# Brian Lenney

Brian Lenney is a Republican member of the Idaho Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e89ea88e-7519-48fe-8cb9-65ea18d0dd7b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e89ea88e-7519-48fe-8cb9-65ea18d0dd7b (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

2.1% of Lenney’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (average 15%).

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

5,393 classified statements: 5,393 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lenney | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.8% | 2.3% | 46 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 7.7% | 9.5% | 157 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 15.9% | 37.3% | 305 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.3% | 255 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 2.1% | 15.4% | 313 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.3% | 101 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 23% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Health 12% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.67 (standard error 0.02), from 207 donors and 549 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

694 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Idaho Senate 97.3%). Party unity 91.6% (87%). 135 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 $15.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 69% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114739373560496284
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114769592111538302
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114775503517483062
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114813062079459392
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114378884808577356
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114399277946708193
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114435167901430199
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2113882370013290824
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114008384148308067
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/brian_lenney/status/2114047677667352829

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id7778/
- Campaign site: https://www.votelenney.com/
- X: https://x.com/brian_lenney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nampasenator/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorlenney/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxJaegLiPYwe2XsduLQh7w
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-lenney/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e89ea88e-7519-48fe-8cb9-65ea18d0dd7b