Liyah Babayan
Independent · ID
Liyah Babayan is a refugee, author and small business owner who served as a Twin Falls School District trustee. Her priorities include housing affordability, more state support for public schools and teacher pay, and less red tape for small businesses.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Received the 66th Idaho Business Leader of the Year award from Idaho State University's Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity for running the Ooh La La boutique in Twin Falls and for her civic work.
February 22, 2026
Source: kmvt.com
Met with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch in Washington on April 2, 2025. She urged them to hold Azerbaijan's leader accountable for war crimes in the 2023 ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and to seek the release of Armenian prisoners of war.
April 2, 2025
Source: magicvalley.com
Named Idaho's delegate to Refugee Congress, a national group led by former refugees that advocates for refugees and other displaced migrants.
March 11, 2021
Source: refugeecongress.org
Founded MAKEPEACE, a Twin Falls skin care company that makes soap and lotion from Idaho potatoes and donates a bar of soap to a displaced person for each product sold.
June 17, 2020
Source: idahostatejournal.com
As chair of the Idaho chapter of the Armenian National Committee of America, met in Washington with Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch in September 2019 to press for a U.S. resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
September 18, 2019
Source: armenianweekly.com
Served as a trustee on the Twin Falls School District board. At the board's September 14, 2015 meeting she moved to approve staff discipline and the expulsion of two students recommended by administrators; both motions passed unanimously.
September 14, 2015
Source: bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com
Past race Liyah Babayan ran in:
- State Representative District 25 Seat B · November 3, 2026 · State House District 25; Idaho