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Idaho State House

Idaho House of Representatives
Idaho State Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
December 6, 2012
Leadership
Scott Bedke (R)
Since December 6, 2012
Majority Leader
Mike Moyle (R)
Since December 7, 2006
Minority Leader
John Rusche (D)
Since January 11, 2010
Structure
Seats 70
House of Representatives diagram 2014 State of Idaho.svg
Political groups

Governing party

Opposition party

Length of term
2 years
Authority Article IV, Idaho Constitution
Salary $16,116/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 4, 2014
(70 seats)
Next election
November 8, 2016
(70 seats)
Redistricting Idaho Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber
Idaho State Capitol
Boise, Idaho
Website
Idaho House of Representatives

Governing party

Opposition party

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 elect two representatives. It meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.

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.

Coordinates: 43°37′04″N 116°11′59″W / 43.61778°N 116.19972°W / 43.61778; -116.19972


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