# David Leavitt

David Leavitt is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 25B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 25B
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/140cefcc-8d67-4b5d-9051-c7892072bc38

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/140cefcc-8d67-4b5d-9051-c7892072bc38 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Leavitt sits at +0.89 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Republicans.

## What Leavitt says (ID 2025–26 session)

35 classified statements: 35 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Leavitt | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.9% | 243 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 28.6% | 9.3% | 45 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 31.4% | 31.9% | 380 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 17.1% | 12.7% | 235 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 36% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 27% (State House Republicans 18%); Immigration 18% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Agriculture and Food 9.1% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.1% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.89 (standard error 0.04), from 90 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 90% (84%). 230 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · passage · H 516 EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of teachers unions. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H516/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 978 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H978/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · H 975 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys in the state treasury for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H975/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 974 APPROPRIATIONS – IDAHO STATE POLICE – Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H974/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1438 APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1438/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1247 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1247/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1454 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH SAFETY AND PERMANENCY, AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS – Relates to… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1454/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · H 976 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of funds for strategic initiatives and local highway districts. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H976/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 972 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – DIVISION OF WELFARE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H972/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1448 MINORS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding material harmful to minors. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1448/

## Legislation (ID 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 633: GROCERY TAX – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to exempt the sale of certain food items from sales tax, to repeal the grocery tax credit, and to… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H633/
- H 260: TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to exempt food from sales tax and to revise sales tax distributions. (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H260/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/2042227898590068811
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/2035707989634801740
- 2026-03-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/2032674481551102435
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/2030053440940921177
- 2025-11-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1995274816224727040
- 2025-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1971486475016388923
- 2025-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1969597139711115438
- 2025-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1969749979888804127
- 2025-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1968667266452504789
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt/status/1965962854349324670

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership/
- Campaign site: https://leavitt4idaho.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepDavidLeavitt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dave.j.leavitt/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/140cefcc-8d67-4b5d-9051-c7892072bc38