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2026 Idaho U.S. House — District 1 — 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 1
Candidate: Kaylee Peterson
Party: Democratic
Filing status: Approved
Filing date: 2026-02-24
Official voter ID: 110678891
FINAL CANDIDATES LIST
November 03, 2026 - 2026 GENERAL
Kaylee Peterson
United States Representative
Democratic
Approved
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FEC committee ID: C00808022
FEC committee name: KAYLEE FOR CONGRESS
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Published website: https://kayleeforcongress.com/
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Kaylee’s childhood was shaped by both service and sacrifice. Her father served as a Marine before joining the Army National Guard and completing two tours during Iraq War. She spent her early years traveling back and forth between Groton and Eagle before settling permanently in Eagle in 2001. She credits much of the opportunity she has had in life to her mother, who raised her as a single parent while working two and sometimes three jobs at a time to make sure Kaylee had every chance to participate in baseball, theater, debate, and tennis. Watching her mother’s determination shaped Kaylee’s lifelong belief that hard work should create opportunity.
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Kaylee’s childhood was shaped by both service and sacrifice. Her father served as a Marine before joining the Army National Guard and completing two tours during Iraq War. She spent her early years traveling back and forth between Groton and Eagle before settling permanently in Eagle in 2001. She credits much of the opportunity she has had in life to her mother, who raised her as a single parent while working two and sometimes three jobs at a time to make sure Kaylee had every chance to participate in baseball, theater, debate, and tennis. Watching her mother’s determination shaped Kaylee’s lifelong belief that hard work should create opportunity.
Kaylee and Trevor later became foster parents, opening their home to Idaho children in need. That experience deepened her understanding of the challenges facing families across the state and ultimately helped inspire her return to public life.After the COVID-19 lockdown, at age 30, Kaylee enrolled in college to pursue the public policy work she had always been drawn to. Double-majoring in criminal justice and political science, she quickly emerged as a campus leader, serving as Chief of Staff for student government and as president of the College of Western Idaho’s eight-time national champion speech and debate team. She went undefeated through multiple tournaments and earned nine national titles. During her time there, she also launched innovative programs connecting agriculture students with hands-on community garden projects to strengthen local food systems and practical education opportunities.
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Kaylee and Trevor later became foster parents, opening their home to Idaho children in need. That experience deepened her understanding of the challenges facing families across the state and ultimately helped inspire her return to public life.After the COVID-19 lockdown, at age 30, Kaylee enrolled in college to pursue the public policy work she had always been drawn to. Double-majoring in criminal justice and political science, she quickly emerged as a campus leader, serving as Chief of Staff for student government and as president of the College of Western Idaho’s eight-time national champion speech and debate team. She went undefeated through multiple tournaments and earned nine national titles. During her time there, she also launched innovative programs connecting agriculture students with hands-on community garden projects to strengthen local food systems and practical education opportunities.
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BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADES: Ban trades for members of Congress, their family, and associates. Even the possibility of a conflict of interest is unacceptable.
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BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADES: Ban trades for members of Congress, their family, and associates. Even the possibility of a conflict of interest is unacceptable.
It’s time to create an economy that prioritizes working-class families. I am a labor-first, union-first candidate always.
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It’s time to create an economy that prioritizes working-class families. I am a labor-first, union-first candidate always.
Our mission is to permanently preserve Idaho’s public lands for future generations while generating new revenue for local counties. It’s time to reinforce the integrity of our water, our trails, and our forests by working hand-in-hand with Idaho’s Forest Service and federal agencies to ensure they are fully staffed, funded, and equipped to clear massive maintenance backlogs. By responsibly investing in expanding existing infrastructure and local timber markets, we can ensure that local counties get their fair share of active resource production—expanding local revenue shares to boost funding within currently insufficient PILT systems. It’s time for Congress to support federal legislation that protects critical watersheds, mitigates devastating drought, and prevents wildfires by listening directly to local and federal stakeholders with firsthand, boots-on-the-ground knowledge of our public lands.
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Our mission is to permanently preserve Idaho’s public lands for future generations while generating new revenue for local counties. It’s time to reinforce the integrity of our water, our trails, and our forests by working hand-in-hand with Idaho’s Forest Service and federal agencies to ensure they are fully staffed, funded, and equipped to clear massive maintenance backlogs. By responsibly investing in expanding existing infrastructure and local timber markets, we can ensure that local counties get their fair share of active resource production—expanding local revenue shares to boost funding within currently insufficient PILT systems. It’s time for Congress to support federal legislation that protects critical watersheds, mitigates devastating drought, and prevents wildfires by listening directly to local and federal stakeholders with firsthand, boots-on-the-ground knowledge of our public lands.
