Todd Lakey

Republican Party

Candidate, Idaho State Senate District 23

Idaho State Senate District 23

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Christy Zito (R)

Prior offices:

Idaho State Senate District 12

Years in office: 2012 - 2022

Successor:Ben Adams (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$25,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the Capitol: $86/day. For legislators residing more than 50 miles from the Capitol: $253/day.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 19, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University, 1990

Law

Lewis & Clark School of Law, 1993

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army Reserve

Contact

Official website

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Todd Lakey (Republican Party) is a member of theIdaho State Senate, representingDistrict 23. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Lakey (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theIdaho State Senate to representDistrict 23. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled onMay 19, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Todd Lakey served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Lakey earned a B.S. in international business from Brigham Young University in 1990 and a J.D. from Lewis and Clark College in 1993. His career experience includes owning Lakey Law Office, PLLC and working as an attorney with Angstman Johnson. Lakey served as the president of the Idaho Association of Commissioners and Clerks and the chairman of the Community Planning Association of SW Idaho.^[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Lakey was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee
• Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee
• Judiciary and Rules Committee,Chair

2023-2024

Lakey was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee
• Judiciary and Rules Committee,Chair

2021-2022

Lakey was assigned to the following committees:

• Local Government and Taxation Committee
• Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee
• Judiciary and Rules Committee,Chair

2019-2020

Lakey was assigned to the following committees:

• Change in Employee Compensation Committee
• Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee
• Judiciary and Rules Committee,Chair
• Local Government and Taxation Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lakey served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lakey served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for Idaho State Senate District 23

Paul Smith is running in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Paul Smith (Constitution Party)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

Paul Morgan is running in the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

IncumbentTodd Lakey is running in the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Todd Lakey

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Endorsements

2024

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Idaho State Senate District 23

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedPaul Morgan andPaul Smith in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey (R)	77.8	19,455
	Submit photo	Paul Morgan (D)	18.1	4,519
	Submit photo	Paul Smith (Constitution Party)	4.1	1,030

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

Paul Morgan advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paul Morgan	100.0	484

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

IncumbentTodd Lakey advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey	100.0	5,609

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Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

Paul Smith advanced from the Constitution primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paul Smith	100.0	21

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Endorsements

2022

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Idaho State Senate District 23

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedMik Lose andJon Basabe in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey (R)	78.2	12,327
	Submit photo	Mik Lose (D)	17.7	2,786
	Submit photo	Jon Basabe (L)	4.2	655

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

Mik Lose advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mik Lose	100.0	460

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shawn ODell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedSteve Allmer in the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey	61.5	4,145
		Steve Allmer	38.5	2,596

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,741
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Martha Drake (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Idaho State Senate District 23

Jon Basabe advanced from the Libertarian primary for Idaho State Senate District 23 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jon Basabe	100.0	22

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2020

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Idaho State Senate District 12

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedChelle Gluch in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey (R)	69.9	14,509
		Chelle Gluch (D)	30.1	6,245

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 12

Chelle Gluch advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 12 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chelle Gluch	100.0	1,451

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 12

IncumbentTodd Lakey advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 12 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey	100.0	4,108

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2018

See also:Idaho State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Idaho State Senate District 12

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedChelle Gluch in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey (R)	65.1	9,089
		Chelle Gluch (D)	34.9	4,875

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 12

Chelle Gluch advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 12 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chelle Gluch	100.0	1,087

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 12

IncumbentTodd Lakey advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 12 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Lakey	100.0	3,699

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2016

See also:Idaho State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theIdaho State Senate were held in2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

IncumbentTodd Lakey defeatedChelle Gluch in the Idaho State Senate District 12 general election.^[3][4]

Idaho State Senate, District 12 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Todd LakeyIncumbent	72.57%	11,672
	Democratic	Chelle Gluch	27.43%	4,412
Total Votes				16,084
Source:Idaho Secretary of State

Chelle Gluch ran unopposed in the Idaho State Senate District 12 Democratic primary.^[5][6]

Idaho State Senate District 12, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Chelle Gluch (unopposed)

IncumbentTodd Lakey ran unopposed in the Idaho State Senate District 12 Republican primary.^[7][8]

Idaho State Senate District 12, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Todd LakeyIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Idaho State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theIdaho State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Write-in candidateHeidi J. Knittel was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentTodd Lakey defeatedLee Rice in the Republican primary. Knittel was defeated by Lakey in the general election.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Idaho State Senate, District 12, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Todd LakeyIncumbent	68.6%	6,615
	Democratic	Heidi J. Knittel	31.4%	3,021
Total Votes				9,636

Idaho State Senate, District 12 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Todd LakeyIncumbent	71.2%	2,269
Lee Rice	28.8%	920
Total Votes		3,189

2012

See also:Idaho State Senate elections, 2012

Lakey won election in the2012 election forIdaho State Senate District 12. He defeatedRobert E. Schaefer in the May 15 Republican primary and defeatedMelissa Sue Robinson (D) in the November 6 general election. IncumbentCurt McKenzie (R) ran inDistrict 13.^[13][14][15]

Idaho State Senate, District 12, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Todd Lakey	67.7%	9,976
	Democratic	Melissa Sue Robinson	32.3%	4,752
Total Votes				14,728

Idaho State Senate District 12 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Todd Lakey	61.4%	1,975
Robert E. Schaefer	38.6%	1,242
Total Votes		3,217

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2014

Lakey's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[16]

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2024

In 2024, theIdaho State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 10.

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Legislators are scored on their stance on civil liberties issues.

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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.

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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business and economic issues.

• Idaho Freedom Foundation

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.

• Idaho Wildlife Federation

Legislators are scored on how they voted on sportsman-related bills.

• National Federation of Independent Business

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