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Mike Olsen
Mike Olsen (Republican Party) ran for election to the Idaho House of Representatives to represent District 14A. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Olsen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mike Olsen was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He earned a bachelor's degree from Boise State University in 2010, a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2013, and attended Georgetown University Law Center in 2014. His career experience includes working as a business owner. Olsen has also worked as an upstream oil and gas tax attorney for Shell Oil Company and as a senior associate for Ernst & Young. Olsen is affiliated with the Federalist Society and the Republican Party.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A
Ted Hill defeated Crystal Ivie in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ted Hill (R)  | 75.8 | 18,522 |
 | Crystal Ivie (D) | 24.2 | 5,919 | |
| Total votes: 24,441 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A
Crystal Ivie advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Crystal Ivie | 100.0 | 842 |
| Total votes: 842 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A
Ted Hill defeated Tracey Koellisch, Mike Olsen, and Caleb Hoobery in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 14A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Hill | 42.4 | 5,221 |
 | Tracey Koellisch | 30.1 | 3,702 | |
 | Mike Olsen | 17.3 | 2,134 | |
 | Caleb Hoobery | 10.1 | 1,247 | |
| Total votes: 12,304 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mike Olsen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Olsen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Idaho allowed me to get an education. I was the first in my family to graduate from college, earning my bachelor's degree at Boise State University. I went on to earn dual degrees in law, after which I provided tax advice on mergers and acquisitions before became a tax attorney for a Shell Oil company.
I have since returned to Idaho where I own and run a successful family business. I have spent years fighting as a tax attorney for public companies, fighting as a business owner for my own company and I would like to use that experience to now fight for you in the Idaho State House.- Idaho should be leading the nation in tax competitiveness. As it stands today, Idaho isn't even one of the 10 most competitive states for business tax climate according to the Tax Foundation. I will work to cut taxes for all Idahoans and make Idaho the most competitive state for individuals and businesses.
- We have all seen over the last couple years the power that regulators can have over the daily lives of Americans. I believe all Idahoans should be given more control over their daily lives and the power of regulators to decide how we interact needs to be curtailed.
- As a first generation college graduate from a public university in Idaho, I believe the state has a role to invest in making sure the children of Idaho get the best education possible. The state should ensure parents and children have a choice with how and where their public dollars are spent by making sure that education dollars follow the children--whether that be in public schools, STEM schools, technical schools or private schools.
When Idaho has it's second record budget surplus in two years, this time $1.9 billion and counting, it's a clear sign Idaho's citizens are being overtaxed. With my background practicing as a tax attorney where my job was to know the tax code, regulations and rules inside and out, I have the ability to understand how to get real tax cuts.
(1) Always keep talking because once you shut down conversation you can't find common ground.
(2) Set lofty goals, because the greatest danger lies not in setting your goals to high and coming close but in setting them too low and achieving them.
Video
A Time for Choosing by Ronald Reagan: https://youtu.be/qXBswFfh6AY. This speech is as important and as relevant in 2022 as it was in 1964. "A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth."
Books
1.) Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman - This book teaches that economic freedom is indispensable to political freedom.
2.) Vindicating Lincoln by Thomas L. Krannawitter - This book teaches that certain truths of freedom and equality are universal and should not be viewed as a construct of their time.
3.) Principles for a Free Society by Richard Epstein - This book provides principles for governing that takes into account the consequences of actions and strives to leave everyone at least as well off as they were before implementation of policies.
Podcasts
1.) Ruthless by Comfortably Smug, Josh Holmes and Michael Duncan - These guys provide weekly political commentary and animal news with light humor.
2.) The Megyn Kelly Show by Megyn Kelly - Megyn has done a great job highlighting the harm done to children during the pandemic over the last few years.
(1) Be a representative for the interests of your district;
(2) Be honest (i.e., say what you mean and mean what you say); and
(1) Educating it's kids while ensuring they can afford to live here after school;
(2) Lowering taxes and making sure the state is not overtaxing it's citizens; and
1.) Revenue and Taxation,
2.) Ways and Means,
3.) Education,
4.) Health and Welfare, and
You take the 'f' out of Safe and the 'f' out of way.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 8, 2022