Fully federally funding public education from pre-K through higher education, vocational training, trade schools, and professional certifications. It’s time to reimagine public education by bringing educators, administration, and students directly to the table to create a system that allows students to succeed. We must prioritize critical thinking and necessary life skills while removing broken standardized testing requirements, increasing teacher pay, and limiting class sizes. Taking the financial responsibility off local property taxes and levies allows every school district—from rural to suburban and urban—to thrive. Not a single cent of taxpayer funds should ever be diverted to private education. Not a single penny.
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Fully federally funding public education from pre-K through higher education, vocational training, trade schools, and professional certifications. It’s time to reimagine public education by bringing educators, administration, and students directly to the table to create a system that allows students to succeed. We must prioritize critical thinking and necessary life skills while removing broken standardized testing requirements, increasing teacher pay, and limiting class sizes. Taking the financial responsibility off local property taxes and levies allows every school district—from rural to suburban and urban—to thrive. Not a single cent of taxpayer funds should ever be diverted to private education. Not a single penny.
Large investment firms and Wall Street hedge funds currently own a staggering 26% of all single-family homes in the United States. This corporate hoarding is estimated to skyrocket to 40% of the market by the year 2030. Preventing massive firms from artificially inflating the costs of rent and home prices must be handled at the federal level first. We must look at aggressively revising the tax code and HUD to create solid incentives for local builders and developers; currently, broken tax breaks favor corporate developers holding on to vacant commercial lots rather than creating diverse, accessible housing opportunities. Lastly, we have to directly confront the cost of building supplies that are driving up prices for builders and buyers alike. Solid, protective trade policies, expanding American-made manufacturing markets, and building out domestic infrastructure for necessary building supplies are the structural ways we bring home prices down permanently.
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Large investment firms and Wall Street hedge funds currently own a staggering 26% of all single-family homes in the United States. This corporate hoarding is estimated to skyrocket to 40% of the market by the year 2030. Preventing massive firms from artificially inflating the costs of rent and home prices must be handled at the federal level first. We must look at aggressively revising the tax code and HUD to create solid incentives for local builders and developers; currently, broken tax breaks favor corporate developers holding on to vacant commercial lots rather than creating diverse, accessible housing opportunities. Lastly, we have to directly confront the cost of building supplies that are driving up prices for builders and buyers alike. Solid, protective trade policies, expanding American-made manufacturing markets, and building out domestic infrastructure for necessary building supplies are the structural ways we bring home prices down permanently.
American taxpayers cover an unbelievable 36 Billion dollars in direct subsidies for fossil fuel companies every single year. That number skyrockets to a massive 750 Billion dollars if you include indirect subsidies, backroom loopholes, corporate tax breaks, and federal handouts. Gutting clean and renewable energy contracts has stripped lucrative job opportunities away from Idaho trades and made the United States entirely reliant on fossil fuel monopolies who corner markets and jack up prices for everyday people. Utilizing renewable energy sources in ways that fit directly with local stakeholders and landowners to lower utility bills could be life-changing for working Idaho families. 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. Long-term safety and affordability must be the metric, not corporate shareholder profit margins.
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American taxpayers cover an unbelievable 36 Billion dollars in direct subsidies for fossil fuel companies every single year. That number skyrockets to a massive 750 Billion dollars if you include indirect subsidies, backroom loopholes, corporate tax breaks, and federal handouts. Gutting clean and renewable energy contracts has stripped lucrative job opportunities away from Idaho trades and made the United States entirely reliant on fossil fuel monopolies who corner markets and jack up prices for everyday people. Utilizing renewable energy sources in ways that fit directly with local stakeholders and landowners to lower utility bills could be life-changing for working Idaho families. 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. Long-term safety and affordability must be the metric, not corporate shareholder profit margins.
Idaho has lost 43% of our practicing OBGYNs, and our district alone has lost 3 critical Labor and Delivery wards since the Dobbs decision. Our current congressional delegation flatly refuses to listen to medical professionals and local families, choosing instead to enforce their own narrow political interpretations of faith. We cannot legislate personal faith—there are 613 commandments given by God in the Bible; which specific ones are politicians planning to legislate, and whose interpretations are we forced to accept as law? Instead, it is time for lawmakers to step out of the exam room and listen to women, families, maternal-fetal specialists, and healthcare professionals to protect lives. Idaho is now forced to life-flight women out of the state at a rate six times higher than before Dobbs for easily preventable, life-threatening conditions that our local providers are legally terrified to treat. Our opponents continue to rely on blatant scare tactics and lies to divide us. This is a time for medical reality, basic human compassion, and safety for Idaho mothers.
