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Idaho US Senator

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    Joe Evans
    (Rep)

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    Denny LaVe
    (Rep)

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    Jim Risch
    (Rep)

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    Josh Roy
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

What experience has prepared you to represent Idaho in the US Senate?

What would you like to accomplish as a member of the US Senate?

What do you see as the most significant challenges Idaho faces that you might be able to address in this position?

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Campaign Statement Strong for Idaho, Hard on Washington
Campaign Website http://joeevansforidaho.com
X (formerly known as Twitter) @idjoe4idaho
Campaign Phone 208-513-5150
Campaign Email joe@joeevansforidaho.com
Mailing Address PO BOX #1904
Boise, ID 83701
Phone 208-513-5150
Office Sought Idaho US Senate
I served our country in uniform, and I saw up close what happens when Washington makes decisions without thinking about the real people they affect. That taught me the true meaning of duty, accountability, and why the Constitution matters. When I came home, I got to work in the private sector and stayed involved here in Idaho—working alongside folks who built their own businesses and raised their families the Idaho way. We don’t need another politician who’s never had dirt under their fingernails. We need someone who knows what it’s like to work the land, run a business, and fight for the freedoms that matter to us. That’s why I’m running—to stand up for Idaho against a federal government that keeps trying to tell us how to live.
My number one goal is to put Idaho first and get Washington out of our lives. I’ll fight to protect our land, water, and property rights from federal overreach. I want to make sure Idaho’s family farms and ranches stay strong, bring good-paying manufacturing jobs back to America, secure our border, and make energy affordable so folks here can keep living and working in Idaho. And as a veteran, I know what it means to send Americans into harm’s way. I’ll work to make sure Congress does its job and that our troops are only sent into danger when it’s absolutely necessary for our security.
Idaho families are feeling the pinch from higher prices, more federal rules, and decisions made by folks in D.C. who have never set foot in our communities. Our farmers, ranchers, and small businesses face uphill battles—big corporations and government policies make it harder to stay afloat, and too many good jobs are going overseas. On top of that, Washington keeps trying to run our land and resources from thousands of miles away. Idaho feeds the country and keeps the lights on in the West. It’s time Washington let us do our job without interference.
Idaho is made up of folks who believe in independence, hard work, and looking out for our neighbors. We take care of our families, our land, and our communities—without Washington looking over our shoulder. I’m running because too many people in D.C. have forgotten who they work for. My promise is straightforward: defend the Constitution, stand up for Idaho’s farmers, workers, and veterans, and fight to leave our kids and grandkids a freer, more prosperous country.
Campaign Statement Send a Builder, not a career politician to fight for our kids and our grandkids
Campaign Website http://dennyforsenate.com
Campaign Phone 2089860426
Campaign Email info@dennyforsenate.com
Phone 2089860426
Office Sought US Senate
From a monk to an accomplished builder, and from father to businessman, my life fills a book, literally. My experiences in interstate commerce and complex contract negotiations prepared me for office. My journey of growth, healing, and personal development prepared me for office. My triumphs and failures as a husband and father prepared me for office. It seems to me, above all else, we need men and women who are truly "of the people" to represent us in DC. Americans who have not been bought and paid for by K street lobbying firms, Big Tech, the military industrial complex, and Big Healthcare.
I'd like to end reckless spending. This includes reforming healthcare to bring radical transparency along with sensible pricing and maximum markups. It includes attacking waste in agencies, September Surges, and waste in the military. I'd also like to raise the pay of enlisted soldiers/airmen and end the various ways they are being defrauded. I also plan to address the imbalance in state governance caused by the egregious judicial overreach in the Reynolds v Sims decision. Further, I would like to see PILT reform, such as permanent funding and allocation based on land rather than apportionment.
The most significant challenge Idaho faces is continued American "political refugees" moving in and further stressing our housing supply and infrastructure. By challenging and overturning Reynolds v Sims and other judicial activism we can course correct the nation and help people bloom where they are planted.
Senator Risch will be 83 at the time of the primary. He's been in office for over 50 years. He's independently wealthy. He's been in the Senate for 18 years and accomplished very little. All these factors make him dramatically out of touch with everyday Idahoans.

I was born six years after Risch first entered elected office. I've overcome a good deal of adversity. My wife and I have raised six sons here in Idaho. I've started and grown a world class business. I've stayed up late figuring out how to make payroll. I know the problems everyday Idahoans are facing because they are the same problems my family faces and I want to do something about it.
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Campaign Statement Josh Roy for Idaho - A Fresh Conservative Voice for Idaho
Campaign Website http://joshroyforidaho.com
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Campaign Phone 208-750-6546
Campaign Email joshroyforidaho@outlook.com
Phone 208-750-6546
Office Sought US Senate
I have an engineering degree and an MBA. I’ve spent my 20-year career as a leader in traditional heavy manufacturing. I have a family background in farming and nuclear energy. There aren’t many working age Americans left with these skills. Most farms, sawmills, machine shops, mines and manufacturers have closed or consolidated. Idaho needs this experience. Farm consolidation and offshoring has stripped our state of much of its can-do culture. Our state needs a leader who understands the parts of the economy that we are so desparate to rebuild. Although not in elected office, my experience in manufacturing is some the most intensive political experience available.
I will fight federal regulation and defend states rights. Idahoans must be able to provide for their families. Regulation has shutdown farmers, ranchers, loggers and miners who rely of BLM and National Forest land. It has hamstrung manufacturers and residential contractors. Every aspect of our economy has seen a loss of capability in the last 30 years due to federal regulations. Our schools are struggling. Our teenagers can’t afford cars or insurance. Our farms are consolidating. Prices are out of control for everything. The only solution anyone offers is more loans. It is time to tackle the root of the problem. If we don’t get the working men and women of this country some help they will turn to socialism in desperation.
With 62% of our state as federal land, we are uniquely vulnerable to the whims of federal agencies and changes in presidential leadership. We must fight this at all cost’s.
My wife and I are the original family values advocates. We are life long Christians with 4 children ages 9-17. Many times we have struggled to know how to raise kids in the modern world. I know this is a struggle many of you have shared with my wife and I. Our children need protected. They need trained in our values and culture and faith. We must fight to protect our families at all cost. This is the first, and most important step in rebuilding this great nation of ours. Somehow we must find a way to come along side our communities, churches, schools and teachers to turn our children into the men and women that we need them to be.