Bipartisan list includes incumbents, challengers, and candidates running for open seats
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Budge, Idaho State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 23, 2020—The political action arm for Idaho’s voice of small business today announced its endorsed candidates for the Idaho State Senate and Idaho House of Representatives.
“Every candidate claims to be a friend of small business, but we can’t rely on words alone, so we base our endorsements for incumbents on their voting records and carefully vet challengers and candidates running in open seats on their responses to our questionnaire,” said Suzanne Budge, Idaho state director for NFIB.
The endorsements announced today were made by the NFIB ID PAC and for incumbents based on a 70-percent-or-better, pro-small-business voting record on seven bills during the 2019 and 2020 sessions of the Idaho Legislature, and on one issue specific to the Senate. Forty-nine incumbents had perfect, 100 percent voting record scores. Scores on the questionnaire submitted by candidates running in open seats and challengers ranged from 80 percent to 100 percent.
The endorsed candidates are:
(asterisk denotes nonincumbent; NFIB member in bold)
| D# | Seat | First Name | Last Name | City |
| 1 | S | Jim | Woodward | Sagle |
| 1 | H-A | Heather | Scott | Blanchard |
| 1 | H-B | Sage | Dixon | Ponderay |
| 2 | S | Steve | Vick | Dalton Gardens |
| 2 | H-A | Vito | Barbieri | Dalton Gardens |
| 3 | H-A | Ron | Mendive | Couer d’Alene |
| 3 | H-B | Tony | Wisniewski | Post Falls |
| 4 | S | Mary | Souza | Couer d’Alene |
| 4 | H-A | Jim | Addis | Coeur d’Alene |
| 4 | H-B | Paul | Amador | Coeur d’Alene |
| 5 | S | David | Nelson | Moscow |
| 5 | H-A | Brandon | Mitchell* | Moscow |
| 5 | H-B | Caroline | Troy | Genessee |
| 6 | S | Dan | Johnson | Lewiston |
| 6 | H-B | Mike | Kingsley | Lewiston |
| 7 | S | Carl | Crabtree | Grangeville |
| 7 | H-A | Priscilla | Giddings | White Bird |
| 7 | H-B | Charlie | Shepherd* | Riggins |
| 8 | S | Steven | Thayn | Emmett |
| 8 | H-A | Terry | Gestrin | Donnelly |
| 8 | H-B | Dorothy | Moon | Stanley |
| 9 | S | Abby | Lee | Fruitland |
| 9 | H-A | Ryan | Kerby | New Plymouth |
| 9 | H-B | Judy | Boyle | Midvale |
| 10 | S | Jim | Rice | Caldwell |
| 10 | H-A | Julie | Yamamoto* | Caldwell |
| 10 | H-B | Greg | Chaney | Caldwell |
| 11 | S | Patti Anne | Lodge | Huston |
| 11 | H-A | Scott | Syme | Caldwell |
| 11 | H-B | Tammy | Nichols | Middleton |
| 12 | S | Todd | Lakey | Nampa |
| 12 | H-A | Bruce | Skaug* | Nampa |
| 12 | H-B | Rick | Youngblood | Nampa |
| 13 | S | Jeff | Agenbroad | Nampa |
| 13 | H-A | Brent | Crane | Nampa |
| 14 | S | C. Scott | Grow | Eagle |
| 14 | H-A | Mike | Moyle | Star |
| 14 | H-B | Gayann | DeMordaunt | Eagle |
| 15 | S | Fred | Martin | Boise |
| 15 | H-A | Patrick | McDonald* | Boise |
| 16 | H-A | John | McCrostie | Boise |
| 18 | S | Janie | Ward-Engelking | Boise |
| 20 | S | Chuck | Winder | Boise |
| 20 | H-A | Joe | Palmer | Meridian |
| 20 | H-B | James | Holtzclaw | Meridian |
| 21 | S | Regina | Bayer | Meridian |
| 21 | H-A | Steven | Harris | Meridian |
| 22 | S | Lori | DenHartog | Meridian |
| 22 | H-A | John | Vander Woude | Nampa |
| 22 | H-B | Jason | Monks | Meridian |
| 23 | H-A | Matthew | Bundy* | Mountain Home |
| 23 | H-B | Megan | Blanksma | Hammett |
| 24 | S | Lee | Heider | Twin Falls |
| 24 | H-A | Lance | Clow | Twin Falls |
| 24 | H-B | Linda | Wright Hartgen | Twin Falls |
| 25 | S | Jim | Patrick | Twin Falls |
| 25 | H-A | Laurie | Lickley | Jerome |
| 25 | H-B | Clark | Kauffman | Filer |
| 26 | S | Michelle | Stennett | Ketchum |
| 26 | H-B | William | Thorpe* | Bliss |
| 27 | S | Kelly | Anthon | Burley |
| 27 | H-A | Scott | Bedke | Oakley |
| 27 | H-B | Fred | Wood | Burley |
| 28 | S | Jim | Guthrie | McCammon |
| 28 | H-A | Randy | Armstrong | Inkom |
| 28 | H-B | Kevin | Andrus | Lava Hot Springs |
| 29 | S | Mark | Nye | Pocatello |
| 29 | H-B | James | Ruchti* | Pocatello |
| 30 | H-A | Gary | Marshall | Idaho Falls |
| 30 | H-B | Wendy | Horman | Idaho Falls |
| 31 | S | Steven | Bair | Blackfoot |
| 31 | H-B | Julianne | Young | Blackfoot |
| 32 | S | Mark | Harris | Soda Springs |
| 32 | H-A | Marc | Gibbs | Grace |
| 32 | H-B | Chad | Christensen | Ammon |
| 33 | S | Dave | Lent | Idaho Falls |
| 33 | H-A | Barbara | Ehardt | Idaho Falls |
| 33 | H-B | Marco | Erickson* | Idaho Falls |
| 34 | S | Doug | Ricks | Rexburg |
| 35 | S | Van | Burtenshaw | Terreton |
| 35 | H-B | Rod | Furniss | Rigby |
Keep up with the latest on Idaho small business at www.nfib.com/idaho or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_ID
For more than 77 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven association. Since its founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.
National Federation of Independent Business/Idaho
802 W. Bannock, Ste. 301
Boise, ID 83702
208-345-6632
www.nfib.com/idaho
Twitter: NFIB_ID
