(Photo : Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Republican Senate Candidate Jodi Ernst Campaigns Throughout Iowa
NEWTON, IA - NOVEMBER 03: (L-R) Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Gov. Terry Brandstad, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst, GOP U.S. House candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks, State Auditor candidate Mary Mosiman and Iowa House candidate Crystal Bruntz address supporters at the Newton Manufacturing Company November 3, 2014 in Newton, Iowa. According to the polls, Ernst is in a neck-and-neck race with her opponent, Democratic candidate Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), and the election in Iowa could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
Last November, Iowa Democrat Rita Hart was beaten by Republican challenger Mariannette Miller-Meeks by only six votes in Iowa s 2nd Congressional District election. Thursday, April 1, Hart finally conceded defeat after attempting to reverse the election outcome.