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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Idaho .
Ada County is located in the southwestern part of Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 494,967, which by 2022 was estimated to have risen to 518,907. Ada County is by far the state's most populous county; it is home to 26.8% of the state's population. The county seat and largest city is Boise, which is also the state capital. Ada County is included in the Boise metropolitan area. The Ada County Highway District has jurisdiction over all the local county and city streets, except for private roads and state roads. In the interior Pacific Northwest east of the Cascade Range, Ada County ranks second in population, behind Spokane County, Washington.
Moses Alexander was an American businessman and politician who served as the 11th governor of Idaho, the second elected Jewish governor of a U.S. state, and the first who actually practiced that religion. Jewish California Governor Washington Bartlett, was elected in 1887, but had converted to Christianity. Moses Alexander served from 1915 until 1919, and remains the state's sole Jewish chief executive.
David Harold Bieter is an American politician and attorney who served as mayor of Boise from 2004 to 2020. A Democrat, Bieter was the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. According to The New York Times, he was the only Basque-speaking mayor in the United States as of 2012. His father, Pat Bieter, was also a local politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives.
Carolyn Terteling-Payne is an American politician who served as interim mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 2003 to 2004.
H. Brent Coles is an American politician who served as mayor of Boise, Idaho from 1993 to 2003. Coles resigned from office after accepting an illegal trip to the 2002 Winter Olympics from an insurance company. Coles was a candidate in the 2019 Boise mayoral election, placing fourth out of seven candidates in first round of voting.
James Alonzo Pinney served as mayor of Boise, Idaho Territory in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He is the only person in the city's history to serve as mayor three nonconsecutive times and win election as mayor five times.
Jay S. Amyx served two terms as mayor of Boise, Idaho, United States, from 1966 to 1974.
Scott Conrad Bedke is an American politician serving as the 44th lieutenant governor of Idaho since 2023. A Republican, he served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives for the 27A district. In December 2012, Bedke defeated fellow Republican Lawerence Denney to become speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Steve Symms decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Republican nominee and Boise mayor Dirk Kempthorne won the open seat, defeating Democratic Congressman Richard H. Stallings.
Lee Heider is a former Republican member of the Idaho Senate, first elected in 2010. Heider represented the 24th District, which contains most of the city of Twin Falls.
Chuck Winder is an American politician and Republican member of the Idaho Senate. He serves as the president pro tempore of the Idaho Senate and previously served as the majority leader. He is married to Dianne Winder; the couple has two children.
Joe A. Palmer is a Republican Idaho State Representative since 2008 representing District 20 in the A seat.
The 2014 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Idaho, concurrently with the election to Idaho's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Jason A. Monks is an American politician serving as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from District 22.
Dan G. Johnson is a Republican former Idaho State Senator who represented Districts 6 and 7 and the current mayor of Lewiston, Idaho.
The 2019 Boise mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to determine the mayor of Boise, Idaho. The election was officially nonpartisan. The election was won by Boise City Council the president Lauren McLean, who defeated the incumbent mayor Dave Bieter in a runoff election held on December 3, 2019.
The 2015 Boise mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015, to determine the mayor of Boise, Idaho. The election was officially nonpartisan.
Lauren Stein McLean is an American politician and entrepreneur serving as the mayor of Boise, Idaho. McLean served as a member of the Boise City Council from 2011 to 2019, and as council president from 2017 to 2019, before defeating four term incumbent Mayor Dave Bieter in the 2019 mayoral election.
The 2023 Boise mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023 to elect the mayor of Boise, Idaho. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent mayor Lauren McLean won re-election to a second term in office, defeating former Boise police chief Mike Masterson and two other candidates.