After months of gathering signatures, filing petitions, and navigating lawsuits, constitutional amendments that will protect or expand abortion rights will appear on the ballot in ten states in November.
The Idaho Capital Sun will publish responses to this candidate survey for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District on Monday. U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican who has represented Idaho’s 1st Congressional District for three terms,
Foreman is not the only Western politician to make offensive remarks about Native Americans recently—Republican US Senate candidate Tim Sheehy admitted to doing the same, and his Democratic rival, incumbent Jon Tester, has made it a campaign issue.
A candidate forum in North Idaho took a tense turn Monday night, which reportedly led to a state senator telling Native American candidate to “go back where you came from.”
Idaho state Sen. Dan Foreman, a Republican from Moscow, told a Native American candidate at a forum to go back to where she came from.
Kootenai County voters heard from Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Kootenai County Clerk Jennifer Locke during Tuesday's Beyond the Ballot Luncheon.
Constituents allege the home at Hart's address has been under construction for several years and they have reason to believe Hart is not residing at the location.
In 2022, two out of the three Democrats running in Legislative District 26 won the election. Those same Democrats, who sit in the Idaho Senate and Idaho House Seat A seats, are running for reelection against the same challengers from two years ago.
It helps to view the progression of Idaho’s governing structure from statehood in 1890 to the present, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.
Goodheart, a Democratic House candidate who is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, said that she thought racism and discrimination were real problems in Idaho.
Key Idaho Republican legislators suggest the House may amend or repeal Proposition 1, which would end closed primaries and implement ranked-choice voting, even if voters approve it in November.