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Boise City, Idaho sample ballot 2026

Boise City voters (Ada County, Idaho) see U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General plus 6 Ada County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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On every Boise City ballot

AssessorErik Olson (D) · Rebecca W. Arnold (R)

Erik Olson

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Expand digital service availability and reduce wait times at the assessor's office.
  • Maximize property tax exemptions available to homeowners, including wildlife habitat exemptions.
About Erik Olson

Erik Olson spent five years as head financial officer for state agencies focused on energy policy and public charter school administration, per his campaign site. He also worked three budget cycles with Idaho's statewide budget agency, where he oversaw public school funding exceeding 3 billion dollars, per his campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy from Idaho State University and a graduate degree in public administration and non profit administration from Boise State University, per his campaign site.

Rebecca W. Arnold

Republican

Rebecca W. Arnold is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Ada County Assessor, per the Idaho Secretary of State's candidate filing portal. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

ClerkTrent Tripple (R)

Trent Tripple

Republican

Trent Tripple is the Republican candidate for Ada County Clerk and the incumbent, per the Ada County Clerk's Office. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

CoronerDotti Owens (D) · Brett Harding (R)

Dotti Owens

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Emphasize hands on death investigation experience rather than an administrative only approach to the office.
  • Strengthen partnerships with local law enforcement, fire departments and emergency medical services.
About Dotti Owens

Dotti Owens is the Democratic candidate for Ada County Coroner and previously served as Ada County Coroner from 2015 to January 2023, per the State of Idaho Elections Database. Owens has conducted death investigations for 20 years and holds degrees from the College of Southern Idaho, Boise State University and Arizona State University, per her campaign site. Owens has emphasized hands on death investigation experience and partnerships with local law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, per the campaign site.

Brett Harding

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Elevate professionalism and accountability in the Coroner's Office.
  • Provide compassionate, high quality death investigation services to families.
About Brett Harding

Brett Harding is the Republican candidate for Ada County Coroner and currently serves as Chief Deputy Ada County Coroner, a position he has held since 2021, per his campaign site. Harding has more than 30 years of experience in death investigations and serves on the National Homicide Investigators Association's Board of Directors, per the campaign site. Harding's priorities include professionalism, accountability and compassionate service to families, per the campaign site.

TreasurerApril Frederick (D) · Todd Christensen (R)

April Frederick

Democratic

April Frederick filed a Declaration of Candidacy with Ada County Elections as the Democratic Party candidate for Ada County Treasurer, per the county's own filing. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Todd Christensen

Todd Christensen

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Apply private sector financial discipline to county government operations.
  • Improve transparency and communication about how tax dollars are used.
About Todd Christensen

Todd Christensen is the Republican candidate for Ada County Treasurer. Christensen has more than 26 years of experience in finance and community development and previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at CapEd Credit Union, per his campaign site. Christensen has also been active with the We The People Fourth of July Celebration Committee in Boise, per Idaho Press reporting. Christensen's platform centers on fiscal stewardship, transparency and accountability, per the campaign site.

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Commissioner, District 1Kelceymarie Warner (D) · Ryan Davidson (R)

Kelceymarie Warner

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Pursue practical solutions for smart growth and economic development in Ada County.
  • Strengthen public health systems and public safety.
About Kelceymarie Warner

Kelceymarie Warner is the Democratic candidate for Ada County Commissioner, District 1. Warner co-owns a marketing agency with her husband that works with nonprofits and advocacy groups, and has served as vice chair of a local charter school board, per her campaign site. Warner's platform focuses on smart growth, public health systems and responsible governance, per the campaign site.

Ryan Davidson

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Continued property tax reductions
  • Responsible growth management for Ada County
About Ryan Davidson

Ryan Davidson is the sitting Ada County Commissioner running for re-election, per his campaign site. As Commissioner he has worked on property tax relief and led the effort to redevelop the former Les Bois horse racing track at Expo Idaho into a public park, per his campaign site. He also supported construction of a new juvenile facility for Ada County, per his campaign site.

Commissioner, District 2Michael Fitzgerald (D) · Rod W Beck (R)

Michael Fitzgerald

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Prioritize housing affordability by coordinating county commissioners, the Ada County Highway District and developers.
  • Favor a housing first approach over jail first policies.
About Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald is the Democratic candidate for Ada County Commissioner, District 2. Fitzgerald grew up in Meridian and Kuna and has worked in retail, food service, hotel management, HVAC and roofing, per his campaign site. Fitzgerald's platform prioritizes housing affordability and a housing first approach to homelessness, per the campaign site.

