Jaron Crane
District 12 House B
2024 Primary - won
2024 General Election - won
Crane, a lifelong Idahoan, was born and raised in Nampa by father retired State Treasurer Ron G. After enlisting in the Idaho Army National Guard, he graduated from Boise State University with a Bachelor’s in Political Science. In 2020, he became the Co-Owner of American Fire Protection and subsequently purchased Crane Alarm Service from his parents. Crane is seeking his second term in office as District 12 Seat B representative. He has a high index rating of 100% in education by the hardline conservative Idaho Freedom Foundation for sponsoring the publicly opposed House Bill 384 targeting school libraries.
2024 Primary Election Results
Crane 3,364 votes / Noller 940 votes
2024 General Election Results
Crane 15,057 votes / Benson 6,164 votes
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More than 100 people attended a legislative committee’s hearing on House Bill 384, and 18 testified, most of them against it. All 11 Republicans on the legislative committee voted in favor of the bill, which is sponsored by Rep. Jaron Crane, R-Nampa. Both Democrats voted against it.
The national special interests groups who have poured millions of dollars into efforts to make education savings account programs a reality in states like Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Wisconsin and New Hampshire are the same donors who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars during Idaho’s midterm election to ensure school choice-friendly legislators occupied as many seats as possible in the Idaho Legislature, records show.
If a library fails to relocate the item within 30 days of receiving the relocation request, then one could sue the library for $250, as well as “actual damages and any other relief.”
“Those are the changes that (the governor) requested that we take a look at, and we guarantee that we won’t bankrupt any library here in Idaho,” Crane said.
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Supporting HB705.
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