WATCH: Sen. Joni Ernst doubles down on 'We all are going to die' quip with sarcastic response KCCI did reach out to the senator's team and is waiting to hear back. Ernst is up for reelection in 2026.

Democratic state Rep. J.D. Scholten from northwest Iowa said recent comments by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst gave him the final push to run for her seat.

A state that had been trending heavily toward the GOP is looking potentially competitive again, in part thanks to the senator ...

There is pushback coming from Iowans over Senator Joni Ernst's town hall Friday.Someone in the crowd yelled that people will die from proposed Medicaid cuts and ...

In other campaign news, Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Randy Feenstra said his campaign has raised more than $3.2 ...

Republicans are increasingly on the defensive over the party’s handling of Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill, ...

Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) recent controversial remarks on Medicaid are threatening to become a political liability for the ...

Here’s my pitch,” J.D. Scholten said in a video posted online Monday, in which he announced he’s running for U.S. Senate.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s comments and video have led to a shift in Crystal Ball’s rating of the 2026 Senate race from “safe Republican” to “likely Republican”, as ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is defending her startling response to constituents concerned about Medicaid. One expert's analysis ...

J.D. Scholten - who has been the Democratic nominee for Iowa's fourth Congressional district twice in the last decade - is shifting focus to the other chamber o ...