by Terri Pickens | Jan 30, 2024 | 2026 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care, Idaho Legislature, Reproductive Rights
I’m a mother of a gay daughter and a proud member of the LGBTQia community. Last year, I testified before the Legislature against a bill that had one purpose: to further marginalize our most vulnerable kids–our transgender kids. The Legislature hasn’t changed so the...
by Terri Pickens | Jan 20, 2024 | 2026 Election News, Health Care, Idaho Legislature, Reproductive Rights
Last week was an ugly and scary one for Idaho women. The Legislature is mulling the idea of declaring fetuses to be people. Why does that matter? It sets up women to be charged with murder if they miscarry during pregnancy. This isn’t fearmongering. It’s happening...
by Terri Pickens | Jan 11, 2024 | 2026 Election News, Idaho Legislature
Who is Idaho’s governor? I’m not asking, “who is Brad Little?”. Everyone knows who he is because he hung around the Capitol for two decades waiting for Butch Otter to retire. What I want to know is who I am really running against for governor. After Brad Little’s...
by Terri Pickens | Nov 11, 2022 | 2022 Election News
Last night around 11:30, I called Scott Bedke and congratulated him on being Idaho’s next Lieutenant Governor. I know he will manage the position better than Janice McGeachin has. This election is not the last time you will see me–far from it. I have already begun...
by Terri Pickens | Nov 6, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism, Idaho Legislature
When I saw our Lt. Governor promoting extremism, flirting with white nationalists, attacking teachers, and much more, I was compelled to run. I knew I could be a rational voice in the Capitol. I could stop the chaos. I could stand up to extremists. My values of...
by Terri Pickens | Oct 31, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Extremism
Want a big scare this Halloween? I can take you to a marbled mansion where whispers of injustice waft through great halls. Drafty air crackles with burning books. Cries issue from dim back rooms where bad deals come to life and good ideas are tortured and...
by Terri Pickens | Oct 22, 2022 | Civil & Human Rights, Extremism, Health Care, Idaho Families
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises.” –Abraham...
by Terri Pickens | Oct 5, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care, Idaho Families, Idaho Legislature
Imagine Idaho’s rightwing extremists working full-time, all year long, in the Legislature to decide what the government will let us do in our bedrooms and bookshelves (or insert whatever offensive choice of the day needs to be snuffed out for our own good). That’s...
by Terri Pickens | Sep 26, 2022 | 2022 Election News
Behold! The famous “Bedke Backbone.” My opponent Scott Bedke will not debate me on the Treasure Valley’s largest TV news station. So, I am issuing the following statement—full of great self-righteousness and grave condemnation (tempered with passive aggressive...
by Terri Pickens | Sep 18, 2022 | 2022 Election News, Civil & Human Rights, Health Care, Idaho Families, Jobs / Economic Growth, Public Education, Public Lands
Tomorrow, Idaho’s leaders will respect the lives of women. Tomorrow, our leaders will honor our right to make reproductive healthcare decisions. Tomorrow, leaders won’t create outrage over every little thing to raise a campaign dollar. Tomorrow, our kids will...
