Representative Ilana Rubel

Getting Good Things Done for Idaho District 18

Representative Ilana Rubel has served Boise’s District 18 in the Idaho Legislature since 2014, and has knocked on over 15,000 doors to learn what her constituents need. She has successfully sponsored and passed a broad array of important legislation supporting the people of Idaho, including better pay and benefits for teachers, funding for optional full-day kindergarten and insurance coverage for hearing aids for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has served as the House Democratic Leader since 2019, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School, has represented technology companies for more than 20 years, and is the proud mother of four children who have attended Boise public schools. She also co-founded the non-profit Idaho Business for the Outdoors and was a founding member of BSU’s Honors College’s Advisory Board.