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Idaho has lost 43% of our practicing OBGYNs, and our district alone has lost 3 critical Labor and Delivery wards since the Dobbs decision. Our current congressional delegation flatly refuses to listen to medical professionals and local families, choosing instead to enforce their own narrow political interpretations of faith. We cannot legislate personal faith—there are 613 commandments given by God in the Bible; which specific ones are politicians planning to legislate, and whose interpretations are we forced to accept as law? Instead, it is time for lawmakers to step out of the exam room and listen to women, families, maternal-fetal specialists, and healthcare professionals to protect lives. Idaho is now forced to life-flight women out of the state at a rate six times higher than before Dobbs for easily preventable, life-threatening conditions that our local providers are legally terrified to treat. Our opponents continue to rely on blatant scare tactics and lies to divide us. This is a time for medical reality, basic human compassion, and safety for Idaho mothers.
Social Security must be unconditionally guaranteed for future generations with automatic, real-world cost of living increases. These cost of living adjustments (COLA) must give American seniors the actual opportunity to retire comfortably and with full dignity. We must crack down on corporate Medicare Advantage plans, forcing private insurance companies to guarantee comprehensive coverage and ensure affordable prescription drug prices for the massive population being left behind by the current model. It is far more fiscally responsible and humane to proactively fund secure retirement structures than to let seniors slide into homelessness or face preventable medical emergencies due to state neglect.
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Social Security must be unconditionally guaranteed for future generations with automatic, real-world cost of living increases. These cost of living adjustments (COLA) must give American seniors the actual opportunity to retire comfortably and with full dignity. We must crack down on corporate Medicare Advantage plans, forcing private insurance companies to guarantee comprehensive coverage and ensure affordable prescription drug prices for the massive population being left behind by the current model. It is far more fiscally responsible and humane to proactively fund secure retirement structures than to let seniors slide into homelessness or face preventable medical emergencies due to state neglect.
The United States is currently decades behind in creating legal safeguards to protect consumers from tech monopolies. Companies currently hold unfettered, predatory access to every intimate detail of our private lives—our communications, locations, buying habits, and personal records. The quiet integration of big tech monopolies, automated flock cameras, facial recognition software, corporate structures, and military-defense contractors must be heavily regulated with ironclad protections for the American people. 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.
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The United States is currently decades behind in creating legal safeguards to protect consumers from tech monopolies. Companies currently hold unfettered, predatory access to every intimate detail of our private lives—our communications, locations, buying habits, and personal records. The quiet integration of big tech monopolies, automated flock cameras, facial recognition software, corporate structures, and military-defense contractors must be heavily regulated with ironclad protections for the American people. 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.
The United States government has absolutely no business meddling in social issues or policing personal lives. No matter what you believe, how you choose to live, or what you look like, you possess the exact same fundamental rights and protections under the United States Constitution. Congress should not be wasting precious legislative hours or millions of taxpayer dollars trying to dictate what happens inside your home, your doctor’s office, or your place of worship. I will always stand up to protect the basic freedoms of each and every single Idahoan, and I trust local families and medical providers to make the intimate life decisions that work best for them.
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The United States government has absolutely no business meddling in social issues or policing personal lives. No matter what you believe, how you choose to live, or what you look like, you possess the exact same fundamental rights and protections under the United States Constitution. Congress should not be wasting precious legislative hours or millions of taxpayer dollars trying to dictate what happens inside your home, your doctor’s office, or your place of worship. I will always stand up to protect the basic freedoms of each and every single Idahoan, and I trust local families and medical providers to make the intimate life decisions that work best for them.
If career politicians in Congress actually cared about fixing legal immigration, they would have passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act years ago. Instead, they allowed it to sit completely dead in committee while using the border as a political talking point. We must immediately streamline legal application processes, drastically expand the number of immigration judges and court attorneys to clear massive backlogs, and hire professional border agents for high-traffic entry points. Furthermore, the extreme government overreach weaponized by ICE across America goes against every single protection we have from government intrusion. Warrantless arrests, unconstitutional home searches, indefinitely detaining American citizens and legal residents without providing legal representation, and keeping children in dangerous, unsafe facilities goes against everything it means to be American. 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.
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If career politicians in Congress actually cared about fixing legal immigration, they would have passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act years ago. Instead, they allowed it to sit completely dead in committee while using the border as a political talking point. We must immediately streamline legal application processes, drastically expand the number of immigration judges and court attorneys to clear massive backlogs, and hire professional border agents for high-traffic entry points. Furthermore, the extreme government overreach weaponized by ICE across America goes against every single protection we have from government intrusion. Warrantless arrests, unconstitutional home searches, indefinitely detaining American citizens and legal residents without providing legal representation, and keeping children in dangerous, unsafe facilities goes against everything it means to be American. 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.
In Idaho’s First District, our public wilderness isn’t an abstract environmental issue, it is the literal backbone of our economy, our culture, and our daily way of life. From rural timber country to high-desert ranch lands, Kaylee believes that protecting access to our public spaces is an absolute, non-negotiable duty to future generations.
