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U.S. House District 2
2026 Idaho U.S. House — District 2 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Idaho Secretary of State Candidate Filing Portal — November 3, 2026 General Election
Office: U.S. House District 2
Candidate: Emre Houser
Party: Independent
Filing status: Approved
Filing date: 2026-02-26
Official voter ID: 010471896
FINAL CANDIDATES LIST
November 03, 2026 - 2026 GENERAL
Emre Houser
United States Representative
Independent
Approved
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FEC committee ID: C00945923
FEC committee name: HOUSER FOR IDAHO
Published email: [email protected]
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://houserforidaho.com/
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Protect constitutional rights and continue defending the Constitution as a central governing principle.
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Right now, many of the fundamental tenets of that Constitution are under direct attack. The first oath that I swore when I decided to serve our country was an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Oppose selling Idaho public lands to private buyers when that would restrict public access.
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Protect Public Lands+
Protect smaller farms from labor disruptions, trade shocks, rising input costs, and consolidation that can push family operations out of business.
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The outcome is farms on the razors edge of failing, will fail.Those properties, water rights and histories are being scooped up by mega corporations, private equity, or investors, who only let them stay as farms until they can be butchered and sold off in pieces for the greatest profit.
Automatically enroll separating service members in VA healthcare and fully fund VA care for veterans and their families.
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I will help to insure that promises made to those who bravely served our nation are kept without the political games. Utilizing systems like automatic enrollment into the VA Health Care system upon discharge from the military, I will help pave the way for better care for our veterans and their families.
Extend federal drug-price negotiation to Medicare and Medicaid, using VA negotiated purchasing as a model to reduce government and patient costs.
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If the drug prices that the Veterans Administration pays for drugs were applied to Medicare and Medicaid, the estimated annual savings for the Government and copays would range from $20-$40 billion per year.
Support congressional term limits and personally commit to serving no more than two terms if effective.
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Term limits are important to reduce the influence of long-term lobbyists and special interest groups, to better focus on constituents, and to reduce the possible corruption of career politicians.
Ban members of Congress from investing in individual stocks and bonds while serving.
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I believe that members of Congress should not be allowed to invest in individual stocks and bonds while serving in Congress.
Seek to reduce corporate and Super PAC influence in elections by overturning Citizens United.
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The government should not serve money, but should serve the people instead.
Target concentrated industries and expand competition, particularly in agricultural processing and media.
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4 Beef Processors are 80-85% of the market 4 Pork Processors are 70% of the market 4 Chicken Processors are 60% of the market 4 Milk Processors are 48% of the market In 2019, Idaho was the third state, following California and Wisconsin, for milk production with 7.2% of the nation’s milk production. (Dairy Farmers America, Dean Foods, California Dairies Inc, and Land O’ Lakes Inc)
Reinstate a Fairness Doctrine-style requirement for broadcasters and apply a comparable multiple-viewpoint standard to social media.
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The Fairness Doctrine required news and public affairs broadcasters to give equal opportunity/time to all sides. This meant that a media license holder could not promote one-sided opinions, but had to present more than one side of all the issues a media company was covering. However, since it’s repeal in 1987, broadcasters now present heaviliy to one side of issues. Given that all of mainstream media is owned primarily by a select few individuals whose primary motivation and goal is profit, it is fair to say that “We the people” are being played by companies less concerned with truth and more concerned about investors and profit margins. This can also be said of social media companies. I want to help Americans regain our trust in news, broadcast, and social media outlets.
Remove the wage cap on Social Security payroll taxes to increase program revenue and extend solvency.
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Right now, individuals do not pay any Social Security taxes on any wages above $184,500.
Close tax loopholes, increase enforcement of unpaid taxes, and end the 'buy, borrow, die' strategy used by very wealthy households.
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Target the tax gap which is the amount of tax revenue not collected due to under reporting by individuals.
End stock buybacks and encourage companies with excess cash to invest more in workers, training, and long-term operations.
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Bonus, investigate Private Equity and the effects on the market, which is not a net positive. They are currently buying up service companies like HVAC, Plumbing, Electrician, etc, and pushing expensive replacements or repairs.
Treat healthcare decisions as private matters between individuals and their medical providers rather than government decisions.
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Healthcare decisions are a private decision between a person and their provider.
Support restrictions on large corporate purchases of homes in order to protect household access to homeownership.
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President Trump signed an executive order banning large companies from “investing” in homes and raising rent on working people. I agree with this executive order and believe it is in the best interest of Americans to have access to affordable housing. The percentage of homes owned by large companies is a small percentage of homes, but any relief is helpful and useful. The dream of home ownership has disappeared for a large section of our population and that is unacceptable. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/stopping-wall-street-from-competing-with-main-street-homebuyers/
Put federal drug-price negotiation within CMS and pursue lower U.S. medicine prices while seeking broader international cost sharing.
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I support President Trump’s efforts to bring down the cost of medicine! This is lifesaving. It’s unfortunate Mike Simpson couldn’t do the same with his affirmative vote to prevent the government from negotiating drug prices. More must be done!
Use tariffs selectively rather than broadly and reform trade relationships to reduce household cost increases the campaign attributes to current tariffs.
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It is estimated that the tariffs currently in place has increased costs to the average household by about $1,700 per year. This is an increase that most Idahoans simply cannot afford. I believe responsible tariffs are a useful tool in limited circumstances. However, we need to get back to responsible tariffs and reform our relationships with other countries who not only rely on us, but with whom we rely on for goods.
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Candidate ID: H6ID02282
Name: HOUSER, EMRE
Office: House
State: ID
District: 02
Party: INDEPENDENT
Total receipts: $0.00
Total disbursements: $0.00
Cash on hand: $0.00
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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