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Chad Christensen (Idaho)
Chad Christensen (Republican Party) was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, representing District 32B. He assumed office on December 1, 2018. He left office on December 1, 2022.
Christensen (Republican Party) ran for election to the Idaho House of Representatives to represent District 35A. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
Biography
Christensen was born in Idaho Falls and as of January 2020, resides in Ammon. He graduated from Ricks College with an associate degree in criminal justice and graduated from Idaho State University with a degree in political science. Christensen served in the U.S. army for 12 years and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Diego, California. His professional experience includes working as a county probation officer, state felony parole officer, state welfare fraud investigator, and a military police officer. Christensen has been a member of the Military Police Regimental Association, American Legion, John Birch Society, Oath Keepers, Idaho Farm Bureau, Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, and the NRA.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Christensen was assigned to the following committees:
- House Commerce and Human Resources Committee
- House Health and Welfare Committee
- Judiciary, Rules, and Administration Committee
- Local Government Committee
2019-2020
Christensen was assigned to the following committees:
- House Commerce and Human Resources Committee
- House Health and Welfare Committee
- Local Government Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A
Incumbent Kevin Andrus defeated Joseph Messerly in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Andrus (R) | 76.8 | 20,643 |
 | Joseph Messerly (D) | 23.2 | 6,232 | |
| Total votes: 26,875 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A
Joseph Messerly advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Messerly | 100.0 | 480 |
| Total votes: 480 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A
Incumbent Kevin Andrus advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35A on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Andrus | 100.0 | 6,850 |
| Total votes: 6,850 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chad Christensen (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Christensen in this election.
2022
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 35B
Josh Wheeler won election in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 35B on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Wheeler (R) | 100.0 | 13,597 |
| Total votes: 13,597 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hyrum Johnson (Independent)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35B
Josh Wheeler defeated incumbent Chad Christensen in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 35B on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Wheeler | 52.0 | 4,714 |
 | Chad Christensen | 48.0 | 4,352 | |
| Total votes: 9,066 | |||
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2020
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Incumbent Chad Christensen defeated Bill Leake in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Christensen (R) | 75.1 | 18,120 |
| Bill Leake (D) | 24.9 | 6,008 | ||
| Total votes: 24,128 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Bill Leake advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Leake | 100.0 | 1,287 | |
| Total votes: 1,287 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Incumbent Chad Christensen defeated Dave Radford in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Christensen | 59.6 | 5,761 |
| Dave Radford | 40.4 | 3,911 | ||
| Total votes: 9,672 | |||
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2018
Thomas Loertscher (ind.) and Ralph Mossman (ind.) ran as write-in candidates.
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Chad Christensen won election in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Christensen (R) | 80.8 | 11,044 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 19.2 | 2,617 | ||
| Total votes: 13,661 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B
Chad Christensen defeated incumbent Thomas Loertscher in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 32B on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Christensen | 51.1 | 3,295 |
 | Thomas Loertscher | 48.9 | 3,156 | |
| Total votes: 6,451 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Chad Christensen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Chad Christensen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2022
In 2022, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 10 to March 31.
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2021
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In 2021, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 11 to November 17.
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2020
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In 2020, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 6 to March 20.
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2019
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In 2019, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 7 through April 11.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by - |
Idaho House of Representatives District 32B 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by Wendy Horman (R) |
