Joni Ernst
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) shows no public record of personal or spousal individual-stock trading; congressional trade trackers (Quiver, MarketBeat) list no STOCK Act periodic transaction reports, the cleanest possible profile on that axis. Her estimated net worth (roughly $2-3M) is modest for the Senate and shows no documented anomalous growth beyond salary, book royalties, and a military pension. Her largest accountability flag is campaign-finance-related: the Campaign Legal Center and FEC general counsel found reason to believe her 2020 campaign illegally coordinated with the "dark money" group Iowa Values, though the FEC deadlocked and no personal-enrichment use of funds was established. Her voting attendance is strong (about 2.3% missed, below the Senate median), and standard committee-industry donor overlap (agriculture, defense) reflects correlation typical of her committee assignments rather than proven quid pro quo.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 2015
- Committees
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chairman)
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Armed Services
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 2.3% (21 of 915; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $2.0M raised · 32% from PACs & committees · $1.9M cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 3 data aggregator · 4 reference database · 1 news reporting. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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