Justin Plante

Audits, Transparency, Citizens Task Force, and Accountability. Demand these from your government.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

Thank you to every Idahoan who voted for me and thank you to my beautiful wife, @PlanteRobi42433, for all the hard work and hours you put into this campaign.

I ran with zero name recognition, no big donors, never begged for a single donation, no online presence before this race, and while working 12-hour shifts. You all chose substance over slogans. You chose one of your own over the typical rich politician. You proved there are those hungry for something real and authentic. I’m truly grateful beyond words.

To every regular working person out there: If you’re tired of the same old game, step up and run for office. You don’t need fame, fortune, or fancy connections. Ordinary Idahoans like you have everything it takes to make an extraordinary difference. Be courageous and just go for it!

While this was the one and only time I will ever run for office, this isn’t the end. It is only the beginning. Together we will bring Power back to the People.
Stay tuned.

[Robin Plante @PlanteRobi42433]

When Republicans, Democrats, socialists, progressive activists, true conservatives, pagans, witches, Satanists, journalists, opposition trackers, LDS members, ect all team up on the same side......it’s not a kumbaya moment.

It’s because one aggressive faction has become such a toxic, divisive wrecking ball hijacking the party, pushing extremes, and creating nonstop chaos that it’s forcing every other group into an unnatural coalition just to stop the damage.

[Robin Plante @PlanteRobi42433]

It's pathetic how many of you anti-establishment types fall for the hook, line, and sinker of the next wannabe politician. If you are satisfied with false promises coming from a forked tongue good for you. My husband's not a politician but he had a comprehensive repair manual consisting of well thought out policies that would have made a difference immediately. Actionable policy is far more important than manipulating the masses with pretty words. Besides not everybody likes being in front of the camera. There is nothing wrong with actually wanting to fix things instead of preening like a peacock hoping the news will notice you.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

My wife sure has a way with words. Ouch! 🤣

[Robin Plante @PlanteRobi42433]

Oh, the discerning eye of the paranoid seer: a garbled fever dream of "thank you from Brad" and invisible Washington bribes. What masquerades as piercing critique is merely the unhinged scribblings of a mind lost in its own paranoid fog. If this fractured rant represents the sharp edge of your intellect, I suggest you spare us the spectacle and seek professional help. Discourse demands lucidity, not lunacy.

[Robin Plante @PlanteRobi42433]

Fitzpatrick had no business running for governor. What on God's green earth would make you think that my husband would ever turn his voters to a candidate that exists just to help the establishment? 🤣 An extremely controversial, California transplant political activist who thinks the Earth is flat and LDS is not Christian was all that the establishment needed to retain power and crush descent. He was the perfect establishment puppet.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@Helpchildren123 @PlanteRobi42433 So you agree with the sentiment?

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

I don't agree.

[Robin Plante @PlanteRobi42433]

Do you agree with the following:

There are only two possibilities left in Idaho: don't kid yourselves that Idahoans will keep voting for the Republican Party of compromises and weak-kneed traitors forever. One day, the people will turn to those who've been warning about the coming ruin. The sellouts in Boise who've let the woke infiltrate everything. And that choice is either the radical Left, which will finish turning us into another California-style hellhole of open borders and degeneracy... or it's a strong Nationalist Party that, when Idaho is in total despair from these establishment RINOs like Little, will ruthlessly take back control with no apologies. Here, too, there can be no compromise, only victory for Idaho's heritage and people, or the total annihilation of our way of life and the triumph of the globalist traitors.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@PlanteRobi42433 No.

