Voter Guide: Wendy Horman

• Background politically and professional:
  • Lifetime Republican. Small Business Owner.
    
• Career/Education:
  • Mom. Small Business Owner. School Board Trainer. Organ Instructor. Associates Degree, Dixie College, Bachelor of Arts – Political Science, BYU-Idaho, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Certificate in Executive Leadership
    
• Personal information:
  • I am a mother of 5, grandmother of 8. I’m married to Briggs and together we own Peak Performance Therapy Services in Ammon.
  • I currently serve as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Co-Chair of the Joint Finance- Appropriations Committee, a member of the Federalism Committee, House Energy, Environment and Technology Committee, and as a member of the executive Legislative Council.
  • I served on the Bonneville School Board from 2002-2013 and was President of the Idaho School Boards Association in 2007. I am Chairman of the Idaho School Safety and Security Advisory Board. I started the Fine Arts Mini Experience (FAME) program in the Bonneville School District as a parent volunteer.
  • I was formerly Vice Chair of Education Commission of the States. I have also served as a Commissioner for Idaho on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. I serve on the board of the McClure Center for Public Policy Research.
  • I was named an Idaho Business Review Woman of the Year for 2017.
  • Boys and Girls Club of Idaho named me their 2023 Champion for Children.
  • I received the Elevate Award from Mountain States Policy Center in 2024 for my commitment to free markets and education reform.
  • I am the founder and chair of the Idaho Energy and Technology Caucus and am a Commissioner on Governor Brad Little’s LINE Commission (Leadership in Nuclear Energy).
• What issues do you feel are important and what would you do if elected: 
  • Too many Idaho families are struggling to put food on the table and gas in the car. Inflation continues to hit home for Idahoans. I will continue to work to reign in government spending, eliminate wasteful spending and reduce tax rates, while still supporting funding for education, public safety and improved roads.
    
    I first ran for office because I want every child to have the opportunity for an excellent education, no matter where they are learning, and I will continue to work toward that outcome.
    
    I will continue to improve the new accountable and transparent budget process. Idahoans deserve a government that lives within its means and is accountable to taxpayers. Citizens are also deeply concerned about the outrageous spending at the federal level and the growing federal debt deficit.
    
    I also spent my summer fighting to restore Eastern Idaho’s water rights. We shouldn’t need a law to prevent the government from shutting off water to our farms while crops are already in the ground, especially when there are other viable solutions for delivering water to senior water right holders. But this summer proved we do need a law preventing such outrageous government overreach. I am working on that legislation now with farmers and businesses to ensure that what happened this summer never happens again. When a single bureaucrat can shut down the economy by shutting off the water in a good water year, devaluing hundreds of thousands of acres of agricultural land, destroying generational family farms, and thereby shuttering banks and businesses and decimating city and county budgets, that is too much power. It is time for the legislature to step in and ensure a measured, thoughtful process for when delivery calls are made on ground water, something the temporary settlement agreements of the past have failed to do. It was Eastern Idaho that was red-tagged this summer, but it will be someone else somewhere else next time. It is the government that needs curtailed in this case, not the water. We must pass legislation that protects water users statewide and prevents such extreme government overreach in the future.
    
• Website: https://wendyhorman.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendyforidaho
• Twitter: https://x.com/wendyhorman

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