Joe Evans (Idaho congressional candidate)

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Joe Evans
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Candidate, U.S. Senate Idaho

Elections and appointments
Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Boise State University, 2017

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1994 - 2013

Personal
Birthplace
San Angelo, Texas
Religion
Agnostic
Profession
Nonprofit and community organizer
Contact

Joe Evans (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Idaho. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Joe Evans was born in San Angelo, Texas. Evans served in the United States Army from 1994 to 2013. He has been associated with the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. Evans' career experience includes working as a data engineer.[1] He also has experience working in the nonprofit sector. He earned bachelor's degrees in 2015 and 2017, both from Boise State University.[2]

Elections

2026

See also: United States Senate election in Idaho, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. Senate Idaho

Incumbent Jim Risch, David Roth, Joe Evans, Todd Achilles, and Natalie Fleming are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Idaho on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Jim Risch
Jim Risch (R)
Image of David Roth
David Roth (D)
Image of Joe Evans
Joe Evans (R)
Image of Todd Achilles
Todd Achilles (Independent)
Image of Natalie Fleming
Natalie Fleming (Independent)

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2023

See also: Mayoral election in Boise, Idaho (2023)

General election

General election for Mayor of Boise

Incumbent Lauren McLean defeated Mike Masterson, Joe Evans, and Aaron Reis in the general election for Mayor of Boise on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren McLean
Lauren McLean (Nonpartisan)
 
55.4
 
33,926
Mike Masterson (Nonpartisan)
 
43.4
 
26,542
Image of Joe Evans
Joe Evans (Nonpartisan)
 
0.9
 
563
Aaron Reis (Nonpartisan)
 
0.3
 
153

Total votes: 61,184
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2022

See also: Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher defeated Kaylee Peterson and Darian Drake in the general election for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher (R)
 
71.3
 
222,901
Image of Kaylee Peterson
Kaylee Peterson (D)
 
26.3
 
82,261
Image of Darian Drake
Darian Drake (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
7,280

Total votes: 312,442
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Kaylee Peterson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kaylee Peterson
Kaylee Peterson
 
100.0
 
15,057

Total votes: 15,057
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher
 
100.0
 
126,528

Total votes: 126,528
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Joe Evans advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Evans
Joe Evans Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
489

Total votes: 489
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2020

See also: Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher defeated Rudy Soto, Joe Evans, and Pro-Life in the general election for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher (R)
 
67.8
 
310,736
Image of Rudy Soto
Rudy Soto (D) Candidate Connection
 
28.6
 
131,380
Image of Joe Evans
Joe Evans (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
16,453
Image of Pro-Life
Pro-Life (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
7

Total votes: 458,576
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Rudy Soto defeated Staniela Nikolova in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rudy Soto
Rudy Soto Candidate Connection
 
65.8
 
25,112
Image of Staniela Nikolova
Staniela Nikolova
 
34.2
 
13,074

Total votes: 38,186
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher defeated Nicholas Jones in the Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher
 
79.9
 
93,879
Image of Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones Candidate Connection
 
20.1
 
23,654

Total votes: 117,533
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2018

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Idaho State Senate District 21

Incumbent Clifford Bayer defeated Dawn Pierce and Joe Evans in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 21 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clifford Bayer
Clifford Bayer (R)
 
57.8
 
12,275
Image of Dawn Pierce
Dawn Pierce (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.6
 
7,776
Image of Joe Evans
Joe Evans (L)
 
5.6
 
1,187

Total votes: 21,238
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21

Dawn Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dawn Pierce
Dawn Pierce Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,831

Total votes: 1,831
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21

Incumbent Clifford Bayer advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clifford Bayer
Clifford Bayer
 
100.0
 
4,465

Total votes: 4,465
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Campaign themes

2026

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2023

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2022

Candidate Connection

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I decided to run for US Congress because there are things that I feel strongly about, our involvement in the Middle East, our occupation of Afghanistan, the rising federal deficit and debt, federal barriers to industry entry…The list is pretty extensive, actually.

