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Chris Hansen (Idaho)
Chris Hansen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Idaho House of Representatives to represent District 26B. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hansen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Chris Hansen was born in Pullman, Washington. Hansen's career experience includes working as a teacher. He earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Idaho in 2006. Hansen has been affiliated with Blaine County Education Association, Idaho Education Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B
Incumbent Jack Nelsen defeated Chris Hansen in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jack Nelsen (R) | 51.5 | 11,497 |
 | Chris Hansen (D)  | 48.5 | 10,814 | |
| Total votes: 22,311 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B
Chris Hansen advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Hansen | 100.0 | 2,999 |
| Total votes: 2,999 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B
Incumbent Jack Nelsen defeated Lyle Johnstone in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Nelsen | 52.2 | 2,049 |
| Lyle Johnstone | 47.8 | 1,880 | ||
| Total votes: 3,929 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hansen in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chris Hansen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hansen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Growing up solidly middle class as the son of a civil engineer and classroom teacher, I learned the value of hard work and a deep belief in public institutions. I graduated from the College of Idaho where I ran cross country and majored in History. I worked fighting fire for the BLM and cut trail for the Forest Service in Idaho’s Wilderness before becoming a community organizer for a non-profit conservation organization.
After meeting my wife Melissa and moving to Hailey, I waited tables, coached high school basketball, and ran a campaign to promote solar energy in Blaine County. The people of Blaine County know to live here you have either three houses or three jobs– I was the latter!
Eight years ago I became a math teacher at Wood River High School where I started clubs designed to empower Latinos in STEAM fields and involve more young people in the Next Generation of politics. My Honors Geometry and Data Analytics classes are known for robust projects and discourse in the pursuit of mathematical and higher-level truth.
When I am not chasing after my two young boys I can be found hunting elk, packrafting, flyfishing, or playing an open mic night.- Education. I will defend and fund our public schools. I believe we must focus on K-3 literacy programs, provide more opportunities for high school students in Career and Technical Education, and prepare Idaho's students to contribute in the 21st century. I will stand against a voucher system that steals money from working class, rural families to benefit a select few students. We must move Idaho out of the bottom 5 states in per pupil spending and invest in our teachers, our buildings and infrastructure, and our curriculum. The state school funding formula must be revised so that small, rural districts receive higher amounts of funding and are not forced to run supplemental levies every 2 years for the funding they deserve.
- Women's Health. Idaho's women want and deserve vital health care services. I will stand up to the extreme attacks on women's reproductive freedom. We are losing more than 20% of our specialized doctors because of policies passed in the State Legislature that put a hospital administrator between mothers and their doctors.
- Cost of Living. I will fight tirelessly to bring down the costs that working people pay in health care, housing, and child care. Taxpayers deserve better roads and infrastructure. Farmers deserve water management solutions that provide clarity and consistency that they can count on before planting their fields. We need more local control so that cities and counties can expand essential services like ambulance, fire and police within their jurisdictions.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 30, 2024
