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John Tippets

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John Tippets
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Prior offices
Idaho House of Representatives

Idaho State Senate District 32

Education

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University

Graduate

Utah State University

John Tippets is a former Republican member of the Idaho State Senate, representing District 32 from his appointment to the chamber in February 2011 by Gov. Butch Otter to his resignation in July 2015 to head the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Tippets served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Tippets served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Tippets served on these committees:

Elections

2014

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Idaho State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Bob Fitzgerald was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent John H. Tippets was unopposed in the Republican primary. Fitzgerald was defeated by Tippets in the general election.[3][4][5][6]

Idaho State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn H. Tippets Incumbent 76.7% 9,930
     Democratic Bob Fitzgerald 23.3% 3,023
Total Votes 12,953


2012

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2012

Tippets won election in the 2012 election for Idaho State Senate District 32. Tippets defeated R. Scott Workman in the Republican primary on May 15 and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9]

Idaho State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Tippets Incumbent 100% 16,969
Total Votes 16,969
Idaho State Senate District 32 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Tippets 57.1% 4,450
R. Scott Workman 42.9% 3,345
Total Votes 7,795

Campaign finance summary


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John Tippets campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Idaho State Senate, District 32Won $31,725 N/A**
2012Idaho State Senate, District 32Won $21,315 N/A**
1998Idaho State House, District 32BWon $6,585 N/A**
1996Idaho State House, District 32BWon $4,394 N/A**
1994Idaho State House, District 32BWon $2,812 N/A**
1992Idaho State House, District 32BWon $1,000 N/A**
1990Idaho State House, District 28BWon $1,250 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Idaho

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2015

In 2015, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 12 through April 11.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2014


2013


2012

Idaho Freedom Index

The Idaho Freedom Foundation, a conservative nonprofit organization, released its "Idaho Freedom Index" in 2013. The index was designed to show how Idaho legislators voted on the principles the foundation seeks to promote. It measured each state legislator based on how they voted on economic issues and on bills that created or eliminated government agencies, programs, and regulations. A higher score indicated that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the organization.[10] Tippets received a score of -68 points in the 2013 index, ranking 25th out of 35 members of the Idaho State Senate that were evaluated for the study.

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

John Tippets endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[11]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dean Mortimer (R)
Idaho State Senate District 32
2012-2015
Succeeded by
Mark Harris (R)
Preceded by
Robert Geddes
Idaho Senate District 31
February 2011–2012
Succeeded by
Steve Bair (R)


Current members of the Idaho State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Lori Den Hartog
Minority Leader:Melissa Wintrow
Senators
District 1
District 2
Phil Hart (R)
District 3
District 4
Ben Toews (R)
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
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District 11
District 12
Ben Adams (R)
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
Josh Kohl (R)
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (29)
Democratic Party (6)