# Kelly Anthon

Kelly Anthon is a Republican member of the Idaho Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2015-07-02
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9577c53b-0d84-4d3b-9c5b-7d38227c8e32

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9577c53b-0d84-4d3b-9c5b-7d38227c8e32 (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

Anthon sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 105 donors and 1,078 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

781 roll calls. Attendance 95.6% (Idaho Senate 97.3%). Party unity 84% (87%). 42 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 yea · 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 $42.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2021/id3524/
- Campaign site: https://www.anthonforidaho.com/about-kelly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.anthon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly.anthon.idaho/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-arthur-anthon/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9577c53b-0d84-4d3b-9c5b-7d38227c8e32