Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, plans to announce that she will not run for re-election next year, according to a person familiar with her decision.

The move, first reported by CBS News , would open up another potentially competitive race in Iowa, months after GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she wouldn't run for re-election either. But while Democrats have been eyeing underdog bids in both races, they've struggled in recent statewide elections and haven't won a Senate race in the state since 2008.

Ernst did not respond to a request for comment.

Ernst won re-election by more than six points in 2020. President Donald Trump carried the state by double-digits in 2024, although Democratic President Barack Obama won the state both in 2012 and 2008.

Multiple Democrats have already jumped into

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