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Ron Mendive

Republican · Idaho · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Idaho House District 5 Seat A, Idaho

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Life
  • Liberty under the Bill of Rights
  • Private property rights
Biography

Mendive has lived most of his years in North Idaho working in mining, logging and construction, and is self-employed operating a land service and excavating business, per the campaign site. Mendive helped develop technology used in an internationally marketed line of pellet stoves, per the campaign site.

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Idaho House District 5 Seat AIdaho · 2026Kootenai County sample ballot

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