Idaho — 1st District

Kaylee Peterson

Supports reproductive freedom and abortion access

Peterson views reproductive healthcare as a fundamental personal right and doctor-patient decision. She argues that post-Dobbs state restrictions have severely harmed healthcare infrastructure, driving out OBGYNs and forcing emergency life-flights for pregnant women.

• Protect women's reproductive rights and personal privacy
• Protect medical providers from legal prosecution
• Address healthcare shortages caused by hospital labor ward closures

“When it comes to a woman’s right to choose, I believe that it should never be the place of the government to dictate how a woman makes decisions about her health.”

“Idaho has lost 43% of our practicing OBGYNs, and our district alone has lost 3 critical Labor and Delivery wards since the Dobbs decision.”

Russ Fulcher

Opposes abortion and supports pro-life legislation

Fulcher believes life begins at conception and that every unborn child has an inherent right to life. He supports federal restrictions on abortion and has co-sponsored legislation to block taxpayer funding for abortion services.

• Believes life begins at conception
• Co-sponsored bills to block taxpayer funding for abortions
• Supported amicus briefs in favor of state pro-life legislation and religious exemptions

“I believe life begins at conception and that every unborn child has the inherent right to life.”

“I have co-sponsored bills that block the use of taxpayer funds for abortions, require the CDC to report abortions performed, require doctors to care for a baby born alive due to a failed abortion, and reaffirm that life begins at conception.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports legal immigration reform and border oversight

Peterson supports enacting the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and streamlining legal immigration pathways. She advocates increasing immigration judges and professional border agents while ending private detention centers and warrantless ICE arrests.

• Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• Expand immigration judges, court attorneys, and professional border agents
• Shut down private for-profit detainment facilities
• End warrantless arrests, unconstitutional searches, and mass deportations

“If career politicians in Congress actually cared about fixing legal immigration, they would have passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act years ago.”

“It’s time to shut down private for-profit detainment facilities, stop cruel mass deportations, and dismantle the current immigration enforcement bureaucracies so that we can rebuild real trust and safety with local communities.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports strict border enforcement and wall construction

Fulcher supports physical border wall construction and strict enforcement of immigration laws. He favors merit-based immigration while opposing visa lotteries, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, and decriminalization.

• Voted for border wall funding and strict security measures
• Supported the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) and Laken Riley Act (S. 5)
• Opposes visa lotteries and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants

“In my time in Congress, I have lobbied for and voted to fund building a border wall, and aggressively supported President Trump’s efforts.”

“I support merit-based immigration and am opposed to the visa lottery system.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports labor unions and middle-class tax relief

Peterson runs on a labor-first economic platform prioritizing working families. She advocates for repealing 'Right to Work' laws, raising the federal minimum wage, increasing corporate tax rates, and breaking up corporate monopolies.

• Repeal 'Right to Work' laws and protect collective bargaining
• Raise federal minimum wage and overtime protections
• Increase corporate taxes while providing tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses
• Break up corporate monopolies that crush local competition

“It’s time to create an economy that prioritizes working-class families. I am a labor-first, union-first candidate always.”

“Increase corporate tax rates, remove corporate tax breaks/subsidies, and protect Idaho’s labor and resources from monopolized industries.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports deregulation and tax cuts

Fulcher advocates for cutting federal taxes and eliminating redundant business regulations to drive job creation. He supports free-market growth and constitutional amendments for a balanced budget to curb national inflation.

• Reduce federal regulations on businesses
• Cut federal taxes to stimulate capital investment and high-wage job creation
• Propose a constitutional amendment for a balanced federal budget

“We will get the federal government out of the way so Idaho businesses can grow.”

“High taxes and too much regulation stifle economic growth.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports campaign finance reform and stock trading bans

Peterson centers her platform on eliminating political corruption and dark money. She advocates banning congressional stock trading, enacting term limits, overturning Citizens United, and establishing independent government oversight.

• Ban stock trades for members of Congress and their families
• Enact term limits (maximum 6 terms in House, 2 in Senate)
• Overturn Citizens United and ban dark money
• Reject corporate PAC money

“I’m ready to make government work for you by supporting campaign finance reform, term limits, preventing stock trades in Congress, and restoring civility back to our body politic.”