Rod W Beck

Republican

Rod W Beck is the Republican candidate for Ada County Commissioner, District 2, and the incumbent chairman of the Board of Commissioners, per the Ada County Commissioners' Office. Beck previously served in the Idaho Senate as Majority Leader, spent nearly four decades in real estate brokerage, and led the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, per the Commissioners' Office. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Ada County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateJim Risch (R) · Todd Achilles (Independent) · Natalie M Fleming (Independent) · Matt Loesby (Libertarian)
Jim Risch

Jim Risch

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Defending Idaho's public lands
  • Affordability
  • Small business
About Jim Risch

Jim Risch is serving his third term as a U.S. senator from Idaho, per the campaign site. After earning his law degree at the University of Idaho he became a prosecuting attorney, and at 27 was elected Ada County prosecuting attorney, serving two terms, per the campaign site. He later served in the Idaho Senate, where he held leadership posts including majority leader and president pro tem, was elected lieutenant governor in 2003, and became Idaho's 31st governor in 2006, per the campaign site.

Todd Achilles

Todd Achilles

Independent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Stop corruption in Congress
  • Reduce the national debt
  • Give working families a fighting chance
About Todd Achilles

Todd Achilles is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho, per the campaign site. He grew up on a family farm and served in the U.S. Army as a tank commander and armor officer, per the campaign site.

Natalie M Fleming

Natalie M Fleming

Independent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protecting Idaho homeownership from Wall Street
  • Common-sense immigration reform
  • Fiscal responsibility and economic fairness
About Natalie M Fleming

Natalie M Fleming was born in Oregon and spent childhood summers on a family ranch in Christmas Valley before attending junior high and high school in Moscow, Idaho, per the campaign site. She worked in the technology industry and later returned to college in her fifties, per the campaign site. She is running as an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho, per the campaign site.

Matt Loesby

Libertarian

Matt Loesby is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Idaho, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No 2026 campaign site was found as of October 20, 2026; loesby.us carries no 2026 content.

GovernorBrad Little (R) · Terri Pickens (D) · Pro-Life (Constitution) · John R. Stegner (Independent) · Paul Sand (Libertarian)
Brad Little

Brad Little

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Keep taxes low and manage state growth
  • Support education and workforce development
  • Maintain conservative budgeting and public safety
About Brad Little

Little is a lifelong rancher and businessman who operates his family's third-generation sheep ranch in Emmett, founded by his grandfather, per the campaign site. He earned an agricultural business degree from the University of Idaho and went on to serve in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor before being elected Idaho's governor in 2018, per the campaign site.

Terri Pickens

Terri Pickens

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect rights and accountable government
  • Support education and public services
  • Address Idaho's affordability and growth pressures
About Terri Pickens

Terri Pickens is a Democratic candidate for Idaho governor, attorney, and former statewide nominee for lieutenant governor. Her campaign emphasizes rights, public services, education, and accountable state leadership.

Pro-Life

Pro-Life

Constitution

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Opposes legal abortion
About Pro-Life

Pro-Life is a Constitution Party candidate for Governor of Idaho who previously ran for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho in 2022 with the Constitution Party, per the campaign site. His wife, Kirsten Faith Richardson, is running for Idaho State Senate District 14 with the Constitution Party, per the campaign site. His platform centers on opposition to legal abortion, per the campaign site.

John R. Stegner

John R. Stegner

Independent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Affordability for Idaho families
  • Access to quality health care
  • Fully funding public schools
About John R. Stegner

John R. Stegner is an independent candidate for Idaho governor and a retired Idaho Supreme Court justice, per the Idaho Capital Sun. He served as a district judge in Latah County starting in 1997 before then-Gov. Butch Otter appointed him to the Idaho Supreme Court in 2018; he retired from the court in 2023, per the Idaho Capital Sun.

Paul Sand

Libertarian

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Supports shifting more government authority and budget decisions to the county level
  • Opposes efforts to privatize public lands in Idaho
About Paul Sand

Paul Sand served ten years on his local city council and has been an Idaho property and business owner for the last 30 years, per his campaign site. He won the Libertarian Party nomination for Governor of Idaho in the May 19, 2026 primary and will appear on the November general election ballot, per the campaign site.

Lieutenant GovernorScott Bedke (R) · Eric Myricks (D)
Scott Bedke

Scott Bedke

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Oppose critical race theory curriculum in Idaho schools
  • Support law enforcement and border security
  • Continue a record of tax cuts and balanced state budgets
About Scott Bedke

Bedke is a cattle rancher and the sitting Speaker of the Idaho House, with family ranching roots in the Oakley Basin dating to the 1870s, per the campaign site. Bedke began public service on the Oakley City Council and has been recognized as Legislator of the Year by the Fraternal Order of Police, per the campaign site.

