Scott Herndon

Scott Herndon is the Republican candidate for Idaho State Senate District 1 in the November 3, 2026 general election, after defeating incumbent Jim Woodward in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary.[1][2] He previously served in the Idaho State Senate for District 1 from December 2022 to December 2024 and works as a custom homebuilder.[2]

Scott Herndon was born in Richmond, Virginia, and earned a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 1989.[2] His career experience includes working as a custom homebuilder.[2] In a 2022 Ballotpedia survey, he described himself as a self-taught home builder who owns Scott Herndon Homes, a former Bonner County jail chaplain and the chairman of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee.[3]

Herndon defeated independent write-in candidate Steve Johnson in the November 8, 2022 general election for Idaho State Senate District 1 and assumed office on December 1, 2022.[2] In the 2023-2024 term he was assigned to the Senate Education Committee, the Finance Committee and the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.[2] He left office on December 1, 2024.[2] In his 2022 Ballotpedia survey he listed ending the state of emergency declared during the Covid pandemic, limiting federal funding and influence in Idaho, and income and grocery tax relief as key messages of his campaign.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.