Kevin Moxley

Kevin Moxley: Independent Candidate for Idaho House District 24, Seat A

Kevin Moxley has lived in Idaho for three and a half years, works as a licensed realtor in Twin Falls, and is asking Magic Valley voters to send him to the Idaho House on November 3, 2026. He is running as an independent against Republican incumbent Clint Hostetler for House District 24, Seat A, and his campaign leans on the argument that a newcomer who pays property taxes here understands the district's problems as well as anyone in Boise.

Background

Moxley grew up in Oklahoma, where his father drove a truck and his mother worked as a nurse. He joined the U.S. Navy and served as an air crewman and avionics technician, flying missions across the globe, according to his campaign site. Through that service, he says, he came to understand firsthand the importance of funding support for veterans.

After leaving the Navy he lived in Illinois, where he describes himself as a moderate and a Second Amendment supporter. He watched the state legislature ban assault-style rifles and saw communities like his feel unheard. He moved to the Magic Valley for work, took a job as a maintenance technician at Chobani, and later became a local realtor.

In a 2026 general election survey from idahonews.com, published August 24, 2026, Moxley described his own background this way: "I am a U.S. Navy veteran, maintenance technician, licensed REALTOR, and community volunteer. My career has been built around solving problems, serving others, and finding practical solutions. Those experiences taught me the importance of accountability, hard work, and listening before leading."

He says he is running as an independent because "Idaho needs representatives who put people ahead of political parties and are willing to work with anyone to get results."

Affordability and economic opportunity

Affordability leads his platform. His campaign site argues that housing prices and property taxes in the Magic Valley have climbed faster than wages, and it proposes removing zoning and regulatory barriers that limit new construction, supporting workforce housing development, and opposing policy that drives up costs without expanding supply.

He calls for property tax relief aimed at homeowners and small agricultural landowners, saying long-term residents and farming families risk being taxed off land they have owned for generations. On the jobs side, he supports expanding access to Idaho's Launch Program and similar workforce tools so young Idahoans have paths into trades, technical certifications, and apprenticeships without needing a four-year degree. He also backs reducing regulatory overhead for small employers in agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, and the trades.

In the idahonews.com survey, Moxley listed his district priorities in these words: "affordable housing, lowering the cost of living, strengthening public education, protecting our water resources, supporting agriculture, expanding economic opportunity, and preserving access to Idaho's public lands."

Water, agriculture, and public lands

The Snake River Plain and the aquifer beneath it anchor his second priority. His campaign site says he would defend Idaho's water rights against pressure from federal agencies and out-of-state interests on Snake River allocations, and it cites the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer compact and the adjudication process as things a District 24, Seat A legislator needs to understand. The platform supports reducing regulatory burdens on Magic Valley producers, expanding access to regional markets, and maintaining public land access for farmers, ranchers, and hunters while opposing federal overreach that restricts productive use.

Transparency and constituent access

Moxley's third priority is how a legislator behaves rather than what he votes for. He has pledged to vote on the record and publicly explain every vote, to hold regular town halls throughout the session rather than just at election time, and to push for taxpayer dollars to be allocated based on demonstrated local need, per his campaign site.

In the idahonews.com survey he wrote: "I will hold regular town halls throughout the district, meet with local leaders, educators, farmers, veterans, business owners, labor organizations, and community groups... My office will be open to everyone, regardless of political affiliation."

Public education and the budget

His platform calls for increasing per-pupil funding to close the resource gap between Magic Valley schools and better-funded districts, competitive pay for teachers and support staff, and keeping curriculum and school board decisions at the local level. In the idahonews.com survey he connected that position to teacher retention, writing that Twin Falls and surrounding districts lose trained teachers to neighboring states every year due to pay, and calling it a solvable problem that requires political will.

On the state's budget shortfalls, he wrote: "Balanced budgets require disciplined priorities, not across-the-board cuts. Idaho should protect funding for core services such as public education, public safety, transportation, water infrastructure, and veterans' services before considering new spending initiatives."

The race

Moxley faces Clint Hostetler, the Republican incumbent for House District 24, Seat A. Hostetler took office in 2024, a fact he confirmed himself in the same idahonews.com survey, where he wrote, "Since I took office in 2024." The general election is November 3, 2026. Moxley was the sole independent to file for the seat, so he had no primary contest; May 19, 2026 was the primary date, and he did not appear on that ballot.

Because he is unaffiliated, Moxley's campaign finance records are filed under party code UNA. Per the Idaho Secretary of State Sunshine portal, he has raised $28,648.89 this cycle and reports $16,941.67 cash on hand.

Hostetler's own survey answers overlap with Moxley on one point: both name affordability as the district's top priority. Hostetler's prescription is repealing Idaho's grocery tax and cutting spending to lower the income tax burden, while Moxley's runs through housing supply, property tax relief, and workforce training. Where they differ more sharply is on posture. Hostetler cites a 100% ranking from CPAC and his sponsorship of House Bill 928, which he says pushes "divisive DEI practices" out of state government. Moxley's pitch is the opposite of a ranking: he campaigns as an outsider who answers to the district rather than to party leadership.

That framing runs through everything he says. On his campaign site he writes that he answers "to you, not to party leadership, not to donors, not to anyone in Boise who's never set foot in the Magic Valley." Whether that independence translates into influence in a part-time citizen legislature where most members run under a major party label is the question voters in District 24, Seat A will answer on November 3.

Sources

• Moxley for Idaho, campaign site
• 2026 general election survey: State Representative District 24A, Idaho News (CBS2/FOX9), August 24, 2026
• Kevin C. Moxley candidate profile, Idaho Sunshine campaign finance portal