Sheryl Nuxoll

Sheryl L. Nuxoll (born March 7, 1951) is a Republican Idaho State Senator, representing the 8th District (Cottonwood) since 2010. She received a Bachelor's Degree at Gonzaga University^[1] in 1973.

Early life and career

Nuxoll is a native of Cottonwood, Idaho. Nuxoll’s years of bookkeeping for her father’s business, Hoene Implement, located in Cottonwood, Grangeville, and Pierce, prepared her for her Business Degree from Gonzaga University in 1973.^[2] She graduated magna cum laude, and obtained a CPA license while working for an accounting firm in Boise. Sheryl returned to Cottonwood and was hired by a CPA and St. Mary’s Hospital. She married Felix in 1975, and they have raised six children, four girls and two boys.

Together, they manage a small family farm/ranch on the edge of Cottonwood of which she is the bookkeeper and tax consultant. In addition to selling beef cattle, harvest includes hay, wheat, barley, and lentils. Farm duties also include organizing sales of hay, combining, driving grain truck, hauling and feeding cattle, and gardening. Since 2008, she is teaching high school part-time.

In 2013, Nuxoll highlighted the controversial aspects of the Affordable Care Act, drawing criticism for comparing the health insurance companies to the trains going to the concentration camps. ^[3]

In 2015, Nuxoll attracted controversy by not participating in Hindu prayer at the State Capitol.^[4]

In 2015, she stated her concern regarding the implementation of foreign law under international treaty. The Idaho State Legislature officially authorized H.B. 1, which honors foreign law under the Hague Convention by making the state a party to the treaty. Under this law, due process in the Idaho state court system could become subject to international law without U.S. due process requirements. H.B. 1's highly controversial issues were child support, and also parental rights and spousal arrangement issues. As two Muslim countries and their quasi-judicial courts are part of the Hague convention, Muslim Shariah law oppressing women and children's rights could be invoked in Idaho state court systems.^[5]

Professional experience

Nuxoll has worked as:^[2]

• Part-time High School Teacher, 2008–present
• Bookkeeper/Tax Consultant, Family Farm
• Bookkeeper, Hoene Implement

Elections

Redistricted to new Senate District 7, Nuxoll won the May 15, 2012 Republican primary with 4,084 votes (73.2%).^[6]

Nuxoll was originally elected in District 8 in 2010 with 10,051 votes (69.9%) against Democrat Leta Strauss and write-in candidate Robert Bruce Clark.^[7]

Committees

Nuxoll's assignments include:^[2]

• Precinct Committee Woman, Idaho County Republican Central Committee, 2008–present
• Agricultural Affairs, Member
• Health and Welfare, Member
• Judiciary and Rules, Member

Controversy

Comparison of health-insurance exchanges with the Holocaust

Nuxoll, in an email to her supporters, compared the role of private insurers in health-insurance exchanges with "Jews boarding the trains to concentration camps." ^[8]

Anti-Hindu statements

Nuxoll, alongside Republican Idaho state senators Steve Vick and Lori Den Hartog, refused to attend a session of the legislature that commenced with a Hindu invocation prayer recited by Rajan Zed. Nuxoll refused to apologize, stating her belief that Hinduism was "a false faith with false gods."^[9]

References

External links

• Official government profile at the Idaho Legislature
• Campaign website
• Profile at Project Vote Smart