Jayson Meline
District 28 House B
2024 Primary - won
Jayson Meline: Idaho Democratic Candidate for House District 28B
Jayson Meline is a Democratic candidate running for Idaho House District 28B in the November 2026 general election. Meline, of Blackfoot, is a Bingham County educator and community organizer with a background in public school teaching and youth development. He is running in a heavily Republican district in Eastern Idaho’s Snake River Plain.
Background and Blackfoot Community
Meline is from Blackfoot, the Bingham County seat and a community whose economy is anchored by the Eastern Idaho potato industry, Idaho National Laboratory’s workforce, and the Snake River Plain’s agricultural sector. Blackfoot is the self-proclaimed “Potato Capital of the World” and hosts the Idaho Potato Museum. The community’s political culture is strongly Republican, shaped by LDS church influence, agricultural traditions, and Eastern Idaho’s conservative voting patterns. Meline’s background as an educator gives him direct community ties to Blackfoot’s families and schools.
District 28B
House District 28B covers portions of Bingham County and the Eastern Idaho Snake River Plain. The district is heavily Republican. Meline’s Democratic candidacy ensures that voters in this Eastern Idaho district have a contested choice on the November ballot and that the district’s working families, educators, and agricultural workers have a voice on the November ballot.
FAQ
Who is Jayson Meline? Jayson Meline is a Democratic candidate from Blackfoot running for Idaho House District 28B. An educator and community organizer, he has a background in public school teaching and youth development in Bingham County.
Profile published by IdahoVoters.com. Last updated April 2026.
News Stories
POCATELLO — A Democratic challenger is running against an incumbent Republican state representative for Legislative District 28, Seat B.
The seat has a two-year term. District 28 encompasses parts of Pocatello and Chubbuck and Bannock, Power and Franklin counties.
The general election is set for Tuesday, Nov. 5 and two candidates are vying to fill one House of Representatives seat in District 28.
Republican incumbent Dan Garner, of Clifton, and Democrat Jayson Meline, of Chubbuck, are asking for the support of local voters in their bids for House Seat B in District 28.
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