Ellie Gilbreath

Ellie Gilbreath's family arrived in Idaho in 2003 with a toddler and a station wagon packed for what was meant to be a short stay.¹ They stayed and raised their children there.² She says seeing neighbors help each other through floods, avalanches and wildfires shaped her understanding of the state beyond party labels.¹

Gilbreath earned a bachelor's degree at UCLA and a law degree at Georgetown.³ Her career has included mediation, small business ownership and executive coaching.⁴ She describes more than twenty years working with businesses, schools, nonprofits and civic leaders on conflict resolution and difficult decisions.² She presents that experience as preparation for finding shared interests among people who disagree.¹

Running as a Democrat who describes herself as a centrist, Gilbreath emphasizes protecting Idaho's land and water from development that does not benefit local communities.¹ Her platform opposes selling public lands and calls for improved forest management, stronger rural health services and greater transparency in prescription pricing.²

She is challenging Republican Mike Simpson in Idaho's Second District, in a field that also includes Libertarian Will Johanson and independents Emre Houser and Tripp Hutchinson.⁵ Gilbreath supports ending congressional stock trading, increasing campaign finance transparency and protecting personal health care decisions.² Her policies also call for expanding legal work visas for farm and dairy workers while securing the border.⁶