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Public Education — Investing in Idaho's Future
Strengthen Idaho's public schools through competitive teacher pay, rural education, and measurable learning outcomes. Our children must be prepared to compete in a global economy.
Meet the candidate
Experience beyond politics.
Walter Boyd lives in Ammon and brings more than four decades of business and technology experience, including entrepreneurship, leadership at Microsoft, and cybersecurity work for major public and private organizations.
He also operates a regenerative fruit orchard, where soil health, water use, and long-term stewardship are everyday decisions.
Read Walter's biography
Priorities for District 35A
What matters to Idaho.
Issues voters across District 35A have identified as important—and the policies Walter would pursue.
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Water Security — Beyond the Next Curtailment Crisis
Invest in aquifer recharge, water infrastructure, and verified basin-wide conservation. Reexamine Swan Falls hydropower obligations. Farmers need dependable water policy, not recurring emergency negotiations.
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Artificial Intelligence — From Legislative Framework to Real-World Readiness
Build on Idaho's SB 1227 by funding teacher training and measuring AI literacy. Develop community-college programs for practical AI skills and career transitions for workers potentially displaced by AI.
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Rural Healthcare — Protecting Essential Services
Protect rural emergency departments, maternity care, and essential medical services threatened by funding pressures and physician departures. Losing these services affects entire communities, including people with excellent health insurance.
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Affordability, Taxes, and Economic Fairness
Eliminate the grocery sales tax, require developers to pay proportionate infrastructure costs, and repeal special data-center tax exemptions. Stop shifting corporate costs onto existing homeowners, renters, and taxpayers.
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Supporting Family Farms and Rural Communities
Help family farms remain economically viable through dependable water supplies, healthy soils, practical conservation assistance, and opportunities for local producers to sustain their operations into the next generation.
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Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Government Surveillance
Require informed voter authorization for covered government mass surveillance, with periodic renewal, judicial warrant protections, strict data-retention limits, independent audits, and meaningful penalties for misuse.
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Local Control and Accountable Government
Restore meaningful local authority over development and infrastructure. Represent all five counties through regular public meetings, transparent legislative votes, and publicly reported results.
A legislative
working draft
working draft
Public review invited · Version 3.2
Idaho Mass Surveillance Voter Authorization Act
Walter has prepared a proposal addressing government mass surveillance, including voter authorization, limits on searches and retention, and independent oversight.
Read the proposal and provide comments →2026 General Election
Election Day · November 3, 2026
Election Day is November 3, 2026.
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