Scott Herndon
Scott Herndon | |
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Member of the Idaho Senate from the 1st district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office December 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jim Woodward |
Personal details | |
Born | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Arizona State University |
Scott Herndon is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate from the 1st district. Herndon assumed office on December 1, 2022, after defeating incumbent Jim Woodward in the Republican primary and independent candidate Steve Johnson in the November Senate election.[1]
Herndon is a born again Christian. In January 2023, he introduced legislation to eliminate marriage licenses and instead directed officiants to issue marriage certificates following a ceremony between "two qualified people, a man, and a woman". Representative Ilana Rubel said the bill appears to codify that "there would only be marriage recognized between a man and a woman" in Idaho, which would violate Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court case guaranteeing same-sex marriage in the United States.[2] He advocates for "restrain[t] encroachments on individual liberty from all levels of civil government". He opposes abortion.
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- 67th Legislature (2022–2023)
- President of the Senate
- Scott Bedke (R)
- President pro tempore
- Chuck Winder (R)
- Majority Leader
- Kelly Anthon (R)
- Minority Leader
- Melissa Wintrow (D)
- ▌Scott Herndon (R)
- ▌Phil Hart (R)
- ▌Doug Okuniewicz (R)
- ▌Ben Toews (R)
- ▌Carl Bjerke (R)
- ▌Dan Foreman (R)
- ▌Cindy Carlson (R)
- ▌Geoff Schroeder (R)
- ▌Abby Lee (R)
- ▌Tammy Nichols (R)
- ▌Chris Trakel (R)
- ▌Ben Adams (R)
- ▌Brian Lenney (R)
- ▌C. Scott Grow (R)
- ▌Rick Just (D)
- ▌Alison Rabe (D)
- ▌Carrie Semmelroth (D)
- ▌Janie Ward-Engelking (D)
- ▌Melissa Wintrow (D)
- ▌Chuck Winder (R)
- ▌Treg Bernt (R)
- ▌Lori Den Hartog (R)
- ▌Todd Lakey (R)
- ▌Glenneda Zuiderveld (R)
- ▌Linda Wright Hartgen (R)
- ▌Ron Taylor (D)
- ▌Kelly Anthon (R)
- ▌Jim Guthrie (R)
- ▌James Ruchti (D)
- ▌Julie VanOrden (R)
- ▌Van Burtenshaw (R)
- ▌Kevin Cook (R)
- ▌Dave Lent (R)
- ▌Doug Ricks (R)
- ▌Mark Harris (R)