John C. Shirts
District 9 House A
2024 Primary - won
2024 General Election - won
John Shirts, a 5th generation Idahoan, grew up on his family’s ranch and completed his education at Weiser High School, the University of Idaho, and the University of Colorado Law School. He attended Harvard University’s Extension School for his Master’s in International Relations. Following a clerkship at Rupert’s Idaho District Court, John entered the U.S. Air Force as a JAG officer. During his military service, he prosecuted sexual assault cases; he then served as a federal prosecutor in Idaho under the Trump administration. Shirts continues his service as a prosecutor in the Air Force Reserve. His platform supports fiscal conservatism, law enforcement and veterans, the rights of the unborn, as well as our right to bear arms.
2024 Primary Election Results
Shirts 5,274 votes / Gallagher 3,255 votes
2024 General Election Results
Shirts 21,104 votes / Albritton 3,717 votes
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John C. Shirts, running for the State House of Representatives Seat A, opened by saying, “I’m a fifth generation Idahoan, my family homesteaded in Washington County in the 1880’s. We’ve been there ever since. I was raised on a farm and ranch over there and, I hope you won’t hold it against me but I went to Weiser High School. I know there’s a little bit of a rivalry between us.”
The 2024 Idaho Primary Election, set for May 21, will determine which candidates will represent the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian and Republican parties in the general election in November. In some districts, only one party is represented, so the primary also will effectively determine who wins that office.
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Shirts' farming and agriculture endorsements
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Endorsed by Canyon County Sheirff Kieran Donahue.
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Endorsed by Idaho Fraternal Order of Police.
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