I decided to run as an Libertarian because neither the Democrats nor Republicans are offering a holistic solution to Americas problems that will work. Both are offering false security with policies that work contrary to the effects they promise. Accepting either of their platforms is a dangerous path forward.

What America needs is not a promise of security, centrally managed. We need Open Source Liberty, that enables everyone to contribute to the solution and grow American prosperity by building strengths, rather than concealing our weaknesses.

I want you to join me in supporting a vision for America that is neither Republican or Democrat, but American.
  • We need an #EVOLution in American politics. The status quo is no longer working for the American citizen
  • #YouAreThePower. We need to #kNOWchange in our American institutions to break the cycles of bigotry and cronyism.
  • We need to look to America to solve our problems. Fix things, build things, with our own hands again.
Ending Military adventurism and #BringOurTroopsHome from the War on Terror.

Marijuana legalization.
Reducing Federal spending and overhead.
Eliminating redundant Federal Executive Agencies.

Giving Education back to the communities
Mainly legends. Most of our heroes, dead and alive, have foibles that are dangerous to become associated with once you start looking at them too closely.
Some like Lysander Spooner, Henry David Thoreau, and Oscar Wilde wrote their own rules... I like the idea of the road less traveled.
Trust the people.
Our current legislation is overly complicated... The people are best equipped to solve their problems.
Reduce the footprint of government in the lives of the people.
Reducing the burden of government on the people.
I spent 10 years working for my parents small business... I folded paper to make envelopes for storing fine prints.
The ability to control the purse of the nation. Oversight of U.S. Money Supply and spending policy.
Economic recovery.

We have outsourced and offshored so much industry and tech, we lack the infrastructure to pick up the manufacturing needed for so many of the things we've become accustomed to having.

It is going to be a while before we can build the things we like to have.
They should exist so that no one becomes too comfortable as a "steward" of American resources.
Depends.

Some issues, compromise is good.

Other issues, compromise destroys the desired goals of all parties.

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Campaign website

Evans' campaign website stated the following:

#BringOurTroopsHome

The Best Support For The Troops Is To Bring Them Home. War Kills, Love Heals.

It is time to Bring Our Troops Home and Repeal the AUMFs. Our participation in conflicts around the globe needs to come to an end.

We have been at “war” in Afghanistan for over 18 years now. We have children that weren’t even born at its start that are fighting over ground of their fathers and grandfathers fought over. Three generations of Soldiers have fought in Afghanistan and it is time to bring the, our participation in that conflict, and many others, to an end.

The Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) is a congressional half-measure when they know that the nation lacks the political and financial will to ensure that we fight with the intent to win. We are not united in the cause for war in America, and it is time that we stop using US Service Members to support the financial gains of the American Elite that have left the rest of us behind in their pursuit of personal wealth. American Service Members are not exchangeable for wealth.


Separation of Powers

Congress Has Given Up Its Responsibilities. Time To Take Them Up Again.

Over the years, Congress has slowly abdicated its responsibility for legislation and governance in exchange for the role of “oversight” of the several “Executive Agencies” it has created over the years.

The result has been organizations with regulations and guidelines that Congress no longer controls and is often managed through Executive Order rather than proper legislation. Furthermore, they now operate as industry gatekeepers, preventing innovation and market entry for new technologies and ideas.

There are several agencies that need dissolved, reorganized, or folded into other organizations already performing a given responsibility.


Immigration

Let Those Who Want To Work Come To America And Prosper.

We need open borders. We have work that needs to be done, there are people who will do It. The people are not coming to take jobs from American workers, but for the jobs that are left over.

There are people who come to the United States for many reasons, as refugees, for better work, for a safer environment, for security that they don’t enjoy themselves.


Drug Reform

No Mens Rea, Let Innocent Men And Women Be.

The war on drugs has failed, drugs have won.

There are drugs on the schedules that can be grown at home, significantly reducing the cost of medical care and allowing homeopathic remedies for many chronic conditions that are currently costing Americans millions annually.

We also have the laws that we continue to treat addiction as a criminal issues when it is well documented to be a health related issue. There is also the issue that addiction more often starts with prescription use rather than recreational use.


