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BOISE — Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff called on Idaho state lawmakers Thursday to introduce legislation to repeal Idaho’s sales tax on groceries.

"The state is balancing its budget on the backs of working Idahoans every time they go to the grocery store and it’s time that stopped," he said in a statement Thursday. "We should not be taxing people for putting food on the table."

His stance is also consistent with the view of the vast majority of Idahoans who favor repealing the grocery sales tax over lowering income taxes, according to the latest Boise State University Public Policy Survey, according to the statement.

"I would urge all lawmakers in the state legislature to vote in favor of legislation that repeals the grocery sales tax and put more money in the pockets of our state’s working men and women," Balukoff said in the statement.

In 2017, the state legislature passed a grocery sales tax repeal that was ultimately vetoed by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter.