Members of the Idaho Redistricting Commission, officially called the Idaho Citizen Commission for Reapportionment, will take population numbers from the 2020 U.S. Census, and draw new state legislative and congressional district boundaries. An article about the Commission and its members is available at the Idaho Statesman.
Republican Appointees
Bart Davis
Appointed by Senate President PRO TEM Chuck Winder. Davis served in the Idaho Legislature for nearly two decades, as Senate majority leader for 15 years, and as a U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho in former President Trump’s administration.
Eric Redman
Appointed by Idaho Republican Party chairman Tom Luna. “Redman represented Kootenai County in the Idaho House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.”
Thomas Dayley
Appointed by Speaker of the House Scott Bedke. Dayley was born on a farm in Burley and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He served for 20 years in Washington, D.C., and Idaho as part of congressional delegation staff.
Democrat Appointees
Dan Schmidt
Appointed by Senate Democratic Leader Michelle Stennett. Schmidt is a physician from Moscow, where he has practiced family medicine for 32 years. He attended Stanford University before completing his education at University of Washington School of Medicine.
Amber Pence
Appointed by House Democratic Leader Ilana Rubel. Pence is a resident of Tetonia, where she works as the special assistant to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners. She was raised in Burley and attended Utah State University.
Nels Mitchell
Appointed by Idaho Democratic Party chair Fred Cornforth. Mitchell, of Boise, attended Columbia University before pursuing his law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law, where he later became a professor.
