Holli High Woodings
Holli High Woodings is a former Democratic member of the Idaho House of Representatives, representing District 19B from 2012 to 2014.
Woodings ran for Idaho Secretary of State in the 2014 elections.[1] She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the May 20 primary. Holli High Woodings lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Woodings served on the following committees:
| Idaho committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Commerce and Human Resources |
| • Environment, Energy, and Technology |
| • State Affairs |
Elections
2014
- See also: Idaho secretary of state election, 2014
Woodings ran for election to the office of Idaho Secretary of State in 2014. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.[2]
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of Idaho, 2014 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Lawerence Denney |
56.2% | 241,851 | |
| Democratic | Holli High Woodings | 43.8% | 188,353 | |
| Total Votes | 430,204 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Woodings won election in the 2012 election for Idaho House of Representatives District 19B. Woodings defeated Andy C. Edstrom and Brad Goodsell in the Democratic primary on May 15, 2012, and defeated Don Howard (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Holli High Woodings |
65.7% | 14,378 | |
| Republican | Don Howard | 34.3% | 7,509 | |
| Total Votes | 21,887 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Holli High Woodings |
56.4% | 1,636 |
| Brad Goodsell | 38.6% | 1,118 |
| Andy C. Edstrom | 5% | 145 |
| Total Votes | 2,899 | |
Campaign themes
2014
Woodings' campaign website listed the following issues in 2012:[6]
- Excellence in Education
- Excerpt: "Our communities and businesses deserve citizens with world-class education. We need to work together to develop good solutions to reform Idaho’s education system and make the important investment to support our students, teachers and school districts so that our students can achieve excellence."
- Smart Energy
- Excerpt: "Let’s grow our economy and create good-paying jobs, while preserving the best things in our state for our children and grandchildren. When coupled with our abundant small and large hydropower, development of energy efficiency, solar, geothermal, wind, biomass and biofuels will put Idahoans back to work and clean up our energy portfolio."
- Fairness for Women
- Excerpt: "Women deserve fair opportunities in school and the workplace, and to make their own reproductive decisions. And while we might not all agree on how those decisions should be made or what outcomes should result, I do know that it’s not the role of government to make those important decisions for women. I pledge to be an outspoken and visible advocate for women’s rights, fairness in the workplace, and access to reproductive care."
- Accountable Leadership
- Excerpt: "Any business owner can tell you – you have to have people you can trust minding the store. People who know their customer. People who know the value of a dollar and how to provide the very best service in the most efficient way. And you know what? That’s what good government is too. We deserve to know that our dollar is being invested to provide the biggest benefit for our present and our future, not spent for political reasons."
Themes
Woodings' campaign website listed the following themes for the 2014 race:
Economy
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I deeply believe that the greatest investment Idaho can make in economic competitiveness is through education. Yet there is also much we can do to make our state more business friendly. Simplified business licensing, easy-to-navigate online filings and state agencies with a commitment to can-do, problem-solving business assistance are a low-cost way to start. Seamless partnerships with the Idaho Tax Commission, the Department of Commerce and Bureau of Occupational Licenses (just to name a few) will help small businesses navigate the system and get down to the business of serving customers faster. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and we need to help them in every way possible, every day. Less paperwork, more service.[7] |
” |
| —Holli High Woodings' campaign website (2014)[8] | ||
Education
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There is no more important issue than education in Idaho. We rank dead last in the country in education spending per child. Only 35% of our children have access to pre-school or educational daycare when the national average is almost 50%. Only one in ten of our high school freshmen eventually graduates from college. Which also makes us dead last in college attendance too. This is not putting us on track to fill or attract the skilled jobs our modern economy needs right now. And every year Idaho falls a little further behind. That is nothing to be proud of. It’s an urgent problem that needs an even more urgent solution. The Secretary of State is one of five members of the Idaho Land Board, which has a constitutional obligation to administer state lands for the long-term public good. One of the specific beneficiaries is our public schools—which over the years have been starved of millions of dollars from the Land Board. All of us are looking for ways to make our schools better That’s why as Secretary of State I will push to use excess revenue from the Land Board to reinvest in our schools so that we can attract more businesses and good-paying jobs to Idaho.[7] |
” |
| —Holli High Woodings' campaign website (2014)[8] | ||
Voting rights
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We were very fortunate for many years to have strong nonpartisan advocates—Democrat and Republican—as our Secretaries of State. They did a great job putting fairness and the interests of the people first because they recognized that voting is a fundamental freedom where partisan and special interest politics have no place. In their view, ensuring that our elections are easy, fair and open was a moral responsibility they were sworn to protect. And that is exactly how I look at it too. I’m running for Secretary of State because your freedom to vote should not be infringed by anyone’s agenda at any time. Voting should be easy, fair and open, period. That’s what I signed up for when I registered to vote for the first time and that’s what I want for my children and my grand children. Easy, fair and open voting for all eligible voters.[7] |
” |
| —Holli High Woodings' campaign website (2014)[8] | ||
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2014
In 2014, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 6 through March 21.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
2013
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In 2013, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 7 through April 4.
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2012
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In 2012, the Idaho State Legislature was in session from January 9 through March 29.
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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.[9] Woodlings received a score of -68 points in the 2013 index, ranking 62nd out of 70 members of the Idaho House of Representatives that were evaluated for the study.
See also
- Idaho Secretary of State
- Idaho secretary of state election, 2014
- Idaho House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Idaho State Legislature
- Idaho state legislative districts
External links
- Campaign Website
- Holli High Woodings on Facebook
- Profile from Open States
- Project Vote Smart profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Holli Woodings for Secretary of State 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed February 2, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcampaign14 - ↑ Idaho Secretary of State, "Primary Candidate List," accessed April 6, 2012
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State Election Division, "May 15, 2012 Primary Election Results," accessed 6 July 2012
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State – Elections Division, "November 6, 2012 General Election Results," accessed December 27, 2012
- ↑ Holli High Woodings, "Values," accessed October 15, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Woodings for Idaho, "What's at stake?" accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Idaho Freedom Foundation, "2013 Freedom Index," accessed August 19, 2013
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