Gov. Brad Little appointed Kimberly Royer of Cambridge to fill the Idaho House of Representatives seat previously held by John Shirts.
Royer will serve the remainder of Shirts’ term representing Idaho Legislative District 9 Seat A, which concludes Dec. 1, 2028. The appointment was announced Friday.
Shirts, a Republican from Weiser, was appointed Idaho’s U.S. attorney in October. He was reelected to the Legislature this month after running unopposed in the general election.
Royer recently retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency after 25 years. She served as an Idaho county executive director from 2007 through 2021, then worked as a business process analyst and product owner in a national role.
Her previous public and community service includes the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board, where she served from 2014 to 2022, and the Idaho Animal Damage Control Board, which she previously chaired while overseeing a budget of about $800,000. She has also served on the Washington County Fair Board, the Cambridge Rodeo Association and the Cambridge Western Heritage Foundation.
Royer is a co-owner and operator of Dixie Creek Ranch.
“I am honored by the opportunity to serve the people of Idaho in the Legislature,” Royer said.
Shirts became Idaho’s top-ranking federal law enforcement official after Bart M. Davis retired Oct. 17. Before his appointment as U.S. attorney, Shirts served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Idaho from 2018 to 2024.