Prison Reform

Modern Slave States Have No Place In America.

Many of the laws that fill our prisons, are for crimes against the state rather than crimes against people. Many of these “crimes against the state” don’t even hurt the state, leaving us with prisons full of non-violent offenders that would provide more to the community as part of the community and the economy than as wards of the state.

> Decriminalize Marijuana

> Work on pardons and commutations for Prisoners of the War on Drugs

> Decriminalize personal use

> Increase sentences for violent and sex based crimes (violent criminals should not see release dates with less time served than non-violent entrepreneurs


Bill of Rights

To Limit Government, Not You. Be Your Best Free Self

1A – Government subsidized commercial platforms should be subject to the same restrictions on control of speech as the government.

2A – Shall not be infringed. The problem is not guns, it is the violence. Correct the views on violent behavior and all violence goes down.

3A – Civil forfeiture and imminent domain seizures by the police or for federal reserves are becoming more common. While the amendment specifically states “Soldiers”, the militarized police of today would meet the original interpretation.

4A – With the rise of electronic surveillance and genetic databases, the 4th amendment and right to privacy from both government and corporation is becoming more important. Data Privacy should be our first and foremost concern regarding the potential for exploitation in America.

5A – Personal communication devices, which contain your personal data, should not be able to be used against you. Your protections against self-incrimination, the right to be silent, should extend to your electronics in much the same way as it does to doctor or attorney client privilege.

6A – The right to a speedy trial and counsel. We have a system that is weighted heavily against the poor in our country, to the point where many will plea to a crime they never committed because they don’t have the proper representation. This behavior of the courts is criminal in its own right and counsel, whether for the defense or the prosecution, should be held responsible for gross miscarriages of justice. There is also the use of deteriorating due process in America, Red Flag laws are a violation of our inherent right to security of our person and property.

7A & 8A – Civil Asset forfeiture and Imminent Domain Seizure have been used to rob Americans without due process for decades now. A violation of the rights of the people and gross government and police overreach. Police currently seize more annually through legalized highway robbery than has been lost through all property crimes in America.

9A – You have more rights than those mentioned above.

10A – The Federal Government has assumed more authority than it should have.[3]

—Joe Evans' campaign website (2022)[4]

2020

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I am an Afghan/Iraq Veteran with 3 trips to Afghanistan and 1 to Iraq. Divorced father of 5 with 2 already serving in Uniform. My day job is Data Engineering. I am active in issues of gun rights, human trafficking, housing, education, race relations, and income inequality.
  • #BringOurTroopsHome Our foriegn policy is a wreck that does a disservice to our men and women in uniform and steals the food from the mouths of children, foriegn and domestic.
  • You are responsible for yourself and your community. Act like it.
  • No one should be controlling your community from Washington D.C.
Everything.
Our system is broke and it no longer serves "We the People".
Nope, think for yourself.

We got too many books and too many stolen words these days.

Communicate with your neighbors until you understand the words each other use.
Giving people control of their own lives again.
Goodnight Moon. It was a staple for reading to my children before becoming a geographically challenged father due to deployment requirements.
Why go with fictional. HenryDavid Thoreau, Fight the injustice, then retire and leave people to their lives.
Coming to terms with how my military service was misused by America's politicians in order to further their ends rather than the interests of the American people.
Control of the U.S. Budget. It is the originator of how the U.S. Government spends tax revenue for the benefit of U.S. Citizens and our interests.
No, I do not.

Politics by its very nature in America corrupts people, forces them to compromise their ideals in order to move the marker.

Nor was political office in the United States created for the bureaucrat, it was created for the citizen to represent his community.
Giving U. S. Citizens back their right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
The increasing regulations and pro-corporate positions of the US Congress prevent entrepreneurialism on any major scale these days. There are simply too many barriers to entry.
Need them. No one should want the job for longer than 4 years, and anyone that does has suspect reasons.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 2, 2019
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 26, 2022
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. Joe Evans, “Issues,” accessed April 10, 2022


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