Kimberly Royer appointed to fill seat held by new U.S. Attorney John Shirts
BOISE — Kimberly Royer was appointed to replace John Shirts in the Idaho House of Representatives on Friday. The move was prompted by Shirts, a Republican legislator from Weiser, being appointed as Idaho’s U.S. Attorney in October. Gov. Brad Little appointed Royer, of Cambridge, who will serve the remainder of Shirts’ term as representative for Idaho Legislative District 9 Seat A, which concludes Dec. 1, 2028. Shirts was reelected this month after running unopposed in the general election this year. Royer recently retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, where she served for 25 years. She served as the county executive director in Idaho from 2007 to 2021 before shifting to a national role as a business process analyst and product owner. She previously served state government as a governor-appointed member of the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board from 2014 to 2022 and previously chaired the Idaho Animal Damage Control Board, overseeing a budget of about $800,000 to address livestock predator and pest damage control. “I am honored by the opportunity to serve the people of Idaho in the Legislature,” Royer said in a release from the governor’s office. “My years working alongside Idaho farmers and
