFiled byTypePayeeAmountSource
2025-12-08T-MOBILE USA, INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Joni Ernst
$-5,000filing →
2025-11-17ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANYFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$-1,000filing →
2025-11-12FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTEFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Joni Ernst
$5,000filing →
2025-09-24LUNDBECK LLCFECAJOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC
honoring Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-08-22AMGEN, INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Ernst, Joni
$500filing →
2025-08-20VISA INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen Joni Ernst
$2,500filing →
2025-08-20LANGLEY CONSULTING, LLCFECAJONI ERNST
honoring NA
$1,000filing →
2025-08-19SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-08-14EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYFECAJOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC
honoring Joni Ernst
$5,000filing →
2025-08-13L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-08-12HONEYWELL INTERNATIONALFECAJOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC
honoring Joni Ernst
$2,500filing →
2025-08-11RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATESFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Ernst, Joni
$1,000filing →
2025-08-041607 STRATEGIES, LLCFECATEAM JONI
honoring Joni Ernst
$3,500filing →
2025-08-01CVS HEALTH (AND SUBSIDIARIES)FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$2,500filing →
2025-07-23PITNEY BOWES INC.FECAJOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC
honoring Joni Ernst
$5,000filing →
2025-07-23RIO TINTO SERVICES, INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-07-22MAERSK AGENCY U.S.A., INC.FECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring SEN. JONI ERNST
$1,500filing →
2025-07-22BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-07-22BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLPFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Sen. Joni Ernst
$1,500filing →
2025-07-22LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONFECAJONI FOR IOWA
honoring Ernst, Joni
$1,000filing →

479 item(s) totalling $981,216 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $978,216 (476); Meeting Expenses $2,000 (2); Honorary Expenses $1,000 (1). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.

What "money in" and "money out" mean here — and what they are not

Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.

TermWhat it isWhose pocket
Money in Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate.
Money out What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift.
Outside spending Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it.
Personal finances Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section.

Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.

So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.

Not shown, and why

How to read this page. Every number comes from a public filing and links to its source, so any row can be checked in one click. Figures are what filers reported; amendments change them, and a net figure can even read as negative when corrections outweigh new spending in a cycle.

A contribution is not evidence of wrongdoing. Giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary, and so is paying a vendor. This page records who gave, who was paid, and what the filings say. It draws no conclusion about influence and alleges no quid pro quo.

Same template for everyone. Every profile is generated by one script from the same sources for the same cycle, whatever the person's party. Where a record does not exist, the page says so rather than leaving a blank that reads as innocence.

Corrections. Every figure links to its record. If one is wrong, tell us — it gets fixed and noted.