Kelley Packer

Kelley Packer was a Republican Idaho State Representative from 2012 to 2018 representing District 28 in the B seat and was a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in the 2018 primary election. In 2019, Packer was named head of the Bureau of Occupational Licenses (IBOL) by Governor Brad Little, a position she held until April 2020.

Education

Packer graduated from Marsh Valley High School and earned her Associate of Arts (AA) degree from American InterContinental University. She works in Public Relations.

Elections

District 28 House Seat B - Power County and part of Bannock County
Year	Candidate	Votes	Pct	Candidate	Votes	Pct	Candidate	Votes	Pct
2012 Primary	Kelley Packer	1,669	50.3%	Kevin England	1,346	40.6%	John Hart	301	9.1%
2012 General	Kelley Packer	12,299	63.0%	Kamren Koompin	7,212	37.0%
2014 Primary	Kelley Packer (incumbent)	3,112	65.1%	Lance Earl	1,666	34.9%
2014 General	Kelley Packer (incumbent)	10,942	100.0%
2016 Primary	Kelley Packer (incumbent)	2,543	56.8%	Jason West	1,935	43.2%
2016 General	Kelley Packer (incumbent)	12,920	67.0%	Louis Archuleta	6,356	33.0%

Packer supported Mitt Romney in the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012.

2018 Lieutenant Governor's Race

On April 5, 2017, Packer filed to run for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho in the Idaho Republican Party primary. On April 10, 2017, she announced her run at a campaign kickoff outside Holt Arena. She planned to make over 200 campaign stops in the campaign.

Packer drew 13.7% of the vote in the 2018 primary election, placing her fifth among Republicans seeking the office.

Idaho Lieutenant Governor Republican primary, 2018
Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Janice McGeachin	51,079	28.9
Republican	Steve Yates	48,221	27.3
Republican	Marv Hagedorn	26,640	15.1
Republican	Bob Nonini	26,517	15.0
Republican	Kelley Packer	24,294	13.7

External links

at the Idaho Legislature