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In Idaho’s First District, our public wilderness isn’t an abstract environmental issue, it is the literal backbone of our economy, our culture, and our daily way of life. From rural timber country to high-desert ranch lands, Kaylee believes that protecting access to our public spaces is an absolute, non-negotiable duty to future generations.
Our public spaces belong to the people, not the highest bidder. Kaylee firmly opposes out-of-state corporate lobbying efforts to privatize, sell off, or close down access to federal lands. Our platform is dedicated to ensuring Idaho hunters, anglers, campers, and foraging families retain their historic, unhindered right to access and enjoy the backcountry for generations to come.
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Our public spaces belong to the people, not the highest bidder. Kaylee firmly opposes out-of-state corporate lobbying efforts to privatize, sell off, or close down access to federal lands. Our platform is dedicated to ensuring Idaho hunters, anglers, campers, and foraging families retain their historic, unhindered right to access and enjoy the backcountry for generations to come.
True land conservation requires proactive stewardship, not neglect. Kaylee is committed to working hand-in-hand with Idaho’s Forest Service and federal agencies to ensure they are fully staffed, adequately funded, and equipped to clear the massive maintenance backlogs facing our public tracts. By responsibly investing in expanding existing infrastructure and scaling local timber markets, we can protect our wilderness while driving strong, sustainable economic growth.
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True land conservation requires proactive stewardship, not neglect. Kaylee is committed to working hand-in-hand with Idaho’s Forest Service and federal agencies to ensure they are fully staffed, adequately funded, and equipped to clear the massive maintenance backlogs facing our public tracts. By responsibly investing in expanding existing infrastructure and scaling local timber markets, we can protect our wilderness while driving strong, sustainable economic growth.
OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED: Working to ban corporate political dominance at the state level in Idaho until we can achieve it at the federal level.
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OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED: Working to ban corporate political dominance at the state level in Idaho until we can achieve it at the federal level.
MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF: Cut tax rates and regulations on middle-class Americans and local Idaho businesses.
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MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF: Cut tax rates and regulations on middle-class Americans and local Idaho businesses.
END CORPORATE EXPLOITATION: Increase corporate tax rates, remove corporate tax breaks/subsidies, and protect Idaho’s labor and resources from monopolized industries.
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END CORPORATE EXPLOITATION: Increase corporate tax rates, remove corporate tax breaks/subsidies, and protect Idaho’s labor and resources from monopolized industries.
INCENTIVIZE WORKER PRIORITIES: Reform the tax code to support affordable housing, childcare, public transportation, and infrastructure.
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INCENTIVIZE WORKER PRIORITIES: Reform the tax code to support affordable housing, childcare, public transportation, and infrastructure.
REPEAL "RIGHT TO WORK": Overturn laws that have historically favored corporate monopolies over worker paychecks.
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REPEAL "RIGHT TO WORK": Overturn laws that have historically favored corporate monopolies over worker paychecks.
PROTECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Secure rights for federal employees and all workers while aggressively penalizing union-busting activities.
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PROTECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Secure rights for federal employees and all workers while aggressively penalizing union-busting activities.
SUPPORT LOCAL AG & ECONOMIES: Ensure federal grants and USDA subsidies go strictly to family-owned Idaho farmers and local businesses.
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SUPPORT LOCAL AG & ECONOMIES: Ensure federal grants and USDA subsidies go strictly to family-owned Idaho farmers and local businesses.
RAISE THE FLOOR: Increase the federal minimum wage, benefit packages, overtime protections, and secure worker pensions.
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RAISE THE FLOOR: Increase the federal minimum wage, benefit packages, overtime protections, and secure worker pensions.
BREAK UP MONOPOLIES: Restore actual free-market competition by breaking up corporate monopolies that crush local businesses, artificially inflate prices, and stagnate wages.
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BREAK UP MONOPOLIES: Restore actual free-market competition by breaking up corporate monopolies that crush local businesses, artificially inflate prices, and stagnate wages.
We are demanding a complete and total overhaul of the broken American healthcare system. We currently pay substantially more in hidden taxes, soaring premiums, out-of-pocket deductibles, and unexpected medical bills than it would cost to comprehensively cover healthcare for every single American citizen. 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. Creating a highly competitive government system lowers baseline costs across the board and forces private corporate healthcare providers to finally stop exploiting Idahoans' health for profit margins.
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We are demanding a complete and total overhaul of the broken American healthcare system. We currently pay substantially more in hidden taxes, soaring premiums, out-of-pocket deductibles, and unexpected medical bills than it would cost to comprehensively cover healthcare for every single American citizen. 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. Creating a highly competitive government system lowers baseline costs across the board and forces private corporate healthcare providers to finally stop exploiting Idahoans' health for profit margins.
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Candidate ID: H2ID01192
Name: PETERSON, KAYLEE JADE
Office: House
State: ID
District: 01
Party: DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
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Cash on hand: $14616.30
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