Iowa State Sen. Joni Ernst (R) won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday night.
The race was called for Ernst at roughly 10:53 PM ET.
The state senator had held a commanding lead over the rest of the primary field throughout the night. At 28 percent of precincts reporting when the race was called, Ernst had 54.3 percent support while the runner up, Sam Clovis, had 18.5 percent support.
Ernst will now face Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) in the general election.
Ernst received broad national attention for a series of ads she aired in the primary. One of those ads featured Ernst describing her experience castrating hogs and arguing that she would bring that skill to Washington to fight wasteful spending.
Forget it, Jake. It’s Iowa.
Well, they say she’s a real ball-buster. If this is who Iowa wants to replace Harkin, I feel sorry for them…truly sorry.
She looks like Sarah with short hair. Makes my skin crawl to think we have to share the planet with this kind of scum
She has Bachmann eyes.
I was going to post the same thing. Almost exactly like Bachman. Must be from all those hogs she’s castrated.