Eric Myricks

Eric Myricks

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Fully funding public schools, repealing school-choice voucher programs, and improving teacher pay
  • Protecting Medicaid and keeping rural hospitals open
  • Addressing infrastructure challenges from Idaho's rapid growth
About Eric Myricks

Eric Myricks is the Democratic candidate for Idaho lieutenant governor, an entrepreneur, and a former Mennonite youth pastor, per his campaign site.

Attorney GeneralRaul R. Labrador (R) · Lori Hickman (D)
Raul R. Labrador

Raul R. Labrador

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Challenge federal policy through state litigation
  • Support law enforcement and public safety
  • Advance conservative legal priorities
About Raul R. Labrador

Raul R. Labrador is Idaho's incumbent attorney general and a Republican candidate for re-election. A former U.S. representative, his office has emphasized conservative litigation, state sovereignty, public safety, and legal challenges to federal policy.

Lori Hickman

Lori Hickman

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect consumers and Idaho families
  • Improve accountability in state legal work
  • Defend civil rights and public trust
About Lori Hickman

Lori Hickman is a Democratic candidate for Idaho attorney general and an attorney. Her campaign presents a people-first legal agenda focused on consumer protection, accountability, civil rights, and restoring public confidence in the attorney general's office.

Secretary of StatePhil McGrane (R) · Shawn Keenan (D)

Phil McGrane

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Administer secure and accessible elections
  • Modernize business and public-record services
  • Oversee campaign finance and lobbying transparency
About Phil McGrane

Phil McGrane is Idaho's incumbent secretary of state and a Republican candidate for re-election. His office oversees elections, business filings, campaign finance, lobbying registration, trademarks, and other statewide administrative services.

Shawn Keenan

Democrat

Shawn Keenan is the Democratic candidate listed for Idaho secretary of state and the 2022 Democratic nominee for the office. His candidacy gives Idaho voters a Democratic alternative for the office that administers elections, business filings, and public records. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

ControllerBrandon D Woolf (R) · Rakesh Mohan (D)
Brandon D Woolf

Brandon D Woolf

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Maintain accurate state accounting and payroll
  • Improve financial transparency
  • Modernize controller office services
About Brandon D Woolf

Woolf has served as Idaho State Controller since 2012, beginning as an intern in the Controller's Office and advancing through the Division of Statewide Payroll, per the campaign site. Woolf holds a political science degree from Utah State University and an MBA from Boise State University, and also serves on the Idaho Board of Land Commissioners and the Board of Examiners, per the campaign site.

Rakesh Mohan

Rakesh Mohan

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Improve fiscal transparency
  • Strengthen state accounting accountability
  • Modernize public finance systems
About Rakesh Mohan

Mohan served 21 years as Director of the Idaho Legislature's Office of Performance Evaluations and has lived in Idaho for 23 years, per the campaign site. He is a public policy researcher and data analyst who has mentored Boise State University public administration students, per the campaign site.

TreasurerJulie A. Ellsworth (R) · Kevin A Jones (D)
Julie A. Ellsworth

Julie A. Ellsworth

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Safeguard state cash and investments
  • Support college savings and public finance programs
  • Maintain conservative treasury management
About Julie A. Ellsworth

Ellsworth is the incumbent Idaho State Treasurer, first elected in 2018, and previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives, per the campaign site. Before her time in office she worked as a civil mediator and business consultant, taught in Idaho public schools, and co-manages her family's farm and ranch in Carey, Idaho, per the campaign site.

Kevin A Jones

Democrat

Kevin A Jones is the Democratic candidate listed for Idaho state treasurer and a chartered financial analyst. His campaign offers a Democratic alternative for the office responsible for investments, cash management, and public-finance oversight. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Superintendent of Public InstructionDebbie Critchfield (R) · Becky Sundin Mitchell (D) · Teresa Roundy (Constitution)
Debbie Critchfield

Debbie Critchfield

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Improve literacy and student outcomes
  • Support workforce readiness and career pathways
  • Oversee state education services and school support
About Debbie Critchfield

Critchfield is the incumbent Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving since January 2023, and holds a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, per the campaign site. She previously served on the Cassia County School Board and the Idaho State Board of Education, and worked as a substitute teacher and public information officer for the Cassia County School District, per the campaign site.

Becky Sundin Mitchell

Becky Sundin Mitchell

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Support teachers and classrooms
  • Improve student services and outcomes
  • Strengthen public education across Idaho
About Becky Sundin Mitchell

Becky Sundin Mitchell is a Democratic candidate for Idaho superintendent of public instruction and an educator. Her campaign emphasizes classroom experience, teacher support, student services, and improving public education across Idaho communities.

Teresa Roundy

Constitution

Teresa Roundy is the Constitution Party candidate for Idaho superintendent of public instruction, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. She was a candidate for mayor of Garden City, Idaho in 2025, per Idaho Education News. No campaign website was found as of September 18, 2026.

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