# Carrie Semmelroth

Carrie Semmelroth is a Democratic member of the Idaho Senate for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Idaho Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2021-11-24
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/34bec23f-67e3-4940-8f5e-29850f0e9170

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34bec23f-67e3-4940-8f5e-29850f0e9170 (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

Semmelroth missed 7.5% of 792 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Idaho Senate (average 97.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.03), from 195 donors and 721 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

792 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (Idaho Senate 97.3%). Party unity 95.8% (87%). 12 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 $5,550 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id7115/
- Campaign site: https://www.carrieforidaho.com/
- X: https://x.com/carrieforidaho
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieforIdaho/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrieforidaho
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieforidaho/xregexp
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-semmelroth-154500236

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34bec23f-67e3-4940-8f5e-29850f0e9170