Treasure Valley voters: Find out here who’s running to serve in the Idaho Legislature
Voters in the Treasure Valley will choose among more than 130 state legislative candidates who declared to run for office by Friday’s filing deadline.
Treasure Valley residents will be most interested in races involving Legislative Districts 8 through 23, areas that include Boise, Meridian, Nampa and Caldwell.
All four parties in Idaho — Republican, Democratic, Constitution and Libertarian — intend to hold primaries this year. Races must have two or more candidates of the same party for a primary.
The Idaho Republican Party holds closed primaries, which means that only registered Republicans may vote in them. Democrats hold open primaries and allow anyone to vote, including Republicans and unaffiliated voters.
Independent candidates won’t be candidates in the primary elections on May 17. They will run against winners of the GOP and Democratic primaries in the November general election.
Below are the candidates that voters will have to choose from (R-Republican; D-Democrat; I-Independent; L-Libertarian; C-Constitution). An asterisk indicates the incumbent:
Legislative District 8
State Senator
Gary E. Freeman, Mountain Home (R)
Terry Gestrin, Donnelly (R)
Jon Krueger, Mountain Home (R)
Geoff Schroeder, Mountain Home (R)
State Representative, Position A
Steven W. Feil, Mountain Home (C)
Rob Beiswenger, Horseshoe Bend (R)
Matt Bundy, Mountain Home (R)
State Representative, Position B
Tony Ullrich, Hammett (C)
Megan C. Blanskma, Hammett (R)
Legislative District 9
State Senator
Kayla Dunn, Boise (R)
Abby Lee, Fruitland (R)*
Jordan Marques, Payette (R)
Jim Rice, Caldwell (R)
State Representative, Position A
Jacyn Gallagher, Weiser (R)
Ryan Kerby, Plymouth (R)*
State Representative, Position B
Judy Boyle, Midvale, (R)*
Scott Syme, Wilder (R)
Legislative District 10
State Senator
Bob Solomon, Caldwell (D)
Scott R. Brock, Middleton (R)
Tammy Nichols, Middleton (R)
State Representative, Position A
Rachel Hazelip, Nampa (R)
Mike Moyle, Star (R)
State Representative, Position B
Beverlee Furner, Middleton (R)
Coral Kenagy, Middleton (R)
Bruce D. Skaug, Nampa (R)
Legislative District 11
State Senator
Kurtis Berger, Caldwell (C)
Toni Ferro, Caldwell (D)
Greg Chaney, Caldwell (R)
Chris Trakel, Caldwell (R)
State Representative, Position A
Robert Scoville, Caldwell (D)
Julie K. Yamamoto, Caldwell (R)
State Representative, Position B
Marisela Pesina, Caldwell (D)
Chris Allgood, Caldwell (R)
Kent A. Marmon, Caldwell (R)
Mike Miller, Caldwell (R)
Legislative District 12
State Senator
Ben Adams, Nampa (R)
Thomas Netzley, Nampa (R)
State Representative, Position A
Jeff Cornilles, Nampa (R)
Sebastian Griffin, Nampa (R)
Machele Hamilton, Nampa (R)
State Representative, Position B
Jaron Crane, Nampa (R)
Jana M. Warner, Nampa (R)
Legislative District 13
State Senator
Jeff C. Agenbroad, Nampa (R)*
Brian Lenney, Nampa (R)
State Representative, Position A
Petre Danaila, Nampa (C)
Brent J. Crane, Nampa (R)*
State Representative, Position B
Tara Barling, Nampa (R)
Roger Hunt, Nampa (R)
Kenny Wroten, Nampa (R)
Legislative District 14
State Senator
Kirsten Faith Richardson, Emmett (C)
Robert Imhoff, Eagle (L)
Katie Donahue, Emmett (R)
C. Scott Grow, Eagle (R)*
Steven Thayn, Eagle (R)
State Representative, Position A
Crystal Ivie, Eagle (D)
Ted Hill, Eagle (R)
