Robin Weldy

Robin Weldy graduated from Lewiston High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2011.

Her career experience includes working as a real estate investor.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Robin Weldy and I grew up in Lewiston Idaho and graduated from Lewiston High School. After graduating magna cum Laude with a finance degree, I established a real estate company. After 25 years of rehabilitating houses, I have become semi-retired. As a volunteer on the Nez Perce County Communications Committee, I have become inspired to become Precinct Captain in my community and ultimately honored to run for Idaho District 6 Senate. I love learning new skills like pulling trailers, operating machinery, and anything adventurous in life. My friends would say that I am a strong woman that carries a healthy level of humility that allows me to learn from others anywhere I go.

My passion is real estate so I look forward to really making a difference as a senator in Boise creating pathways for affordable housing.

Here is something unique about me. I am bilingual. After living in Puerto Rico for 8.5 years, I speak Spanish. This comes in handy as relates to immigration issues and including our Latin communities into creating diverse solutions.

Growing up in Lewiston, our family went camping, boating, fishing, swimming, trail riding, and hiking on our Idaho public lands. These are some of my cherished childhood memories. This is why I am passionate about keeping our public lands free to all Idahoans, no matter their income or zip code, for generations to come. To this day, I look forward to summer each year just to enjoy the fresh air in the Idaho forests.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Affordable Housing

As a professional with 25 years in real estate and asset management, I have seen firsthand how the housing landscape in North Idaho has shifted from a promise to a crisis. Today, the very people who make District 6 thrive—our teachers, healthcare workers, and young families—are being priced out of the communities they call home. I am running for the Idaho Senate because we need a leader who understands the complexities of the market and the urgency of our housing needs. My focus is on championing sensible, state-level policies that empower local communities to expand workforce housing, provide meaningful property tax relief for seniors, and ensure that the "Idaho Dream" of homeownership is a reality.Funding Public Education

I support strong investment in Idaho's public education system.

By shifting $50 million from public schools to private education, we are lining the pockets of the wealthy and sacrificing the education of the majority. This policy creates a double standard: public schools are scrutinized for every penny and test score, while private schools receive a blank check with zero accountability. It is time to ask why taxpayer money is subsidizing tax-exempt religious institutions while our public infrastructure crumblesI support maintaining access to healthcare, including protections for Medicaid expansion, which nearly 90,000 Idahoans rely upon and 61% of voters support. Healthcare decisions should be made between doctors and their patients, not by politicians. Idaho has a shortage of about 1400 doctors and the legal risks to providers has caused a loss of 40% of our OBGYN's. Due to the tax giveaways to the rich, Idaho has asked doctors to take a pay cut for the services they provide, even though working on the Washington side of the boarder, they can make considerably more. Idaho has become a less desirable place for doctors to practice medicine. It is time to stop threatening to charge medical providers $100,000 over medical confidentiality.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I support maintaining access to healthcare, including protections for Medicaid expansion, which nearly 90,000 Idahoans rely upon and 61% of voters support. Healthcare decisions should be made between doctors and their patients, not by politicians.

Idaho has a shortage of about 1400 doctors. The legal risks to providers has caused a loss of 40% of our OBGYN's. Due to the tax giveaways to the rich, Idaho has asked doctors to take a pay cut for the services they provide, even though working on the Washington side of the boarder, they can make considerably more.

Idaho has become a less desirable place for doctors to practice medicine. It is time to stop threatening to charge medical providers $100,000 over medical confidentiality.