Terri Pickens

Economy and cost of living

No stated position on their website.

Taxes and government spending

Pickens says businesses need a stable tax structure and that homeowners needed a tax cut more than big corporations. She criticizes Gov. Little's $450 million tax cut for billionaires and says it left schools, roads and wildfire funding short.

“To succeed, businesses need a stable tax structure”

Health care

Pickens says health care must be affordable and accessible to all Idahoans. She also says workers should have health benefits.

“Health care must be affordable and accessible to all Idahoans”

Social Security and Medicare

No stated position on their website.

Immigration and the border

Pickens says people entering the country should obey its laws and that violent criminals should be stopped or deported. She also says people who enter illegally should be treated humanely, and that the US should make it simple and easy for immigrant workers to work here.

“The US needs immigrant workers and we should make sure we have simple and easy ways for them to work here”

Abortion

Pickens says women have a fundamental right to bodily autonomy and should make their own family planning decisions, including on contraception, fertility treatment and abortion. She says the state should not tell doctors what to do and that she wants to reverse Idaho's current laws.

“Women, not the government, should be able to make their own choices related to family planning”

Energy and climate

Pickens says she opposes making Idaho the nation's nuclear waste dump, while supporting safe and responsible nuclear technology and the Idaho National Laboratory. She says public lands should stay public and criticizes Gov. Little's wildfire budget.

“I oppose making Idaho the nation’s nuclear waste dump.”

Guns

Pickens says she believes in the freedoms the Constitution guarantees, including the right to bear arms, and wants to preserve them.

Crime and policing

Pickens says she believes every person is entitled to equal justice under the law. She says she would bring a commitment to justice and transparency to the governor's office.

“every person is entitled to equal justice under the law”

Education

Pickens says she wants to repeal the school voucher program and increase education funding, including higher teacher pay, rural districts, pre-K, full-time kindergarten, and community colleges and universities. She also wants broadband access for all schools and students.

“Repealing the school voucher scheme”

Foreign policy and defense

No stated position on their website.

Elections and ethics in government

Pickens says she wants to protect civil rights, free speech, privacy and freedom from government overreach. She urged Idaho's senators to vote no on the SAVE Act and promises transparency in office.

“Freedom from excessive governmental overreach”