State Representative District 5 Seat B
State House District 5; Idaho
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 56,554 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,934,262 ÷ 56,554) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.32, measured against a statewide vote in ID (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Communications instructor at North Idaho College since 2012 with a master's degree in communication and leadership from Gonzaga University. Also teaches dual-credit courses through the Idaho Digital Learning Alliance.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Fourth-term state representative from Post Falls, a retired mechanical engineer and small business owner who once chaired the Spokane chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Vice chair of the Commerce & Human Resources Committee.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, 3 against, Corporate Accountability 2 for, 1 against, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 2 against,
Source: run.voteidaho.gov