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2014 Iowa U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 2014 Iowa U.S. Senate Election?

Joni Ernst won the 2014 Iowa U.S. Senate Election. Joni Ernst received 588,575 popular votes (52.1%). The main challenger was Bruce Braley (43.76%).

See the full head-to-head between Ernst and Braley

Ernst +8.3 pts · won by 94,205 votes
Joni ErnstRepublicanWINNER52.1%
588,575 votes
Bruce BraleyDemocratic43.76%
494,370 votes
Rick StewartIndependent2.37%
26,815 votes
Douglas ButzierLibertarian0.73%
8,232 votes
Bob QuastBob Quast For Term Limits0.52%
5,873 votes
Ruth SmithNominated By Petition0.42%
4,724 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.