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More than two dozen last-minute candidates filed for the state Legislature today, just at the end of the filing period. The rush delayed the final posting of the full list of candidates; you can now see the full list here at the Idaho Secretary of State’s Web site. Among lawmakers picking up last-minute challengers: Rep. Marge Chadderdon, R-Coeur d’Alene, who will face Democrat Mike Bullard of Coeur d’Alene; Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, who has two GOP primary challengers; Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, who picked up a primary challenger in addition to his Democratic opponent; Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, who now has two GOP challengers vying in the May primary; and Rep. Pat Takasugi, R-Wilder, who drew two Democratic challengers.
Sen. Melinda Smyser drew a Democratic challenger, Shannon Forrester of Caldwell; Rep. Bob Schaefer, R-Nampa, will face Democrat Maria Mabbutt; and House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, will face Democrat William J. Young in November. Rep. Max Black, R-Boise, has drawn a primary challenger, Mark Patterson; Sen. Les Bock, D-Boise, will face Republican Bill Eisenbarth; and Sen. Eliot Werk, D-Boise, drew two Republican challengers, Lucas Baumbach and T. Allen Hoover.
Republican Mitch Toryanski of Boise jumped into the District 18 Senate race - that’s the one where Senate Minority Leader Kate Kelly, D-Boise, isn’t seeking re-election, and Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise, is runing for her seat, as are, now, three Republicans. Also in District 18, Durst’s current seat has one Democrat, Janie Ward-Engelking, and two Republicans, former Rep. Julie Ellsworth and Gregory E. Ferch, in the running. Rep. Phylis King, D-Boise, has drawn two Republican challengers, Trevor Grigg and Becky Young. Rep. Cliff Bayer, R-Boise, now has two primary challengers, Thomas E. Dayley and Roger Koyle of Boise, along with Democratic challenger Sean Carrick of Kuna.
Rep. Bert Stevenson, R-Rupert, drew a challenge from Democrat Scott McClure of Jerome; Rep. Jim Marriott, R-Blackfoot, will be challenged by Democrat Mark Gabrylczyk; and Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, drew a last-minute Democratic challenger, Neil M. Williams of Idaho Falls.
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State_of_Idiots on March 22 at 6:58 a.m.
The way to understand Idaho politics is like high school, and running for the student council, or the FFA. Historically, it’s really that lame, only now it involves real people, their lives, and some serious consequences.
Butch Otter is like the captain of the high school football team: tall, good-looking, confident & breezy…he gets the hot, rich-babe and has a retinue of sycophantic followers (priapismatic legislators) who hang on his every word. Critical thinking is eschewed (like high school) in favor of broad ideological fuzziness.
Meanwhile, Idaho Democrats are simply pathetic. They went ‘feral-chic’ in the ‘80s & ‘90s, abandoned their natural working class constituencies, and got seduced by Big-Lib & environmental money in Sun Valley, McCall, etc. Minnick is toast, especially if his challenger has half a war chest and can execute a game-plan.