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Steve Allmer
Steve Allmer (Republican Party) ran for election to the Idaho State Senate to represent District 23. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Allmer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Steve Allmer earned an associate degree from Northeastern Junior College in 1974 and a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in 2003. His career experience includes working as a senior project manager and stakeholder. He has also been the president and CFO of a marketing process firm, the owner of a consulting firm, and the owner of a plumbing contracting firm.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Idaho State Senate District 23
Incumbent Todd Lakey defeated Mik Lose and Jon Basabe in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Todd Lakey (R) | 78.2 | 12,327 |
| Mik Lose (D) | 17.7 | 2,786 | ||
| Jon Basabe (L) | 4.2 | 655 | ||
| Total votes: 15,768 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23
Mik Lose advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mik Lose | 100.0 | 460 | |
| Total votes: 460 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn ODell (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23
Incumbent Todd Lakey defeated Steve Allmer in the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Lakey | 61.5 | 4,145 |
 | Steve Allmer | 38.5 | 2,596 | |
| Total votes: 6,741 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Martha Drake (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Idaho State Senate District 23
Jon Basabe advanced from the Libertarian primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jon Basabe | 100.0 | 22 | |
| Total votes: 22 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Allmer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Allmer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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We have two wonderful children, four awesome grandchildren. I have a BS degree in accounting. Served on church BOD for over 20 years, Elder/Pastor since 1999. I have been part owner in a few successful businesses, carried General Engineering and Master Plumbing Licenses in two states I love building! Our multimillion-dollar projects consisted of water, wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, hazardous waste sites, and Design/Build projects. I have worked with local municipalities, state, and federal agencies to achieve goals. It takes creating confidence, trust, ideas, strategy, and options. It takes vision, focus, flexibility, and work. Retired in 2017 to Idaho – our daughter and three of our grandchildren moved here and we followed. We love it here, we have a horse, some yearlings and country living. We still are part owners in the family farm of over 100 years with my mom and sister-in-law in Colorado.
- Election Integrity is essential. We should all be confident that our vote counts. If we do not get this right where Idahoans trust the system, then all the other does not matter. We need paper watermarked ballots, vote count tabulation reviewed, voter registrations kept current to assure validity like death certificates automated to remove names from the voter rolls, tighten to ensure only valid IDs are used, no ballot boxes, and no ballot harvesting. Strict absentee ballot regulations instituted. Variances in the vote count should be hand counted. Further discrepancies shall cause internal audits by an independent entity to occur. This could also require a forensic audit.
- Tax reform needs to be one of the top issues with legitimate reform. Reduce spending and reduce the number of agencies. Repeal grocery sales tax in its entirety or drop the percentage to the lowest of the states who STILL have grocery tax. Provide a gas tax reprieve to relieve Idahoans while inflation is high. We do have a $1 Billion surplus which leads me Property tax reform. School vouchers to follow the child would assist in a substantial reduction in costs and create a better education system simply by competition. Stop special elections. They cost each county funding and easily could be part of the midterm and general elections.
- Education - No Marxism. Revoke ID Code 18-1518. vouchers follow the child (2022 a bill lost by ONE Senate vote), parental rights act, Return control to the Parents. Realign the education system to TEACH academics like reading, writing, arithmetic, US History, Civics, PE, Science, biology, chemistry, IT, Home Economics, Welding, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, Masonry. This foundation will allow children to have a positive outlook, to feel a sense of accomplishment, and not be in fear. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. Protect women athletics.
I will represent many Idahoans who are currently not being heard and are very unhappy with this digression. In this case, which requires us to change the current direction. Our educational system is broken and simply increasing funding is not the answer.
I entered the catch-it-calf contest at the National Western Stock Show the year before. I entered the packed stadium with a rope halter along with fifteen others. If you set your mind to something, fix your eyes on a goal and give it all you got; you can achieve most anything.
We were all excited about me getting the chance to catch one of those terrified calves. When that gunshot went off, all sixteen competitors took off and scared the calves even more. I had a strategy that my Dad and I discussed. I began at a slow trot and sure enough, the calves scattered but I was right there waiting for that one calf. I grabbed his neck, he drug me halfway across the arena. I was determined to not let loose and got the halter on that calf!
We received my calf, Blackaction, in April of 1968. He weighed in at 455 pounds. I learned animals got fed and taken care of before I ate. Blackaction was an Angus-Hereford steer. 4-H and FFA members are taught valuable life lessons. What made this project special was something I didn’t know at the time, it would be my last project with my Dad.
Blackaction and I grew up a lot that year. We won champion in Blackaction’s weight class at our County Fair. My Dad was beaming! The Denver Post followed me and my steer throughout the year so during the National Western Stock Show of 1969, they ran the story. Wow! front page with me and Backaction going to Stock Show.
I came in seventh place, out of 50. My Dad was proud.
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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 1, 2022
