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Benutzer:Versionen/Joni Ernst
{{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]]
(contracted; show full) the state level.<ref name=focused>{{cite web |title=Joni Ernst focused on primary in final Iowa debate |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/joni-ernst-election-iowa-debate-107237.html |publisher=Politico |date=May 29, 2014 |accessdate=June 2, 2014 |author=James Hohmann}}</ref> Ernst said she believes [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]] is "a state issue" and pointed out that she had co-sponsored a bill to amend the state constitution in the Iowa Senate 
to prohibit same-sex marriagefor the state to recognize marriage as a union of one man and one woman.<ref name=focused/>

==2014 U.S. Senate election==
{{main|United States Senate election in Iowa, 2014}}
In July 2013, Ernst announced that she would seek the Senate seat held by retiring Democratic Senator [[Tom Harkin]]. If elected, she would be the first woman from Iowa elected to either house of [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayley |first=Bruce |title=State Sen. Joni Ernst announces run for U.S. Senate in Cedar Rapids |url=http://thegazette.com/2013/07/18/state-s(contracted; show full)[[Category:Iowa Republicans]]
[[Category:Iowa State Senators]]
[[Category:Iowa State University alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Montgomery County, Iowa]]
[[Category:United States Army reservists]]
[[Category:Women in the United States Army]]
[[Category:Women state legislators in Iowa]]