WATERLOO, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Only one week removed from the primary, U.S. Rep. and Senate-candidate Bruce Braley is trailing state Sen. Joni Ernst, a tea party favorite, by five points, according to a poll conducted by a new polling firm run by Republicans.

On June 3, Ernst, a Lt. Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, captured 56 percent of the primary vote to overcome her male Republican rivals.

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