Republican for U.S. Senate 2026
Engineer. Husband. Father. 20 years of real-world experience. Zero years as a career politician.
"It is time for a fresh perspective in Washington. It is time for a non-career politician to serve. We need someone who is still grounded in the struggles of everyday citizens."
Josh spent most of his early years with the run of the large farm where his father was employed as a ranch hand. After earning his engineering degree, Josh's father pursued a career in nuclear research, first at the Savannah nuclear facility in South Carolina before relocating the family to Southern Idaho to work at the INL. In 1998, the Roy family purchased a small farm near Princeton, Idaho, which they still own and operate.
Josh attended the University of Idaho and graduated summa cum laude in 2004 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2025, he completed an MBA from Washington State University in Pullman. He and his wife Jessica married in 2003 and lived and worked for several years in Western Washington, where Josh grew his career in heavy industry at the Weyerhaeuser pulp and paper mill. They returned to Idaho in 2018 when Josh joined Clearwater Paper in Lewiston.
Josh and Jessica have four children: Elizabeth (17), Arianna (14), Matthew (11), and Benjamin (9). Jessica is descended from generations of farmers and ranchers going back to the 1800s. Her great grandparents purchased a ranch in Moore, Idaho in the 1950s that was operated by her family until 2006. She earned her Registered Nursing degree in 2005 and has worked most of her career as an emergency room nurse.
Josh has worked in traditional heavy industry his entire career, nearly 21 years. The majority of his experience is in the pulp and paper industry, where he has filled roles including engineer, maintenance planner, maintenance supervisor, maintenance coordinator, operations supervisor, and currently operations assistant superintendent.
If elected, Josh would be the only member of the U.S. Senate — and perhaps all of Congress — with 20 years of heavy industrial experience. Very few members of Congress can feel at home at a farm, mine, smelter, rolling mill, sawmill, steel mill, or machine shop. Josh can.
Real solutions from someone who lives the challenges every day
Roy believes our jobs have moved overseas and our workers have lost hope. Inflation, taxes and government bureaucracy are strangling our economy.
Josh will fight government regulations and excessive taxation. He will work to promote American manufacturing, agriculture and skilled trades and advocate for mining and energy production on our soil.
Our national defense has been weakened by DEI and poor accountability for spending, which has damaged our war fighting capabilities and global reputation.
Josh Roy believes that we need to continue the work of strengthening our military. We need to continue the fight against invading criminal migrants, strengthen our borders and reinforce the Monroe doctrine.
American faith, family and freedom have been in an all out war for the soul of our country. We need to restore secure elections across this country.
We need to win the culture war against CRT and subversive content in our schools and libraries. We need to ensure our amendment rights, including the right to keep and bear arms.
We must defend the sanctity of human life. We must protect the unborn as well as the rights and benefits of elderly Americans.
In many regards agriculture is the last stand of American doers. Unfortunately, the number of farms is falling. It is no longer a family business, big business is taking over, and 80% of US beef processing is done by just four companies.
Even as consumer food prices are at all time highs, grain prices are at all time lows and our farmers are struggling. Beef herds are at all time lows and America's ranchers are finding it increasingly difficult to provide for their fellow citizens.
America's largest pork processing company is owned by a Chinese company and America's largest beef processor is owned by a Brazilian company.
American manufacturing must be revitalized. Our national security demands it. Difficult choices lie ahead. Our country needs leadership with expertise in business and manufacturing.
Manufacturing assets in primary metals, such as steel, aluminum, and copper, must be rebuilt. We must remaster fields we pioneered such as microchips and electronics.
Tax structures and federal regulations suffocate manufacturing and need to be changed.
Skilled trades are the backbone of any great nation. In America the skilled trades have been allowed to languish.
Our country must re-embrace and rebuild our ability to make and do. Our citizens must embrace the skills known to our fathers and add new ones.
Educational emphasis must be refocused to meet the needs of our nation and provide the jobs our people need to build their families.
Our healthcare system is broken. It doesn't provide affordable healthcare. It's over complicated, and over bureaucratized. Only a small portion of patient spending goes to doctors, nurses, and actual medical care.
Medical bills are incomprehensible, providers are unable to give accurate quotes upfront. We all recognize the inherent unfairness in the system and wish for something different.
Something that decent hard working people can understand and navigate and where people can retain the dignity of paying for their own needs without the fear of bankruptcy or lack of care when they are at their most vulnerable.
Our federal government has become too large and assumed too many roles and responsibilities. While many good people work there, it is too large to have effective accountability for poor decision making or productivity.
Bureaucratic agencies often pursue their own agendas, inspired by liberal college indoctrination, without accountability to either Congress, courts, or the President.
I staunchly support second amendment rights, gun ownership, private sales, and justice for the victims of crime.
I support the Suppressor Freedom Act.
Our nation's financial path is unsustainable. Difficult decisions lie ahead of us.
I am Pro-Life. Life begins at conception and is precious in the eyes of our Father in Heaven.
I am the father of 4 wonderful children.
Small and medium sized businesses are the future of our communities. We need better regulatory and tax structures to promote investment in housing, manufacturing, primary metals, research and development.
Environmental regulations need rightsized to support and empower growth of all types. Foreign manufacturers must be held to the same stringent standards as US manufacturing or else our last few manufacturers will continue closing and moving overseas.
Tax structures need to empower independent ownership and the reduction of unsustainable levels of personal and business debt.
The cost of vehicles is a problem for all of us and a key driver of inflation. Farmers, ranchers, loggers, and contractors cannot provide the goods and services we need if an F250 costs $100,000.
We can cut costs in half. We can save buyers $25,000 to $50,000.
Expensive vehicles choke family farms and small businesses. The insurance costs ruin family finances and prevent young people from launching. They take money from housing, education, groceries, retirement, medical care, and leisure. We can fix this.
My main opponent will be 83 when he starts his next term and nearly 90 when he finishes. He has been in elected office since Nixon. We have all watched Joe Biden's debate, we have all watched Nancy Pelosi and Diana Feinstein.
I pledge to serve no more than 3 terms in the US Senate. Congress is not a golden parachute job position.
There is a wide spread recognition that our leaders have become out of touch, that they have been away from real life for too long. I, and many voters like me, feel that congressional service should be roughly limited to a length and retirement age similar to a normal working career.
If I am blessed with 3 terms, I will facilitate a competitive election for my successor and mentor and advise whoever voters choose.
Idahoans deserve a hardworking and determined voice in Washington D.C. Josh Roy is ready to go to bat for Idaho and the every day American. He has no political baggage, he owes no favors. He will bring integrity, grit and energy to his work in the U.S. Senate.
He would be honored for your vote in the May 19, 2026 Republican Primary.
God Bless America and God Bless Idaho!
A fresh start. No favors owed. No special interests pulling strings.
The qualities that built Idaho. The qualities Josh will bring to Washington.
Every vote, every bill, every decision measured by one standard: Is this good for Idaho families?
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