Joni Ernst gets a GOP promotion

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Fresh from giving the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address — while in camo heels — new Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has been promoted to vice chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the party’s chief recruiting — and funding — team for new Senate candidates.

She joins Nevada Sen. Dean Heller and new Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on the influential committee, Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Friday.

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