Britt Raybould

Britt Raybould: Idaho Republican Incumbent for House District 34B

Britt Raybould is a Republican member of the Idaho House of Representatives representing District 34B, which covers Madison County in eastern Idaho. Raybould lives in Rexburg and is seeking re-election in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary. She faces Larry Golden, the same opponent she defeated in 2024. Raybould has served two non-consecutive terms in the House, first from 2018 to 2020 and again beginning in December 2022.

Background

Raybould was born and raised in eastern Idaho. She is a fourth-generation Idahoan, as noted in her Ballotpedia profile. Her grandfather, Dell Raybould, served in the Idaho Legislature. She graduated from Sugar-Salem High School in 1997, earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Boise State University in 2001, and completed a master’s degree in professional communication from Westminster College in 2003.

Raybould has worked as the chief financial officer of Raybould Brothers Farms, a third-generation potato operation in eastern Idaho, since 2016. She also founded Write Bold, a consulting firm focused on strategy and marketing for small business owners, as noted on her official Idaho Legislature member profile. She served on the National Potato Council’s Board of Directors from 2010 to 2020 and was elected NPC president in January 2020, becoming the first woman and the third member of her family to hold that office in the organization’s history at that time. She also previously served as chair of the Ag Affairs Committee for the Idaho Potato Commission.

Political Career

Raybould first won election to the Idaho House in 2018, defeating two opponents in the Republican primary and running unopposed in the general election to succeed her retiring grandfather in the District 34B seat. She served one term, during which she sat on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, the Resources and Conservation Committee, and the Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee. In 2020, she lost the Republican primary to Ronald Nate by fewer than 300 votes.

Raybould returned to the race in 2022. She defeated Nate in the May 17 primary and won the general election unopposed. In 2024, she again faced Larry Golden in the primary. She received 2,644 votes, or 66 percent of the total, to Golden’s 34 percent, and ran unopposed in the general election.

In her current term, Raybould serves on the Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, the Resources and Conservation Committee, and the Revenue and Taxation Committee.

During the 2023 session, Raybould sponsored the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Medicaid budget. When the initial version failed on a narrow 34-36 House vote, she argued on the floor that the figures reflected legally required state obligations. As reported by the Idaho Press, she told legislators: “Cutting the dollars is not going to change what the end result is.”

During the 2025 session, Raybould supported the Water Resources budget that included $30 million in new infrastructure funding. As reported by the Idaho Capital Sun, she explained to colleagues that the bill directed funds toward specific projects including aquifer recharge, groundwater management, and rehabilitation of water storage and conveyance systems. The House passed that budget 56-13.

She also commented on the 2024 session’s restructured budget process. She told the Idaho Capital Sun that splitting agency budgets into two separate votes made it difficult for legislators to assess an appropriation as a whole: “At no one time was any individual presented with the opportunity to take a vote on a budget in its entirety.”

Policy Positions

Water policy is the most consistently documented focus of Raybould’s legislative work. In a post on her campaign website, she wrote that clean and sustainable water is foundational to Idaho’s economy and communities: “Good schools for our kids, a strong economy with plenty of jobs, and the communities we call home aren’t possible without it.”

On education, Raybould has said she wants to retain teachers through competitive pay and expand career-technical pathways for students, as she outlined in her East Idaho News candidate questionnaire ahead of the 2024 primary. In the same questionnaire, she stated that Madison County needs to manage growth carefully to avoid the rural-urban divides she observed in Oregon and Washington.

In the 2022 Post Register candidate profile, Raybould said she wanted to review property tax formulas and K-12 funding structures to reduce pressure on local supplemental levies. She has also cited the risk of federal overreach on water management as a reason to keep state control over water resources.

Political Alignment

Raybould is classified as a Traditional Conservative Republican. Her voting record on appropriations, her sponsorship of state budget bills, and her legislative focus on water, agriculture, and education align with the policy priorities of Idaho’s agricultural sector rather than with ideologically activist organizations.

Her Idaho Freedom Foundation Freedom Index score is 28 percent, as reported by that organization’s own index, reflecting her pattern of supporting state budget obligations and programs the IFF rates negatively. That score has drawn criticism from IFF-aligned commentators, including a 2019 Post Register guest column that grouped Raybould with other eastern Idaho Republicans who received low IFF scores. No documented endorsements from the Idaho Freedom Foundation, the Idaho Freedom Caucus, the Citizens Alliance of Idaho, or affiliated activist figures appear in her record. Her repeated primary contests against Ron Nate in 2020 and 2022, and against Larry Golden in 2024 and 2026, place her in direct opposition to candidates who have sought IFF-aligned support.

Campaign and Endorsements

In the 2022 race, Raybould received documented endorsements from Rick D. Youngblood, a former co-chair of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, and Marc Gibbs, then-chairman of the House Resources and Conservation Committee, both of whom cited her budget work and water expertise, as published on her campaign endorsements page. According to Ballotpedia, no formal endorsements have been identified for her 2024 or 2026 campaigns to date. Her campaign website is britt4idaho.com.

FAQ

Who is Britt Raybould? Britt Raybould is a Republican member of the Idaho House of Representatives representing District 34B in Madison County. She is the CFO of Raybould Brothers Farms and a former president of the National Potato Council.

What district does Britt Raybould represent? Raybould represents Idaho House District 34B, which covers Madison County in eastern Idaho, including Rexburg.

Is Britt Raybould an incumbent? Yes. Raybould is serving her second term, which began in December 2022. She is seeking re-election in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary.

What committees does Britt Raybould serve on? In her current term, Raybould serves on the Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, the Resources and Conservation Committee, and the Revenue and Taxation Committee.

What has Britt Raybould sponsored or accomplished in the Idaho Legislature? Raybould has focused on state appropriations, water infrastructure funding, and education. She sponsored the 2023 Medicaid budget and supported the 2025 Water Resources budget that included $30 million for infrastructure projects including aquifer recharge and groundwater management.

Election Results

2018 Primary Election Results Raybould 44% / King / Merrell (multi-candidate race)

2018 General Election Results Raybould — Unopposed

2020 Primary Election Results Nate 52% / Raybould 47.8%

2022 Primary Election Results Raybould — defeated Nate

2022 General Election Results Raybould — Unopposed

2024 Primary Election Results Raybould 2,644 / Golden 1,381

2024 General Election Results Raybould — Unopposed

Profile published by IdahoVoters.com. Last updated April 2026. This profile will be updated as additional information becomes available.