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{{Infobox Officeholder
|name         = Joni Ernst
|image        = Joni Ernst - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg
|state_senate = Iowa
|district     = 12th
|term_start   = January 5, 2011
|term_end     = 
|predecessor  = [[Kim Reynolds]]
|successor    = 
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1970|7|1}}
|birth_place  = [[Red Oak, Iowa|Red Oak]], [[Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|birthname    = Joni Kay Culver
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = Gail Ernst
|alma_mater   = [[Iowa State University]]<br>[[Columbus State University]]
|religion     = [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America|Lutheran]]
|website      = [http://www.joniforiowa.com Campaign website]
}}
'''Joni Ernst''' (born July 1, 1970, [[Red Oak, Iowa|Red Oak]], [[Iowa]]) is an American politician who serves as a [[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]] member of the [[Iowa Senate]] and as a [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[Iowa Army National Guard]]. She is the Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate election in Iowa, 2014|United States Senate election in Iowa]] in the 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joni Ernst wins Iowa GOP U.S. Senate race|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/06/03/joni-ernst-victory/9939911/|publisher=The Des Moines Register|accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Joni Kay Culver Ernst grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Ernst|first1=Joni|title=Squeal|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Y24MFOfFU|website=YouTube|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>

She is the daughter of Richard and Marilyn Culver (now divorced).<ref name=20140616DK>
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/16/1307297/-Does-Joni-Ernst-Support-Traditional-Divorce
 |title=Does Joni Ernst Support Traditional Divorce?
 |author=pseudonymous
 |date=June 16, 2014
 |publisher=[[Daily Kos]]
 |accessdate=2014-07-13
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