Dorothy Moon (born 1958) is an American far-right[1][2][3][4] politician who served as a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from the 8B district from 2016 to 2022.
[7] She ran as a Republican for Idaho House of Representatives for the 8B district in 2016 and won the November 2016 election, defeating Ammon Emanuel Prolife with 87.3% of the votes.
[13] In July 2022, Moon was elected chair of the Idaho Republican Party, defeating incumbent Tom Luna by a vote of 434–287.
[15][16] Moon banned media from observing the March 2024 Republican caucuses,[17] a decision criticized by the Idaho Statesman editorial board.
[25] Moon also supported a measure to urge Congress to revoke "wilderness study area" designation from large swaths of Idaho land,[26] as well as a separate measure to urging Congress to restrict the ability of private landowners to sell their land to conservation organizations for transfer to a federal agency.
[27] In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho, Moon promoted an end-of-session party in downtown Boise, despite public health advice to avoid large in-person gatherings to prevent the spread of the disease.
[30] During the legislative debate, Moon was one of several Republican state representatives who spread anti-vaccine misinformation, claiming that her son became autistic after receiving a vaccine.
[14][32] Moon's husband is Darr, a licensed civil engineer and land surveyor involved in Gold mining, who serves on the national council of the John Birch Society.