“Get every penny of dark money out of elections, demand full transparency, and ensure fundraising is no longer a priority for lawmakers.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports term limits and single-subject legislation

Fulcher supports government accountability measures designed to restrain federal spending and overreach. He signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge and introduced the One Subject at a Time Act to eliminate multi-billion dollar omnibus bills.

• Signed the U.S. Term Limits candidate pledge
• Introduced the One Subject at a Time Act
• Supports constitutional balanced budget restrictions

“In the Idaho legislature, only one subject can be considered at any given time. This discourages earmarks and wasteful spending from sneaking into legislation while promoting accountability and transparency to constituents.”

“That is why, with just three months on the job, I introduced the One Subject at a Time Act.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports universal single-payer healthcare

Peterson calls for replacing private health insurance with a universal single-payer system to lower families' healthcare costs. She also supports negotiating prescription drug prices, expanding mental health resources, and protecting Medicare.

• Transition to a universal single-payer healthcare model
• Lower prescription drug costs through price negotiation
• Protect Medicare and restrict corporate Medicare Advantage plans

“Taking health insurance companies completely out of the equation and moving to a universal single-payer system is the best, most transparent, and cheapest way forward for families.”

“We are demanding a complete and total overhaul of the broken American healthcare system.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports market-based options and Medicaid reform

Fulcher opposes government-controlled healthcare systems and Obamacare mandates. He advocates for market alternatives like Health Savings Accounts, direct primary care, association buying, and restructuring Medicaid to include work incentives.

• Promote market-based alternatives including Health Savings Accounts and direct primary care
• Remove federal healthcare mandates
• Reform Medicaid to include personal responsibility incentives

“Choice is not forcing every insurance policy to fit rigid Obamacare mandates. Choice means letting people buy what they need for themselves and their families.”

“We must reform Medicaid, integrating innovations, technology, incentives, and responsibility to control costs and improve health outcomes.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports federal public land preservation

Peterson opposes private selloffs of public lands and advocates for fully funding federal agencies like the Forest Service to address maintenance backlogs. She also opposes tech server farms and data centers that consume local power and water supplies.

• Permanently preserve public lands against private selloffs
• Fund the Forest Service to clear backlogs and manage wildfire risks
• Reject tech data center developments that drain local water and power grids

“Our mission is to permanently preserve Idaho’s public lands for future generations while generating new revenue for local counties.”

“We don't need data centers exploiting our power and water grids. Full stop.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports state land management and hydro dams

Fulcher supports transferring public land management responsibilities from federal agencies to the state to expand timber and mining jobs. He strongly opposes breaching the lower Snake River dams due to their role in hydro energy and agriculture.

• Oppose breaching the lower four Snake River dams
• Shift natural resource management authority from federal officials to Idaho
• Streamline permitting for domestic mineral mining and forest management

“The lower four Snake River dams are essential to Idaho and the Pacific Northwest and I am vehemently opposed to breaching them.”

“I believe Idahoans can more effectively manage our lands here than federal officials can from Washington, D.C.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports federal funding for public education

Peterson advocates for complete federal funding of public education from early childhood through higher education and trade schools. She opposes school voucher programs that direct taxpayer funds to private schools.

• Fully fund public education pre-K through college, vocational, and trade schools
• Prohibit public tax dollars from being diverted to private school vouchers
• Raise teacher salaries and reduce class sizes

“Fully federally funding public education from pre-K through higher education, vocational training, trade schools, and professional certifications.”

“Not a single cent of taxpayer funds should ever be diverted to private education. Not a single penny.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports local control and school choice

Fulcher opposes federal education mandates like Common Core and supports returning authority to parents and local districts. He promotes school choice, including charter, private, digital, and home schooling options.

• Limit federal involvement in state education policy
• Oppose federal standardized testing mandates like Common Core
• Support school choice including charter, private, and home schooling

“Rather than imposing federal regulations on our state, I believe the federal government should limit its role in education.”

