Here are Scott’s Top Policy Priorities:

1. END ALL PROPERTY TAXES.

While other candidates talk about how government needs your income, sales and property taxes, Scott Herndon knows from his time on the Finance committee in the Idaho senate that property taxes can be absolutely abolished so that you can finally enjoy your own home and property without the threat of government seizing it one day because you failed to pay your local tax. It is possible to eliminate all property taxes in Idaho without raising any other taxes. 

2. PROTECT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS, REDUCE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. 

There is more work to do protecting the 2nd amendment in Idaho and reducing the number of laws and codes that control every area of our lives. Scott also wants to pass his constitutional amendment respecting your right to educate your own children free from government regulation.

3. STOP GROWING THE NATIONAL DEBT AND CONTROL INFLATION.

The state of Idaho spends more money than it should, much of it is provided by the $37 trillion, and growing, national debt. This debt leads to massive inflation and unaffordability of everything – housing, gas, food. Just look at the prices of homes and rent in North Idaho! We must reduce this nation’s debt, control state government’s spending and practice a conservative monetary policy so that the value of a dollar is not continually decimated by inflation.

4. MAKE IDAHO HEALTHY AGAIN.

6 in 10 Americans suffer from chronic disease. Scott Herndon supports healthy air and water and will fight to protect medical freedom and health education for all Idahoans.

5. MAKE IDAHO SMART AGAIN.

Scott will support policies that make Idaho’s public schools better (they still only have math and reading proficiencies in the 30 percentile range) while also fighting to support education freedom and choice.

Scott Herndon doesn’t just have goals. He has a proven record of success in the Idaho senate fighting for Idahoans.

1. REDUCED PROPERTY TAXES.

On your property tax bill this year, you will see credits for House Bills 292 and 521. Scott Herndon supported those bills that delivered hundreds of millions in property tax relief. In fact, the governor vetoed H292, but Scott helped encourage the override of the governor’s veto. Scott will not stop until 100% of property taxation is eliminated in Idaho.

2. SUPPORTED TAX CUTS.

Scott co-sponsored and supported bills that reduced income taxes by tens of millions a year and specialty tobacco and other unfair taxes. These tax cuts encouraged more investment in Idaho and resulted in outstanding business growth.

3. HELPED CHANGE THE WAY IDAHO SPENDS YOUR TAX MONEY.

Scott Herndon helped pass major reforms to how Idaho builds its state budget. Before the changes, the legislature only reviewed less than 20% of spending each year, while approving 100% of the budget. Now, the legislature reviews a much larger portion of the spending, and Scott Herndon helped cut wasteful government spending, saving $200 million in 2024 alone. DOGE!

4. PROTECTED THE 2ND AMENDMENT.

Anti-2A activists found a way to restrict guns from public property through private leases. Scott Herndon sponsored and passed senate bill 1374 to take away their ability to ban guns from public property. It passed, but there is still more work to do to protect your right to protect your families.

5. STOPPED THE TRANSGENDER NONSENSE.

Scott Herndon co-sponsored a new law for schools to keep boys and girls in their own locker rooms and bathrooms. It passed. He also sponsored and passed a bill that stopped requiring public works contractors to accommodate men in women’s locker rooms at large companies. That was a result of bad Obama and Biden era policies, but Idaho is now free from the nonsense.

6. PROTECTED CHILDREN FROM OBSCENITY AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND ONLINE.

In modern America, pornography is widely available to children at our government-run public libraries. Scott Herndon helped put in place a law in Idaho that can be used to stop that. Also, online porn is through the roof, and it is widely available to kids. Scott Herndon helped write a bill that passed and has caused online pornographers, like Pornhub, to verify the ages of users. these porn suppliers can now only distribute pornography to those over 18.

Scott Herndon was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1967. His family lineage in America dates to 1673, when William Herndon came from Kent, England to the Virginia Colony and settled in New Kent County, Virginia. He attended Missouri Military Academy, where discipline and duty were forged into his character. He earned a B.S. in Finance from Arizona State University and built a career in finance and computer programming before teaching himself custom homebuilding — the trade he has practiced for two decades in Bonner County.

Scott and his wife Arlene moved to Sagle, Idaho in 2004 — more than 22years ago. They were drawn to the same things that draw every conservative to north Idaho: the mountains, the freedom, the community, the values. Together they have raised eight children on their family farm, where they keep milk cows, chickens, and pigs. Their five daughters still live on the farm, and they perform music at the Sandpoint Farmer’s Market, the Bonner County Fair, and the Bonners Ferry Community Orchestra.

Before running for office, Scott served five years as a Bonner County Jail Chaplain — ministering to the people most of society forgets. He served as Chairman of the Bonner County Republican Party. His Christian faith is not a talking point; it is the foundation of everything he does.

Scott was elected to the Idaho Senate in 2022 and immediately became the #1 rated conservative in the entire Idaho Legislature according to the Idaho Freedom Foundation. He served on the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Finance Committee (JFAC). He sponsored or co-sponsored legislation protecting gun rights, parental rights, medical freedom, and property tax relief. He authored Idaho’s Distributed Ledger Technology Act, nearly making Idaho one of the most crypto-friendly states in America — losing by just one vote in the Senate in 2024.

In 2024, the establishment spent heavily to take Scott’s seat back. He lost by just 613 votes — less than 4%. Now he is back. Because the fight for lower taxes, smaller government, and constitutional liberty is not something you walk away from.