Caleb Hoobery, Emmett (R)
Tracey L. Koellisch, Eagle (R)
Mike Olsen, Eagle (R)
State Representative, Position B
Shelley Brock, Eagle (D)
Gayann DeMordaunt, Eagle (R)*
Josh Tanner, Eagle (R)
Legislative District 15
State Senator
Sarah A. Clendenon, Boise (C)
Rick Just, Boise (D)
Codi Galloway, Boise (R)
Dorothy Greenzang, Boise (R)
Fred S. Martin, Boise (R)*
State Representative, Position A
Steve Berch, Boise (D)*
Steve Keyser, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position B
Jeff Nafsinger, Boise (D)
Dori Healey, Boise (R)
Legislative District 16
State Senator
Ali Rabe, Boise (D)
Dennis Mansfield, Garden City (R)
State Representative, Position A
Soñia Galaviz, Boise (D)
Wayne Richey, Boise (I)
Mark A. Montoya, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position B
Colin Nash, Boise (D)*
Jackie Davidson, Boise (R)
Richard Shurtleff, Boise (R)
Legislative District 17
State Senator
Carrie Semmelroth, Boise (D)*
Benjamin Donovan Chafetz, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position A
John Gannon, Boise (D)*
April Larson, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position B
Sue Chew, Boise (D)*
Mary Ellen Nourse, Boise (R)
Legislative District 18
State Senator
Janie Ward-Engelking, Boise (D)*
Dan Bridges, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position A
Ilana Rubel, Boise (D)*
MaryKate Johnson, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position B
Brooke Green, Boise (D)*
Megan Conrad Landen, Boise (R)
Legislative District 19
State Senator
Melissa Wintrow, Boise (D)*
Blair Moss, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position A
Lauren Necochea, Boise (D)*
Melissa J. Christian, Boise (R)
State Representative, Position B
Chris Mathias, Boise (D)*
James Faasau, Boise (R)
Legislative District 20
State Senator
Rosa Martinez, Meridian (R)
Chuck Winder, Boise (R)*
State Representative, Position A
Joe Palmer, Meridian (R)*
Gloria Urwin, Meridian (R)
State Representative, Position B
James D Holtzclaw, Meridian (R)*
Mike Hon (R)
Legislative District 21
State Senator
Monica McKinley, Meridian (C)
Treg A. Bernt, Meridian (R)
Thad Butterworth, Meridian (R)
State Representative, Position A
Daniel Weston, Meridian (C)
Josi Christensen, Meridian (D)
Mike Long, Meridian (L)
Dom Gelsomino, Meridian (R)
James Petzke, Meridian (R)
Tara Pugmire, Meridian (R)
Tyler Ricks, Meridian (R)
State Representative, Position B
Brandon Dybdal, Meridian (R)
Jeff Ehlers, Meridian (R)
Caleb Pirc, Meridian (R)
Legislative District 22
State Senator
Brendan J. Gomez, Boise (C)
Pat Soulliere, Meridian (D)
Lori Den Hartog, Meridian (R)*
State Representative, Position A
Natalie R. MacLachlan, Boise (D)
Greg Ferch, Boise (R)
John Vander Woude, Meridian (R)*
State Representative, Position B
Dawn Pierce, Boise (D)
Jason A. Monks, Meridian (R)*
Legislative District 23
State Senator
Mike Lose, Kuna (D)
John Basabe, Caldwell (L)
Steve Allmer, Nampa (R)
Todd Lakey, Nampa (R)
State Representative, Position A
Melissa Durrant, Kuna (R)
Jason Knopp, Melba (R)
Michael Law, Kuna (R)
Tammy Payne, Grand View (R)
State Representative, Position B
Chris Bruce, Kuna (R)
Tina Lambert, Caldwell (R)
Shaun Laughlin, Kuna (R)
Lyman Gene Winchester, Homedale (R)
This story was updated on April 28, 2022, to remove candidates who have withdrawn.
This story was originally published March 11, 2022 at 8:46 PM.
