Todd Corsetti

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Todd Corsetti

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Utah, 1988

Personal

Birthplace

Murray, Utah

Religion

Christian

Profession

Engineer

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Todd Corsetti (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Idaho's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Corsetti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Todd Corsetti was born in Murray, Utah. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1988. His career experience includes working as an engineer, mechanic, and as the director of operations and site general manager of a semiconductor and integrated circuit fabrication facility. Corsetti has been affiliated with the Libertarian Party, the Libertarian Party of Idaho, the Mises Institute, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Elections

2024

See also: Idaho's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Idaho's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Idaho's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Idaho District 2

Incumbent Michael K. Simpson defeated David Roth, Todd Corsetti, and Idaho Law in the general election for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael K. Simpson (R)	61.4	250,119
		David Roth (D)	31.0	126,229
		Todd Corsetti (L)	5.2	21,310
		Idaho Law (Constitution Party)	2.4	9,804

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 407,462
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2

David Roth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Roth	100.0	17,234

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,234
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Grayson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2

Incumbent Michael K. Simpson defeated Scott Cleveland and Sean Higgins in the Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael K. Simpson	54.7	53,476
		Scott Cleveland	35.8	35,036
		Sean Higgins	9.5	9,333

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,845
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Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2

Idaho Law defeated Pro-Life in the Constitution primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Idaho Law	51.0	102
		Pro-Life	49.0	98

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 200
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2

Todd Corsetti advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Idaho District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Corsetti	100.0	315

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Corsetti in this election.

Pledges

Corsetti signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Todd Corsetti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Corsetti's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am running as a Libertarian for Idaho congressional district 2 to assist in changing the dangerous trajectory of this country. We are clearly on a path to moral and financial bankruptcy. If we do not course correct, and quickly, our children’s and grandchildren’s futures and quality of life are at great risk. The Republican and Democrat duopoly, controlled opposition, with their ballooning government budgets, tax and spend recklessness, limitless money printing, run-away inflation, massive indebtedness, crony capitalism, and forever offensive wars are threatening this once great nation. Freedom of speech, freedom of self-defense, freedom of privacy, economic freedom, and personal liberty are all under attack and at great risk.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• America must end the forever wars, nation building, and avoid entangling alliances. Our military should only be used for strong national defense.
• We must get back to sound money, true free market capitalism, and a complete separation of the state from money and banking.
• All gun control is unconstitutional. I am a 2nd Amendment advocate. All people have the right to self-defense.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I fully support freedom of speech, and oppose all government censorship, regulation, or control of communications.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Congressman Ron Paul. His knowledge, honesty and integrity were unquestionable.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Anything by Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty and integrity.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Honesty, problem solving ability, logical thinking, and integrity.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Protecting our natural rights, our right to self-ownership, private property rights, supporting the non-aggression principle, supporting smaller government & political decentralization, and sound economics.

What legacy would you like to leave?

He spoke up and did something, not when it was easy, but when it was hard.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Nixon removing the US from the gold standard.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked my way through college doing auto body & paint, and my first job out of college was as an engineer in the semiconductor industry.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Lord of the Rings.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Robinhood.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It has the ability & obligation to defend the constitution & bill of rights, and constrain the executive branch. Sadly, it has failed at both. Congress must get back to its core charter, and bring back all powers relinquished to other agencies, bringing these back to congress as defined by the constitution.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Private and corporate experience is best.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Two major challenges must be immediately addresses. - The US offensive and forever wars must stop. We need to close all overseas bases, stop nation building and policing the world, and we should exit all entangling alliances. We should only support and fund a strong national defense.
- Crushing US debt, and fiscal and monetary irresponsibility threatens the future of this great nation and its citizens. We need sound money, begin reducing the cost & size of government, get money out of politics, and end the federal reserve banking cartel.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I support term limits. However, lobbyists and donors have completely infiltrated our elected officials and governing process. The majority of politicians make massive personal profit from this process. Term limits will only accelerate this process, as crooked politicians rush to get as much profit from the shorter time they have in office. We need to take money out of politics, and frankly out of the government's hands.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Congressman Ron Paul.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

There are certainly varying opinions; and reasonable principles & arguments from both sides, but any compromise must keep to our core principles as stated above.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

I would insist on fiscal and monetary responsibility. All foreign aid and funding of foreign wars must stop, government size & cost drastically reduced, taxes drastically reduced, the federal reserve banking cartel ended, and all executive orders allowing the executive branch to bypass congress, must end.

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

All political corruption and profiteering from political positions should be thoroughly investigated, with immediate punishment & expulsion for violations. Legal loop holes allowing politicians to become rich from their political positions should be stopped. Stock insider trading for politicians should not be allowed.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Unanimously endorsed by the Libertarian Party of Idaho.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

The government and government officials should be 100% transparent and accountable to Americans for their economic and fiscal decisions & voting record.

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Campaign website

Corsetti’s campaign website stated the following:

“	I believe in libertarian principles based on personal liberty, self-ownership, private property rights, the non-aggression principle, political decentralization, economic freedom, and the application of Austrian economics. America must end forever wars, nation building, and avoid entangling alliances. Our military should only be used for strong national defense. We must get back to sound money, true free market capitalism, and a complete separation of the state from money and banking. I fully support freedom of speech, and oppose all government censorship, regulation, or control of communications. All gun control is unconstitutional. I am a 2nd Amendment advocate. All people have the right to self-defense. We need political decentralization, because unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to corruption and cruelty. I am an advocate for personal liberty and privacy as recognized by the 4th Amendment. To be secure in our persons, homes, property, communications, and protection from unreasonable search and seizure. Individuals are inherently free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. We Must Fight for Our Freedoms: End all of the foreign wars, & bring our troops home. I am an adamant supporter of Defend the Guard. As long as we have a welfare state, & don’t respect private property rights, I fully support secure borders. Our military should be home defending our borders. Abolish the CIA, the ATF, the unelected deep state, and End the Fed. Repeal the Patriot Act and mass surveillance of US citizens. End all gun control. End the COVID regime and all COVID restrictions, and never allow this to happen again. End all corporate bailouts, subsidies, and crony capitalism. Bring back real free market capitalism & End The Fed. End taxpayer funded foreign aid. End the war on drugs, as it has failed, while costing billions of tax payer dollars. The only winners with prohibition are the cartels. Allow private entities, communities, religious organizations, families, & individuals effectively & humanely resolve these issues.	”
—Todd Corsetti's campaign website (2024)

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Todd Corsetti campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Idaho District 2	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Idaho's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Crapo (R)

Jim Risch (R)

Representatives

District 1

Russ Fulcher (R)

District 2

Michael Simpson (R)

Republican Party (4)