Biography
Terri Pickens is the Democratic nominee for governor of Idaho. An attorney and fourth-generation Idahoan from Pocatello, she was the party's 2022 nominee for lieutenant governor.[1][2][3] Her stated priorities are preventing a nuclear waste storage campus in Idaho, housing affordability and removing the food tax, and restoring funding for public schools and rural hospitals; she supports Proposition 1 and wants to repeal the private-school tax credit.[2][3]
Pickens grew up in Pocatello, won a track scholarship to the University of Southern California and earned her law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law.[6] She worked about three years as a public defender in Nez Perce County in the late 1990s before founding her own law firm in Boise.[6]
Pickens is a Boise attorney and the founding partner of Pickens Law, and she lives in Boise.[5] She started and runs her own small business and has served on nonprofit boards.[2][3]
She was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2022, losing to Republican Scott Bedke.[1][4]
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- 2.Idaho governor — 2026 General Election Voter Guide · Idaho Capital Sun · 2026-10-19 News report
- 3.Idaho Governor Candidate Q&A: May Primary Election · KIVI (Idaho News 6) · 2026-10-19 News report
- 4.Idaho governor's race: Pickens, Stegner say they are in it to win it · Idaho Capital Sun · 2026-10-19 News report
- 5.Democrat Terri Pickens announces bid for Idaho governor's office · Sandpoint Reader · 2026-10-19 News report
- 6.Pickens sees path to Idaho governorship · Moscow-Pullman Daily News · 2026-10-19 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
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