# Van Burtenshaw

Van Burtenshaw is a Republican member of the Idaho Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2a8943d8-c4fe-4286-8b26-6240d9ff26f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a8943d8-c4fe-4286-8b26-6240d9ff26f8 (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

Burtenshaw sits at −0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 27 donors and 1,083 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.6% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

787 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Idaho Senate 97.3%). Party unity 71% (87%). 58 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · 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 (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · 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 (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 973 APPROPRIATIONS – MILITARY DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H973/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 959 TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H959/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Read third time in full – · H 896 SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding compliance with the law. · fail · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H896/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · 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 (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · 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 yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · 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/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Read third time in full as amended – · S 1336 EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to revise and establish provisions regarding civics education. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1336/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Read third time in full – · H 949 APPROPRIATIONS – WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND STEM ACTION CENTER – Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H949/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id3140/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.burtenshaw.35

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a8943d8-c4fe-4286-8b26-6240d9ff26f8