Tara Pugmire
Tara Pugmire (Republican Party) ran for election to the Idaho House of Representatives to represent District 21A. She lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
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Biography
Tara Pugmire was born in Boise, Idaho. She attended school at Northwest Nazarene University. Pugmire's career experience includes working as a certified equine specialist.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A
James Petzke defeated Josi Christensen, Daniel S. Weston, and Mike Long in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Petzke (R)  | 62.2 | 10,829 |
| Josi Christensen (D) | 29.8 | 5,191 | ||
| Daniel S. Weston (Constitution Party) | 5.1 | 881 | ||
| Mike Long (L) | 2.9 | 503 | ||
| Total votes: 17,404 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A
Josi Christensen advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Josi Christensen | 100.0 | 889 | |
| Total votes: 889 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A
James Petzke defeated Tara Pugmire, Domenico Gelsomino, and Tyler Ricks in the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Petzke | 38.9 | 2,879 |
 | Tara Pugmire | 38.0 | 2,817 | |
 | Domenico Gelsomino | 14.4 | 1,063 | |
| Tyler Ricks | 8.7 | 645 | ||
| Total votes: 7,404 | |||
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Constitution primary election
Constitution primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A
Daniel S. Weston advanced from the Constitution primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daniel S. Weston | 100.0 | 6 | |
| Total votes: 6 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A
Mike Long advanced from the Libertarian primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 21A on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike Long | 100.0 | 29 | |
| Total votes: 29 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tara Pugmire completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pugmire's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Prior to having children, Tara worked for a number of years at detention centers, group homes, and in the psychological unit at Intermountain Hospital working with struggling teens.
During COVID-19 shut downs, Tara co-founded a “micro-pod school” for 3rd-5th graders, creating a hands on/project based model. She also organized service projects in the community to serve with the students of the "pod" and participated in weekly hands on field trips.
Tara has a love for horses since child-hood. Later, while attending university in Utah and working at a group home for teens, Tara helped develop a horse therapy program.
Currently, she is a Certified Equine Specialist where she combines her love for horses and her love of youth by offering Healing Trauma With Horses & Other Holistic Methods.
Nearly 10 years ago, Tara received her concealed carry permit after taking a gun safety course. Through the years, Tara supplemented the family as a professional photographer.
Tara and her husband Brandon have owned and run a small business in Meridian for over 20 years and employ 14- Faith, Family, Freedom
- Limit federal powers and return power to the states
- Educational Choice and Flexibility
She believes strongly in individual rights and limited government!
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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 May 15, 2022
