RepublicanIn office since Nov 2024

Jeff Cornilles

Idaho State Representative, District 12 since 2024. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Idaho State Representative, District 12

In office
1 yr
Since 2024
Votes missed
3.5%
Chamber median 1.8%
With party
81%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+0.5
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Local Government · vice chair
  • Business
  • Revenue and Taxation

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Cornilles sits in the Idaho House of Representatives

Cornilles is closer to the center than 64% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianCornillesMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Steve Miller, Marco Erickson,

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:49 PM ET

With Cornilles’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans81%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Idaho House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Cornilles’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Cornilles was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Idaho Legislative District 12WonR+0.5R+41.1−40.6
2024Idaho House of Representatives, District 12WonR+5.3——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Idaho Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$14.6K
Spent
$14.3K
Cash
$11.5K

Source: Idaho Secretary of State filings through Sep 23, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Cornilles for Idaho
State
Active

Source: Idaho Secretary of State filings through Sep 23, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET

Seats Cornilles has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Cornilles has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Idaho Secretary of State (unofficial)

How we know Cornilles

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET