# Dale Hawkins

Dale Hawkins is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 2B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 2B
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9426884-2195-45ee-8130-4a8cf0d61adf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9426884-2195-45ee-8130-4a8cf0d61adf (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

Hawkins sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

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

294 classified statements: 294 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 | Hawkins | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.9% | 395 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.4% | 9.3% | 434 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 18.4% | 31.9% | 596 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 467 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.1% | 12.7% | 521 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.4% | 94 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 35% (State House Republicans 15%); Immigration 31% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Economics and Public Finance 9.3% (State House Republicans 12%); Labor and Employment 9.3% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 5.6% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.03), from 124 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

926 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 96.1% (84%). 204 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 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 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 473: MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a… (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H473/
- H 474: IMMIGRATION STATUS AND NATIONALITY OF ARRESTED INDIVIDUALS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the immigration status and nationality of… (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H474/
- H 367: HUMAN PERSONHOOD ACT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding human personhood. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H367/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2113875184927318159
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2113976338772357372
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2111446194165821910
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2111462142876745782
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2111482896477470731
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2111504837787729927
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2109994993784074631
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2110013578850017284
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2108360990303957083
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID/status/2107953033082765396

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id7855/
- Campaign site: https://dalehawkinsforidaho.com/
- X: https://x.com/DaleHawkinsID
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dale.hawkins.3139
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-hawkins-88740628

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9426884-2195-45ee-8130-4a8cf0d61adf