Terri Pickens
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Overview
Terri Pickens is a Boise attorney who founded the firm Pickens Law in 2008 after working as a public defender in Nez Perce County. She grew up in Pocatello and earned her law degree at the University of Idaho. terriforidaho.com
She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Idaho in 2026, running against Republican Gov. Brad Little and independent John Stegner, among others. idahoednews.org idahonews.com
Platform
- Proposes repealing Idaho's private school voucher program and increasing public school funding, including Pre-K and full-day kindergarten.terriforidaho.com idahonews.com
- Proposes repealing the state tax on food and raising the homeowner's exemption and indexing it to inflation.idahonews.com
- Says public lands must stay in public hands and she will fight to keep access for hunting, fishing and recreation.terriforidaho.com
- Says data centers need environmental safeguards and should contribute to the communities that host them.idahonews.com
- Says she would work to reverse Idaho laws restricting abortion.terriforidaho.com
- Says her first budget would restore cuts to mental health, Medicaid expansion and public education funding.eastidahonews.com
- Says she would end the state agreement to host a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus.eastidahonews.com