Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced on Sept. 2 that she will not run for reelection in 2026.
“My fellow Iowans, serving as your United States senator is the privilege of a lifetime, from growing up and working on my family’s farm in rural southwest Iowa to more than two decades of leadership in the U.S. Army Reserves and Iowa Army National Guard, where I deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to my work as Montgomery County auditor, state senator, and now as your United States Senator,” she said in a video posted on X.