Bryan Smith (Idaho)
Bryan Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the Idaho House of Representatives to represent District 32B. He lost in the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
Biography
Bryan Smith earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1986 and a J.D. from the University of the Pacific in 1989. [1][2] His career experience includes working as an attorney-at-law with Smith, Driscoll, & Associates, PLLC.[1] He has served on the board of the Idaho Freedom Foundation.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Incumbent Wendy Horman defeated Cecile Pérez in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wendy Horman (R) | 78.0 | 16,883 |
 | Cecile Pérez (D)  | 22.0 | 4,770 | |
| Total votes: 21,653 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patricia Stanger (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Patricia Stanger advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Patricia Stanger | 100.0 | 231 | |
| Total votes: 231 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Incumbent Wendy Horman defeated Sean Coletti and Bryan Smith in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendy Horman | 45.5 | 3,236 |
| Sean Coletti | 35.5 | 2,522 | ||
 | Bryan Smith | 19.0 | 1,352 | |
| Total votes: 7,110 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Smith in this election.
2022
See also: Idaho's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Idaho District 2
Incumbent Michael K. Simpson defeated Wendy Norman in the general election for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael K. Simpson (R) | 63.6 | 172,450 |
 | Wendy Norman (D) | 36.4 | 98,736 | |
| Total votes: 271,186 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2
Wendy Norman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendy Norman | 100.0 | 17,150 |
| Total votes: 17,150 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Amy Tamayo (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2
Incumbent Michael K. Simpson defeated Bryan Smith, Flint Christensen, Chris Porter, and Daniel Algiers Lucas Levy in the Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael K. Simpson | 54.6 | 67,177 |
| Bryan Smith | 32.7 | 40,267 | |
 | Flint Christensen | 5.8 | 7,113 | |
| Chris Porter | 5.2 | 6,357 | ||
| Daniel Algiers Lucas Levy | 1.8 | 2,185 | ||
| Total votes: 123,099 | |||
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2014
Smith ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Idaho's 2nd District. Smith was defeated by incumbent Mike Simpson in the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mike Simpson Incumbent |
61.6% | 48,632 | ||
| Bryan Smith | 38.4% | 30,263 | ||
| Total Votes | 78,895 | |||
| Source: Idaho Secretary of State |
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Endorsements
Smith was endorsed by the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks.[4][5] In March 2014, Smith was endorsed by the Senate Conservatives Fund.[6]
| Idaho's 2nd Congressional District Republican Contested Primary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement/Contribution | Mike Simpson | Bryan Smith | |||||
| Club for Growth | July 10, 2013 | ||||||
| House Speaker John Boehner | August 26, 2013 | ||||||
| The Madison Project | September 10, 2013 | ||||||
| FreedomWorks | September 24, 2013 | ||||||
| Mitt Romney | November 18, 2013 | ||||||
| American Dental Association | $20,000 as of January 2, 2014 | ||||||
| United States Chamber of Commerce | February 20, 2014 | ||||||
| Paul Ryan | March 3, 2014 | ||||||
| National Rifle Association (NRA) | March 17, 2014 | ||||||
| Mitt Romney | April 15, 2014 | ||||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Bryan Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Bryan Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Smith's campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
Secure Our Nation’s Borders The Biden Administration’s insane border policies have created a border crisis. I will fight to restart building the Trump border wall. We must return to the policy where people had to go home to request entry into our country legally and not be let in by the tens of thousands illegally.
We need a conservative congressman to lead the charge on election integrity. While Mike Simpson was obsessing over investigating President Trump, we should have been focused on securing our elections and protecting the people’s vote at the ballot box. I support requiring a photo ID to vote. This common-sense provision is long overdue.
I support President Trump’s America First agenda. From securing our border, ending business crippling regulations, school choice, and energy independence, we must make our country a priority in foreign and domestic policy. Because America cannot afford for business to move overseas, we must focus on creating jobs here in the United States. As a small business owner, I know first-hand the obstacles everyday Americans go through to keep their doors open.
I support re-starting the construction of the Keystone pipeline. I support fracking and opening access for oil and gas on federal lands. In order to help our nation prosper and become less reliant on foreign oil, we must tap into the resources we have here at home.
I support term limits for members of Congress. Our Founding Fathers never envisioned our elected officials would spend decades in public office or that Washington would become a money spigot for career politicians. Our current career politicians have lost touch and are focused more on pleasing special interests than representing their constituents.
I oppose Congressman Simpson’s plan to breach four dams on the lower Snake River. Farming and ranching are the backbone of Idaho’s economy and heritage. Water is the life blood of farming and ranching. These dams produce clean emission free hydroelectric power. Breaching the dams threatens Idaho’s farmers and ranchers and threatens to increase our electricity rates. Breaching the dams will destroy the Port of Lewiston that serves as Idaho’s only seaport for transporting grain, legumes, paper, lumber and other goods up and down the Columbia River. I will stand against those who prioritize a radical environmentalist agenda over Idaho’s families and farmers.
Our federal debt is nearly $29 Trillion and climbing by the second. There is no plan by any political party to tackle our out-of-control spending problem as a country. In order to get things back on track, we must look for ways to cut spending. I support a balanced budget amendment that many state governments have successfully enacted.
I am 100% pro-life. It is the duty of our government to protect the right to life. I believe that life begins at conception. That’s why I will fight to protect the life of every unborn child. No taxpayer money should ever fund abortions.
I believe that the Second Amendment protects all our rights found in the Bill of Rights. We must fight to protect our Second Amendment rights and not allow others to relegate them to second class rights among the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment also protects our unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For these reasons, I will not budge or back down on fighting for Second Amendment rights.[7] |
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| —Bryan Smith's campaign website (2022)[8] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Bryan Smith," accessed April 21, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Facebook, "Bryan Smith," accessed April 21, 2022
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedprim - ↑ Club for Growth, "Bryan Smith," accessed July 11, 2013
- ↑ Idaho Statesman, "Idaho’s Smith wins support of PAC that backed Sens. Paul and Lee," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Senate Conservatives Fund endorses five House challengers, as it tries to expand influence," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Bryan Smith for Congress, “Issues,” accessed April 10, 2022
