Top White House officials privately met with Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa this week encouraging her to run for reelection in an ...

Outside of Iowa, Democrats view the Maine seat held by Senator Susan Collins and the open North Carolina seat as their best ...

Joni Ernst is squealing like an endangered political hog. The incumbent’s future remains uncertain, after weeks of equivocating about whether she intends to run for re-election.

Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted for the cuts. Two Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against the measure, along with all Democrats.

Ernst said last year that she intended to run for reelection, but she’s had recent setbacks. She lost her bid to be the No. 3 GOP leader late last year to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.

Ernst said last year that she intended to run for reelection, but she’s had recent setbacks. She lost her bid to be the No. 3 GOP leader late last year to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.