Glenneda Zuiderveld

Glenneda Zuiderveld is a Republican member of the Idaho State Senate representing District 24, covering Camas, Gooding, and a portion of Twin Falls counties in the Magic Valley. Zuiderveld took office December 1, 2022 after defeating incumbent Sen. Jim Patrick in the May 2022 Republican primary and is seeking re-election in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary. The general election is November 3, 2026.

Background

Zuiderveld is a native of Jerome, Idaho. Public-record filings at the Jerome County and Gooding County recorder's offices document six federal and state tax liens against Zuiderveld totaling $127,433.85 in unpaid taxes for tax years between 2006 and 2013. A federal tax lien filed September 17, 2013 (Serial 959698913, Jerome County recording number 4309) covered four consecutive years of unpaid federal income tax (2008—2011) for $52,175.23 on a single document. Other liens include a $29,285.42 federal lien filed July 11, 2008 (tax year 2006), a $15,437.73 federal lien filed November 5, 2013 (tax year 2012), a $13,507.14 federal lien filed February 16, 2011 (tax year 2007), a $12,706.04 State of Idaho individual income tax lien filed March 7, 2008 at the Gooding County recorder's office, and a $4,322.29 federal lien filed July 30, 2014 (tax year 2013). All six are tied to her 193 W 300 S, Jerome address.

Political Career

Zuiderveld defeated incumbent Sen. Jim Patrick in the May 2022 Republican primary and took office December 1, 2022. On November 15, 2023, Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder removed her as vice chair of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, citing writings critical of fellow senators; Coeur d'Alene Press, Lewiston Tribune, and KTVB covered the action. She signed the 16-legislator May 14, 2024 Hazlitt Coalition withdrawal letter, the public break by Idaho legislators from Young Americans for Liberty's Hazlitt Coalition.

Policy Positions

Zuiderveld voted against House Bill 445 (2025), the water-stewardship bill that funded aquifer recharge for the Magic Valley irrigated-agriculture economy; per the Times-News editorial board column of April 19, 2025, she was named alongside Sen. Joshua Kohl, Rep. Clint Hostetler, and Rep. David Leavitt among Magic Valley legislators who voted against the bill. On July 1, 2021, before taking office, then-candidate Zuiderveld posted a Bible-verse defense of then-Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger on social media; von Ehlinger was subsequently criminally convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern.

Political Alignment

Zuiderveld is Idaho Freedom Foundation-aligned. Per Political Potatoes' February 14, 2025 reporting, she attended the 2024 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention with Sen. Joshua Kohl, Rep. Clint Hostetler, Rep. David Leavitt, and Sen. Christy Zito. She was a member of the 2024 Magic Valley Liberty Alliance candidate slate alongside Hostetler, Kohl, and Leavitt. Per Political Potatoes' June 7, 2025 coverage, she has publicly embraced the "Christian Nationalist" label.

Campaign and Endorsements

Zuiderveld is running in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary. Per the Idaho Sunshine portal, her 2026 campaign is supported by approximately $293 in independent expenditures from Citizens Alliance of Idaho PAC, with approximately $2,897 in opposition expenditures from WinAg PAC. Idaho EdNews has reported that Citizens Alliance of Idaho PAC draws substantial out-of-state funding, including a $450,000 transfer from a Virginia-based federal affiliate and Pennsylvania gaming-related sources. Across cycles her direct donor list includes Doyle Beck ($1,000 in 2024 plus $1,000 in 2022). The general election is November 3, 2026.

About This Profile

For deeper background on Glenneda Zuiderveld's tax-lien record and legislative votes, see the IdahoExtremism.org dossier on Glenneda Zuiderveld.