Joni Ernst

Iowa Public Radio’s Clay Masters has this profile of the race with just 6 days until voters must make a final decision.

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is fighting to hang onto her senate seat in the remaining three weeks until Election Day. Democrat Theresa Greenfield is leading in most public opinion polls and thousands of Iowans have already cast their ballots early for this race, which is one of the most expensive in the country.

Political campaigns in tight races are weighing the risks of politics and public health as they enter the final month of campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic.

IPR's Clay Masters talks with Des Moines Register Chief Politics Reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel ahead of Monday's first debate between Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and her Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield.

The Biden campaign responds to recent decisions made by the Trump administration regarding ethanol less than two months before the election.

Earlier this month, President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force recommended to state leaders that they implement a mask mandate. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst does not think Iowa should mandate one. Ernst's Democratic challenger, Theresa Greenfield, thinks a mask mandate would be a good idea.

IPR News is sitting down with both major party candidates in the 2020 U.S. Senate race to discuss federal response to the derecho and pandemic.

IPR News is sitting down with both major party candidates in the 2020 U.S. Senate race to discuss federal response to the derecho and pandemic.

Iowa’s Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is fighting to hang onto her seat as Democrats see it as a potential pick up in November. Her Democratic challenger, real estate executive Theresa Greenfield, is running ads attacking Ernst for not being more forceful with the Trump administration and its handling of the state’s biofuels industry.

Competing shouts of disapproval and cheers of support filled the auditorium of a Johnston elementary school early Saturday morning as Republican Sen. Joni…