[Brennen Hankins @The_Hankerchief]

@IDJoe4Idaho Well, I appreciate you, anyways. Thanks to you and @Idahoansfirst for throwing your hats in the ring.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

You missed the point entirely. He was explaining why the environment in every race turned with Fitzpatrick in the governor’s race. Idaho Republicans saw a very far-right, confrontational candidate so they consolidated hard behind the safer names which included unseating some incumbents that aligned with Fitzpatrick. His choice to get into politics instead of staying in his lane cost the conservative movement in Idaho and handed it right back to the establishment. I have been accused of being a plant helping the establishment oddly enough by Fitzpatrick's supporters. Fitzpatrick was the best thing that could have ever happened for the establishment.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

Well said.

[Joe Evans for Idaho TBD @IDJoe4Idaho]

Won’t lie: I misread the room on this one.
I filed with the FEC in January 2025. At the time, I was still a homeless veteran working for a living, trying to settle debts, rebuild my credit, and get my debt-to-income ratio low enough to qualify for an apartment.
My campaign was always about raising awareness for patient advocacy, medical cannabis, veterans’ care, forever wars, TBI, PTSD, homelessness, and the working Idaho families who feel forgotten by Washington. I ran as an Idaho liberty conservative, grounded in family values, hard work, and personal responsibility.
In the beginning, I thought it would be a pretty straightforward first-time Republican run: raise awareness, speak clearly, earn 20–25% of the vote, and build from there.
Then came the plot twists.
Independent candidates filed. That was manageable.
Then a loudmouth Californian decided he could take the gubernatorial nomination, and the entire political environment changed.
At that point, this was no longer just about party politics. Idaho circled the wagons. The GOP primary became less about new voices challenging the status quo and more about stopping one candidate from becoming the face of the movement.
There was not a single true establishment candidate running for federal or statewide office in those GOP primaries. The challengers were mostly first-time candidates. Many were self-funded. But the system still found a way to protect itself.
And the candidate who suggested that Latter-day Saints do not belong in his version of a “Christian Nation” was allowed to become the focal point for every challenge to the status quo.
That was the room I misread.
I thought I was running a message campaign about veterans, liberty, medical freedom, affordability, and working people.
What I walked into was a defensive consolidation of Idaho’s political identity.
Lesson learned.
Every “Idaho” organization and public figure that endorsed him made a choice. They did not just endorse a candidate. They endorsed a political culture.
The next two years are going to be uncomfortable for them, because the receipts are public, the voters are paying attention, and Idaho does not forget who tried to define some of our neighbors out of belonging here.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@jabba_trump @PlanteRobi42433 I'm a true conservative. Always have been.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

Thank you to every Idahoan who voted for me and thank you to my beautiful wife, @PlanteRobi42433, for all the hard work and hours you put into this campaign.

I ran with zero name recognition, no big donors, never begged for a single donation, no online presence before this race, and while working 12-hour shifts. You all chose substance over slogans. You chose one of your own over the typical rich politician. You proved there are those hungry for something real and authentic. I’m truly grateful beyond words.

To every regular working person out there: If you’re tired of the same old game, step up and run for office. You don’t need fame, fortune, or fancy connections. Ordinary Idahoans like you have everything it takes to make an extraordinary difference. Be courageous and just go for it!

While this was the one and only time I will ever run for office, this isn’t the end. It is only the beginning. Together we will bring Power back to the People.
Stay tuned.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@jabba_trump @xcbompx @moralesforboise Thank you. I appreciate that sentiment and you made me chuckle quite a bit. Well played.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@IDJoe4Idaho California politics parading as conservative righteousness.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@Stickman_48 @PlanteRobi42433 Thank you. I really appreciate that.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@IDJoe4Idaho @mexinorseman Indeed.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@Mittens1982 @moralesforboise Thanks! It was more than I expected. I hope I can inspire many more to at least try.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@moralesforboise @Mittens1982 Mittens. My wife is a chef so this recipe is for a hotel pan for banquets. She said everything else that Jordan posted for preparation is the same.

[Justin Plante @IdahoansFirst]

@moralesforboise @xcbompx Nope. These followers of Fitzpatrick's just don't like me because I refuse to be a "good team player" and buy into his used car salesman pitch.