Joni Kay Ernst is an American politician who is the junior United States Senator  from Iowa, elected in the November 2014 election. A Republican, she previously  served in the Iowa Senate and as a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National  Guard. Ernst is the first woman to represent Iowa in the United States Congress ...
Jun 27, 2014 ... Joni Ernst, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks at the Veterans  Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids in this Oct. 8, 2013, photo. ... In an Iowa  Public Radio interview on June 1, Ernst said, “I do not support a federal minimum  wage. I think ... I don't believe that's the role of the federal government.”.
Jun 1, 2014 ... Read this candidate profile of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst. She  was interviewed as part of IPR's 2014 Primary Voter Guide series. ... The  government should be promoting an environment that promotes job growth, not  actually creating jobs. ... I do not support a federal minimum wage.
Sep 30, 2014 ... She's not quite Sarah Palin part deux, but she's close. Take the minimum wage.  Ernst is against the national minimum wage and believes it should be the full  responsibility of the states. “I do believe that is something that needs to be set by  the states, because our Iowa cost of living is very low,” she said ...
Jun 23, 2014 ... In the Iowa Senate race, Joni Ernst sells biography over ideology. ... But she  plainly told Radio Iowa in early June, “I do not support a federal minimum wage.  Every state has a different ... But Bruce Braley can't wash off the stink of  Washington,” says Des Moines-based GOP consultant Tim Albrecht. [MORE: ...
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage."