Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and her Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield squared off for the first time in a debate Monday night at Iowa PBS's studios in Johnston.

Earlier this month, President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force recommended to state leaders that they implement a mask mandate. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst does not think Iowa should mandate one. Ernst's Democratic challenger, Theresa Greenfield, thinks a mask mandate would be a good idea.

IPR News is sitting down with both major party candidates in the 2020 U.S. Senate race to discuss federal response to the derecho and pandemic.

Iowa’s Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is fighting to hang onto her seat as Democrats see it as a potential pick up in November. Her Democratic challenger, real estate executive Theresa Greenfield, is running ads attacking Ernst for not being more forceful with the Trump administration and its handling of the state’s biofuels industry.