Elaine Price

Elaine Price, Republican incumbent for Idaho House District 4, Seat B

Elaine Price is the Republican incumbent for Idaho House District 4, Seat B, on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. She won the May 19, 2026 primary with 4,135 votes, or 59.50% of the vote. In November she faces Democrat Aaron Hayes. Price is in her second term, having first been elected in 2022.

Background

Price owns Spartacus Coin Bullion Collectibles, a business in the Coeur d'Alene area, according to her candidate profile published by the Idaho Capital Sun. She was first elected to the House in 2022 and is now serving her second two-year term.

Price has said she ran again because she wants to represent North Idaho's distinct interests in Boise. "I just feel it's really important for North Idaho to have a voice in Boise," she told the Idaho Capital Sun. "It feels like Southern Idaho, what they have going on is totally different than what North Idaho has going on."

Her Idaho Republican Party candidate questionnaire states, in her own words: "Marriage is between one man and one woman. Life begins at conception."

Price is a listed member of the Idaho Freedom Caucus, an in-chamber caucus of conservative legislators. She has also served as treasurer of the Idaho Freedom Caucus PAC and of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.

The 2024 campaign-finance finding

In 2024, the Idaho Secretary of State found that the PAC Price served as treasurer for made independent expenditures benefiting her own campaign. The state described this as an irreconcilable conflict of interest: the treasurer of the committee spending the money was also the candidate the money helped. The Secretary of State fined Price personally $1,500. It fined the PAC and the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee $1,000 each over the same arrangement.

Price rejected the finding. "I didn't violate anything," she said, according to the Idaho Capital Sun. She also stated: "There was no collaboration between me and the KCRCC."

Her own campaign committee paid a combined $28,310 to McShane LLC and RMC Strategy, per IdahoExtremism.org. These are the same Las Vegas firm operating under an older and a newer name.

In the Legislature

Price sits on the House Appropriations committee and the Local Government committee, according to her official legislator page on the Idaho Legislature website.

During her time in office she voted yes on House Bill 822 and House Bill 623. Rep. Bruce Skaug floor-sponsored both bills, not Price. HB 822 deals with parental rights in cases involving gender transitions for minors. HB 623 requires a daily moment of silence in Idaho schools. Teachers told the Idaho Capital Sun the moment-of-silence requirement is impractical and adds to their daily workload.

Price voted no on House Bill 907, an appropriation for Career Technical Education.

On education, Price told the Idaho Capital Sun she wants schools to return to the basics. "Letting teachers be teachers, not social workers, counselors, things like that," she said. She cited inappropriate books in libraries as a main concern and said House Bill 710 already addressed the issue.

Price described protecting children from grooming and sexualization as one of her biggest issues. When asked for specific instances in her district, she did not provide any. "Well, grooming, you know, where it's OK for a boy and a girl to kiss, it's OK for two girls to kiss. It's OK for an adult to kiss a child," she said in the same interview.

Sources

• Idaho Capital Sun, Price's primary profile, quotes, and legislative record
• Idaho State Legislature, official House membership and committee assignments
• IdahoExtremism.org, campaign payments to McShane LLC and RMC Strategy
• IdahoExtremism.org, Idaho Freedom Caucus membership and the 2024 Secretary of State finding
• Idaho Secretary of State, certified May 19, 2026 primary results
• Idaho Republican Party, Price's candidate questionnaire