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.
Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Viola, was one of six House and Senate candidates for District 6 who attended a moderated forum in Kendrick, a town southeast of Moscow.
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.
Some concerns on ranked-choice voting include that it splits the number of votes from the majority party and paves the way to victory for minority candidates.
Kootenai County voters heard from Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Kootenai County Clerk Jennifer Locke during Tuesday's Beyond the Ballot Luncheon.
As Boise State Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, reported on Thursday, a “meet the candidates” forum was held on Tuesday evening in Kendrick, a town with a population of about 300. Foreman attended, as did others running for District 6 state House and Senate seats. (Idaho has 35 legislative districts, each with one senator and two representatives.)
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.
At a small-town candidate forum this week, a North Idaho Republican senator left the event early after making a disparaging remark about the Native American heritage of
West Boise’s Legislative District 15 is an anomaly in Idaho – a rare swing district that could go to either Republicans or Democrats in the Nov. 5 general election. Currently, District 15 is represented by both political parties – Democrats hold the district’s seat in the Idaho Senate and one of the two seats in
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.
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.
Constituents from Idaho’s Legislative District 2 have submitted a letter to the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office requesting an investigation into Republican state Sen. Phil Hart’s residency.