The Pattern Behind
Chad Christensen
What court records, sworn testimony, public records, and years of his own online behavior reveal about the East Idaho candidate still asking voters to trust him.
What He Says, and What the Record Shows
Chad Christensen wants to represent you in the Idaho Legislature. He is running again, this time in District 35A, and the pitch is familiar: conservative warrior, defender of liberty, man of God, former law enforcement, family values, no compromise.
He has run this play before. He knows which words move voters in East Idaho. He posts photos of LDS temples. He quotes scripture. He calls himself a "constitutional conservative" and a "true Republican." He positions himself as the courageous truth-teller surrounded by cowards and RINOs.
He does not post about being terminated from State Probation and Parole, or about being rejected by the next police department he applied to because they reviewed his personnel file and "didn't like what they saw." He does not post about the secret recording he helped orchestrate against a political critic, which he then routed through Idaho Freedom Foundation operatives to cost that person his job. He does not post about the defamation lawsuit he filed to silence a blogger, and lost. He does not post about the two oil-related criminal cases he pled out before his first legislative run, or the sworn deposition in which he was asked about his sexual relationships and estimated there were "probably four or five" women he could not name.
He posts about God. He posts about guns. He posts about liberty. This site is drawn from court records, sworn depositions, and public filings.
The Public Record He Doesn't Post About
The Setup
Court records establish that Christensen helped orchestrate a secret recording of a political critic, then forwarded it to Greg Pruett, the same man who recruited him to run for office, to publish in a smear campaign designed to get the critic fired.
The Law Enforcement Story
He markets himself as "former law enforcement." Under oath, he admitted he was terminated for being too "mean" to a fugitive and later rejected by a police department that reviewed his probation and parole file and "didn't like what they saw."
What He Said Under Oath
In a sworn deposition, Christensen was asked about his sexual relationships. He named two women. He estimated there were "probably four or five" others he could not recall by name, while serving as an elected state legislator presenting himself as a moral conservative.
The IFF Machine
His 100% Idaho Freedom Foundation voting record. The IFF operative who recruited him. The IFF attorney who offered free legal defense before the smear campaign launched. The IFF vice president who co-published it. The same network funds his 2026 campaign.
In His Own Words
Screenshots of his public posts document what he has said about colleagues, constituents, and critics: threatening to "come unglued," comparing COVID officials to Hitler, calling transgender children "gender abominations," and invoking God while threatening elected officials. A documented, years-long pattern.
The Full Record
Two oil-related criminal cases pled before his first legislative run. A felony-elevated charge in North Dakota resolved by plea agreement. A Bannock County misdemeanor plea the year before he ran. A child support case. A defamation lawsuit filed and lost. Court proceedings spanning 30 years across seven Idaho counties.