Tammy Nichols

Tammy Nichols (born February 1976) is an American politician and speaker serving as a member of the Idaho Senate for District 10. She is also a co-chair of the Idaho Freedom Caucus.

Early life and education Nichols was born in Boise, Idaho and graduated from Boise High School in 1994. In 2016, Nichols graduated in Applied Science from Brigham Young University–Idaho.

Elections

In 2018, Nichols defeated four candidates for the open Idaho House of Representatives District 11 Seat B; Kirk Adams, Scott R Brock, David L Lincoln, and Kathryn Ralstin with 38.9% of the vote. Nichols defeated Democratic nominee Brian A. Ertz with 77.6% of the vote. In 2020, Nichols defeated Democratic nominee Edward Savala with 79.8% of the vote to retain her seat. In 2022, Nichols ran for the state senate in District 10, defeating Democratic nominee Bob Solomon with 77.2% of the vote.

Political activity In January 2023, Nichols sponsored SB1038, the Education Choice Act, a school choice bill.

In February 2023, Nichols and Idaho Rep. Judy Boyle introduced HB 154, a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to provide or administer a vaccine developed using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in any individual or mammal in the state. This would prohibit all mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, and pre-emptively ban mRNA vaccines being developed as treatments for other illnesses. Nichols also sponsored a bill that would require the inclusion of "vaccine materials" in food to be labelled.

Personal life Nichols has five children. Nichols and her family live in Middleton, Idaho. Nichols and her husband divorced in January 2019.