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Ada County Highway District Commissioner, District 4

Unofficial result: Won — Marisa Keith (Nonpartisan)

Source: results.voteidaho.gov

What does this office do?

  • Setting the budget and property tax rate for county roads
  • Deciding which roads, bridges, and sidewalks get built or repaired
  • Hiring and overseeing the director who runs the highway district

Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Infrastructure

Candidates:

Nonpartisan

Boise Fire Department captain in 2018 with 25 years at the city, and a fire services administration degree from Eastern Oregon University. His stated priorities then were easing traffic congestion on main roads and more public transit.

Nonpartisan

Former Ada County commissioner who served from 2012 to 2018 and earlier sat on the Ada County Highway District board for the south county subdistrict. He chaired the board of COMPASS, the regional transportation planning group, in 2018.

Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for, 2 against, Public Infrastructure 2 for

Nonpartisan

Boise chiropractor and Army medic veteran who served in the Idaho House from 2020 to 2022 and now chairs the Central District Health board. Backs planned road investment to handle growth, low taxes, and cuts to wasteful spending.

Records: Government Spending Reduction 8 for, 3 against, Public Infrastructure 2 for, 2 against

Nonpartisan

As of October 2026, we found no public information about Joel Meusch's job, background, or goals.

Nonpartisan

Leads a nonprofit's Safe Routes to School program and has been president of the Southwest Ada County Alliance neighborhood group for eight years. Wants safer road and intersection design and wants road money spent finishing corridors in already-built areas first.

Records: Public Infrastructure 5 for

Sources: adacounty.id.gov · legislature.idaho.gov