Stanley Roach

Stanley Roach: Idaho Republican Candidate for House District 19B

Stanley Roach is a Republican candidate running for the Idaho House of Representatives in District 19B, a Boise-area Ada County seat currently held by Democrat Chris Mathias. Roach lives in Boise and is challenging Mathias in the May 19, 2026, Republican primary. He has not previously held elected office.

Background

Roach has lived in Boise since 2016, when he and his wife Jan relocated from Bend, Oregon to be near family, as he described in a LinkedIn article. His LinkedIn profile lists attendance at Colorado State University. He began his career as an entrepreneur, starting his first company at age 21, and spent the bulk of his professional career as a marketing and sales executive at technology companies, according to his IDGOP candidate profile. In Oregon, Roach and his wife built a short-term rental business beginning in Sunriver in 1988, later expanding to multiple furnished rental properties in Bend. He co-founded Film Oregon Alliance, a nonprofit film commission he led as president to attract film and television production to Central Oregon and advocate for state production incentives, per his IDGOP profile. He also describes himself as an award-winning singer-songwriter and has worked as an actor in film and television productions. He is currently active in the Idaho Songwriters Association. Since settling in Boise, Roach has operated State Street Suites, a short-term furnished rental business at a 1939 triplex he renovated in the West End neighborhood, as described on his Alignable business listing. He is an Airbnb Superhost, a designation he has held since 2014. Within the Idaho Republican Party, Roach has been an Ada County Republican Central Committee precinct committeeman for Precinct 1919 since 2022 and currently serves as treasurer of the Legislative District 19 Central Committee. He served as the 2024 Republican Caucus Captain for his district, per his IDGOP profile.

Political Career

Roach has not previously held elected office. His documented public activity prior to 2026 consists of his Republican Party volunteer roles and campaign finance contributions to local and state Republican candidates and committees, including the Ada County Republican Central Committee, the Legislative District 19 Republican Central Committee, and the 2022 Republican primary gubernatorial campaign of Janice McGeachin, according to Idaho Sunshine campaign finance records. His 2026 House candidacy is his first run for elected office.

Policy Positions

Roach's documented priorities draw from his IDGOP candidate profile, which lists three top issues. On property taxes, Roach argues that assessments create an unjust burden on retired residents and those on fixed incomes, and that property taxes should be reduced or eliminated. He frames ongoing property taxation as government compelling owners to pay to keep property from being confiscated. On capital gains taxes, Roach calls for reductions to benefit small individual investors, specifically those who purchase rental properties as retirement savings vehicles. He argues the current tax rate takes an excessive share of profit from small investors. On the size of government, Roach calls for eliminating bureaucracies he describes as wasting tax dollars, explicitly supporting the federal government's DOGE initiative as a model for finding and eliminating waste and fraud. He also advocates reducing the number of lobbyists in state government, arguing they corrupt legislators.

Political Alignment

Roach appears consistent with the Traditional Conservative Republican classification based on available evidence. His documented policy priorities - property tax relief, capital gains tax reduction, and reducing government spending - reflect fiscal conservatism without documented ties to activist organizations. His donation to Janice McGeachin's 2022 primary campaign against Governor Brad Little is a single data point that does not on its own establish a pattern of activist alignment.

Campaign and Endorsements

Roach filed as a Republican candidate for House District 19B during the February 2026 candidate filing period, as confirmed by Ballotpedia. No organizational endorsements have been publicly reported as of April 2026. Campaign finance records are available through the Idaho Secretary of State's Sunshine database.