Tony Wisniewski, Idaho House LD5B

Rigged Red Card, Last Straw · November 2026

Signed the Idaho GOP's Integrity in Affiliation pledge in 2024 and 2026.
The pledge accepts the party platform as the standard for performance in office.
The platform calls for repealing the 17th Amendment, which lets voters elect U.S. senators.
The only 2026 exception listed was the Blaine Amendment, not the repeal.

Primary Source
2024 Integrity in Affiliation list, Idaho Republican Party
Candidate listed as signing the pledge with no exceptions.
Primary Source
2026 Integrity in Affiliation list, Idaho Republican Party
Candidate listed as signing the pledge with no exceptions.

Coeur d'Alene Press · April 2026 (archive)

At a public legislative forum, said the federal government uses chemtrails to change the weather.
"It is a real thing in my opinion."

KTVB · March 2026

Voted no on HB 776, which requires child welfare workers to respond within 12 hours when a newborn's parents have a documented history of abuse or prior termination of parental rights.
The bill was named for 12-day-old Benjamin Lemke of Nampa, who died after his parents had previously lost five children to the state for abuse.
The House passed the bill 49-18; it was signed into law April 2, 2026.

Primary Source
Idaho Legislature - HB 776 roll call
Official House vote record: Wisniewski listed in NAYS (49-18-3, March 2026)

Coeur d'Alene Press · February 2026 (archive)

He attended a fundraiser with Matt Gaetz after the House Ethics Committee found Gaetz paid a 17-year-old for sex.
He told the paper he "doesn't have time to read up on the allegations."

Idaho Ed News · February 2026

Kootenai County District Court, CV28-22-5860 · August 2023

Summer Bushnell testified she was a backup administrator for a Facebook page for Tony Wisniewski (p. 22).
She described her work on "Tony and Ron's" pages as "mostly volunteer" (p. 25).

Boise State Public Radio · March 2023 (archive)

He said showing library books to children is "sexually abusing them," without naming which books.
He was supporting a bill to allow civil lawsuits against libraries.

KTVB · November 2021 (archive)

He defended a colleague who outed a rape victim, arguing that false statements aren't lies if you believe them.
The House voted 49-19 to censure her anyway.

Idaho Ed News · February 2020 (archive)

He invoked taking children "behind the woodshed" while rejecting a school mental health program.
The hearing was about Idaho's high youth suicide rate.

Education Week · February 2020 (archive)

His remarks got national coverage from education media.
Idaho has the fifth-highest youth suicide rate in the nation; this hearing was about that.

Coeur d'Alene Press · February 2020 (archive)

The local paper said his remarks about a youth suicide-prevention program were inappropriate.
He made the comments at a public committee hearing.

Coeur d'Alene Press · January 2024 (archive)

He voted against the Idaho State Police budget bill.
All ten legislators who voted no were top-rated by the KCRCC and Idaho Freedom Foundation.

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