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Joni Ernst OppScore Rating: +4.32

Joni Ernst is a Republican Senate for Iowa and holds an OppScore of +4.32. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

Joni Ernst is the Republican U.S. Senator from Iowa and a farm-raised combat veteran who served 23 years in the Army National Guard, including a deployment to Iraq. Elected in 2014 as the first female combat veteran in the Senate, she is defined politically by her long-running campaign to slash federal spending and expose government waste.

Joni Ernst rating summary

Party: Republican
Office: Senate
State: Iowa
OppScore: +4.32 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
Score basis: Record based, documented on 41 of 44 scored questions

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