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Justin Alexander Peter Hughes

Republican · Idaho · 2026

Running for Idaho House District 17 Seat B, Idaho

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect pure water, air, and agriculture, opposing heavy pesticide use
  • Maintain forests and grasslands, including reforestation near Lucky Peak, to reduce fire risk
Biography

Hughes holds a B.S. in physics with a minor in mathematics from Principia College and spent more than a decade as a principal ballet dancer with Ballet Idaho, per the campaign site. Hughes has lived in Boise for more than ten years and frames the current campaign as a continuation of that work in service to the community, per the campaign site.

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Idaho House District 17 Seat BIdaho · 2026Ada County sample ballot

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