Iowa’s Republican Sen Joni Ernst has told the confidant that she is planning to tell that she would not seek reunion in 2026, several sources familiar with the case told CBS News.
Sources said that the announcement of the Ernst is scheduled for Thursday. 55 -year -old Ernst has served in the US Senate since 2015,
Ernst spokespersons did not respond to the remarks requests.
Some Iowa Democrats have already jumped into the race, including the state Sen Zach Vahls, State Rape. Josh Tureke and Des Minee School Board Chairman Jackie Noris.
Ernst is clear whether she will run for the third term in 2026, but in public comments earlier this month, continued the GOP control of Iowa.
In a meeting in the Westside Conservative Club, he said, “Every day we get a new Democratic member of the House or Senate who decides to run for this Senate seat – bring it.” “Bring it, friends. Because I tell you, at the end of the day, Iowa is going to be red.”
The White House officials hoped that the Ernst would run again, instead of joining the other Republican, who is leaving the Senate, including Thom Tilis of Northern Carolina, Tommy Tubberville of Alabama and Michconell of Kentki.
Tennessy’s GOP Sen Marsha Blackburn announced a run for the governor, but his Senate word did not end until 2030.
Ernst has told people closely to her that she intends to serve only two term, she has fulfilled what she is ready to do, and intends to go into the private sector, a formula said.
He graduated from Grand -Badhi and Iowa State University in Rural South -West Iowa. She retired as Lieutenant Colonel at the Iowa Army National Guard after tourism in Kuwait and Iraq, joining the army store.
Ernst served in the local and Iowa state government before running for an open American Senate seat in 2014. She reached the number 3 leadership position at the Republican Conference and was a reliable vote for President Trump’s agenda. He was interviewed by Trump in 2016 as a potential vice -president Pick, but eventually withdrawn from the idea.
Ketlin Hue-Burns and Nicole Killian contributed to this report.
