Colton Bennett

Colton Bennett, Republican nominee for Idaho House District 6, Seat A

Colton Bennett is the Republican nominee for Idaho House District 6, Seat A, on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. He won the May 19, 2026 primary with 4,860 votes, or 61.57% of the vote, over Cindy Agidius. The seat is open this cycle. Rep. Lori Ann McCann, the Republican who holds Seat A and is in her third term, is running for the District 6 Senate seat instead. Bennett, a first-time candidate, faces Democrat Trish Carter-Goodheart in November. That general election is pending, so no outcome is described here.

Background

Bennett has never held elective office, so he has no legislative voting record. The Idaho Legislature's House membership page lists current members and their committees. It contains no entry for Bennett, which is consistent with his status as a challenger for an open seat. Public information about his professional background is limited in the sources available for this profile. What is documented about him comes mainly from his own campaign materials and from coverage of the 2026 primary.

His positions, in his own words

Bennett's Idaho Republican Party candidate questionnaire is the clearest public statement of his platform. On abortion, it reads: "Colton is committed to defending every single child from the violence of abortion. As a Christian, Colton believes that life begins at conception, and that preborn babies are human beings made in the image of God and deserving of equal protection under the law."

The questionnaire describes him as the only 100% Right-to-Life candidate in the race. It also states that he supports abolishing the ATF, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. On firearms, he says he would enforce only "just laws."

Campaign

Bennett's own campaign committee paid RMC Strategies $21,752.55 for 2026 campaign management. RMC Strategies is the current name of McShane LLC, a Las Vegas consulting firm that rebranded in October 2025. That payment came from Bennett's own committee. It was his own campaign spending, not money spent against him or on his behalf by outside groups.

The firm has a documented footprint in Idaho. State and federal filings account for more than $2.3 million in billing to Idaho committees since 2023, per the Rory McShane dossier at IdahoExtremism.org. The firm's 2026 clients included several Republican primary challengers who ran against sitting Idaho Republican incumbents, most of whom lost. Bennett's race does not fit that pattern. District 6, Seat A is classified as an open seat with no incumbent, and Bennett did not run against a sitting Republican. He won the primary outright with a majority of the vote.

A broader investigation of 2026 primary spending catalogs the network of PACs and consultants active in Idaho Republican races this cycle. It lists Bennett among the candidates whose committees paid RMC. The report's own tally shows most races where the firm's candidates challenged incumbents ended in losses, while Bennett won his. Voters comparing candidates should weigh these facts as they are: a consultant hire with a documented Idaho record for a firm that mostly worked for candidates who lost elsewhere in the state.

The primary result stands on its own. Bennett took 61.57% of the vote against Agidius, a 23-point margin, in a race with no incumbent on the ballot.

Sources

• Idaho State Legislature, House Membership, current House rosters and committee assignments
• IdahoExtremism.org, "Following the Money 2026", the RMC Strategies payment by Bennett's committee and the 2026 primary spending picture
• IdahoExtremism.org, Rory McShane dossier, the firm's rebrand and its total Idaho billing since 2023
• Idaho Republican Party, Bennett's candidate questionnaire and his own statements on abortion and firearms