# Barbara Ehardt

Barbara Ehardt is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 33A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 33A
- Serving since: 2017-12-27
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c8c374b3-22b8-4221-a65a-6a4616cb107d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c374b3-22b8-4221-a65a-6a4616cb107d (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

12% of Ehardt’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.3 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

628 classified statements: 628 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 | Ehardt | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 12.4% | 2.9% | 36 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.7% | 9.3% | 384 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.5% | 31.9% | 532 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.0% | 1.8% | 412 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.3% | 12.7% | 393 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.4% | 1.4% | 165 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 48% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 22% (State House Republicans 15%); Law 10% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Government Operations and Politics 9.7% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 8.2% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.01), from 172 donors and 1,184 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 96.5% (84%). 69 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 488: ANNEXATION BY CITIES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding costs associated with the annexation of certain property by cities. (in committee, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H488/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2114185974930641258
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2114186531900727337
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2110982129366761521
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2110793659876823048
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2110794574776135975
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2110432579254206556
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2108639921410043908
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2106788990074728490
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2104384801390379244
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barbara_ehardt/status/2104717494288302438

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id4945/
- X: https://x.com/barbara_ehardt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachEhardt
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.ehardt.idaho/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@barbaraehardtforidaho2197/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-ehardt-b5919a50/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c374b3-22b8-4221-a65a-6a4616cb107d