Idaho House of Representatives


The Idaho House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 70 representatives elected to two-year terms. The state is divided into 35 districts, each of which elects two representatives to separate seats. It meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho in the State Capitol Building.

Composition of the House

The Idaho House of Representatives has been continuously controlled by the Republican Party since the late 1950s, usually by a wide margin. Democrats picked up six seats in the 2006 elections. In the 2010 elections Republicans won back many of those seats, gaining five. In the 2012 elections, the first election after redistricting in 2011, Democrats gained two seats in Ada County, but Republicans offset those gains by winning a seat in Bannock County and a seat in the district representing the Democratic stronghold Blaine County. In 2014, two Republican incumbents representing swing districts in North Central Idaho lost re-election, but picked up one seat previously held by a Democrat in the same region for net loss for Republicans of one seat.

Leadership in the 65th Legislature

PositionNamePartyDistrict
SpeakerScott BedkeRepublican27
Majority LeaderMike MoyleRepublican14
Assistant Majority LeaderJason MonksRepublican13
Majority Caucus ChairMegan BlanksmaRepublican22
Minority LeaderIllana RubelDemocratic18
Assistant Minority LeaderJohn McCrostieDemocratic16
Minority Caucus ChairElaine SmithDemocratic29

Members of the Idaho House of Representatives

† Elected to District 3 Seat A in 2010

± Wagoner was appointed on November 7, 2017 due to the resignation on Brandon Hixon
§ District 11 Seat B, District 12 Seat B, District 13 Seat B
^ Kiska was appointed on May 22, 2019 due to Thomas Dayley stepping down after President Donald Trump appointed him as state executive director of the USDA Farm Service Agency.
° District 21 Seat A, Current Seat District 22 Seat A
∞ District 30 Seat B, Current Seat District 29 Seat B
‽ District 31 Seat A, Current Seat District 32 Seat A
¿ Ehardt was appointed on December 27, 2017

Past composition of the House of Representatives