“Whether it’s public, private, charter, digital or home school, the success of the student must come first. That’s why Idahoans, not the federal government, should control our own education system.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports renewables and ending fossil fuel subsidies

Peterson advocates ending billions in direct and indirect subsidies for fossil fuel companies. She supports expanding domestic renewable energy including solar, wind, geothermal, and strictly regulated clean nuclear power.

• Eliminate federal subsidies and corporate tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
• Expand solar, wind, clean nuclear, and geothermal energy contracts
• Enforce strict oversight on nuclear energy and waste management

“American taxpayers cover an unbelievable 36 Billion dollars in direct subsidies for fossil fuel companies every single year.”

“It’s time to get creative with all domestic energy options: using solar and wind to take pressure off the grid while expanding clean nuclear power and geothermal—but only when there is strict government oversight and ironclad regulations to protect local communities from reckless waste management and human error.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports hydro power and streamlined energy permits

Fulcher prioritizes preserving hydroelectric power from the Snake River dams as essential Northwest energy infrastructure. He sponsors legislation to streamline federal permitting for geothermal energy and domestic mineral mining.

• Protect lower Snake River hydroelectric dams
• Streamline permitting processes for geothermal energy projects
• Accelerate domestic critical mineral mining

“Fully utilize geothermal energy by easing burdensome regulations by streamlining the permitting process.”

“The dams supply more than just clean hydro energy, they provide tourism and recreational activities, irrigation and flood protection, and access to the Port of Lewiston.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports expanded veteran healthcare and resources

Peterson, whose father served in Iraq, advocates for ensuring former service members have complete access to healthcare, mental health resources, education, and housing. She pledges to prevent bureaucratic delays or denial of treatment for veterans.

• Guarantee unfettered access to healthcare and mental health resources for veterans
• Expand educational and trade opportunities for former service members
• Ensure public support to prevent veteran homelessness

“As a child of a veteran, it is a deeply personal mission that we provide our Veterans with unfettered access to healthcare, mental health resources, educational opportunities, and unwavering support from our public institutions.”

“No Veteran should ever be denied treatment, left without a roof over their head, or denied advancement opportunities in this great country.”

Russ Fulcher

Supports funding for military and veterans programs

Fulcher supports federal funding for military construction and veterans affairs. He voted Yea on H.R. 5371, which provided appropriations for federal agencies including Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.

• Voted Yea on Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

Russ Fulcher

Supports Second Amendment rights and reciprocity

Fulcher strictly opposes federal gun control measures and advocates for expanding firearm rights. He has co-sponsored concealed carry reciprocity, appeal rights for wrongful gun purchase denials, and restrictions on ATF classifications.

• Co-sponsored the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
• Co-sponsored the PISTOL Act and Firearm Due Process Protection Act
• Voted against federal gun control legislation passed in 2022

“I, along with most Idahoans, believe in the full exercise of our 2nd Amendment rights.”

“The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act allows individuals in one state to carry a concealed firearm to another state.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports restrictions on institutional home buying

Peterson advocates federal action to prevent Wall Street hedge funds and investment firms from purchasing single-family homes. She supports reforming tax codes to incentivize local homebuilders and strengthening domestic supply chains for construction materials.

• Restrict large investment firms and hedge funds from buying single-family homes
• Revise tax codes and HUD incentives to support local residential builders
• Strengthen domestic supply chains for building materials to lower housing costs

“Preventing massive firms from artificially inflating the costs of rent and home prices must be handled at the federal level first.”

“Large investment firms and Wall Street hedge funds currently own a staggering 26% of all single-family homes in the United States.”

Kaylee Peterson

Supports consumer data privacy safeguards

Peterson supports enacting strong federal legal safeguards to protect personal consumer data from tech monopolies. She opposes warrantless mass surveillance, commercial sale of personal records, and unchecked facial recognition technology.

• Enact federal safeguards protecting consumer digital privacy from tech monopolies
• Ban warrantless mass surveillance and unchecked commercial sale of personal data
• Regulate facial recognition software and automated surveillance integration

“I will fiercely fight against warrantless mass surveillance and the unchecked sale of consumer data.”

“Your data and privacy belong to you, not a corporate database.”