The contentious race for the GOP nomination for North Idaho's seat in Congress is going down to the wire tonight, as Idaho voters held a typically low-turnout primary election with big consequences; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com. Up and down the…
On the Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight, Leno played the entire video mashup that juxtaposes clips of Barack Obama's 2004 Democratic national convention speech with similar turns of phrase in a speech by Idaho GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward at the Idaho state capitol…
Congressional candidate Vaughn Ward has finally arrived at the GOP headquarters gathering, just after 10:30 Boise time. The latest results, with just 22 percent of the vote counted, show Labrador leading Ward, 44 percent to 42 percent. At this point, this race is too close…
The Associated Press has now declared Keith Allred the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary, defeating Lee Chaney Sr., and Lt. Gov. Brad Little victorious in the GOP primary, defeating two challengers.
While GOP candidates including congressional hopeful Raul Labrador, Gov. Butch Otter, state Treasurer Ron Crane, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Controller Donna Jones, gubernatorial hopeful Rex Rammell, and even former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig have been mingling with the crowd at the GOP election-night headquarters at…
The first few election results are in, and the Associated Press has called the U.S. Senate GOP primary in favor of the incumbent, Sen. Mike Crapo, who had about 80 percent of the vote over Claude "Skip" Davis in early results. Ada County also has…
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has made his victory speech - he was unopposed in the GOP primary. "I've been on pins and needles all night," Ysursa joked, joined by his wife Penny. Asked about the turnout in today's primary election, Ysursa said, "We…
Congressional candidate Raul Labrador is happily visiting with supporters tonight at the Doubletree Riverside, where Republicans are gathering to watch the election-night results. "I think we've done a great job," Labrador said. "We had such limited fundraising but as you can tell, we had a…
With the polls just moments away from closing in Boise, and a little over an hour from closing in North Idaho, here's some food for thought: Were many of the people you saw voting at your polling place older folks, 50-plus? Prompting the question: The…
Today is Idaho's primary election - and it's the final election for an array of non-partisan judicial races, including a contested seat on the Idaho Supreme Court. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Today's election determines the party nominees for offices ranging…
Here's a link to my full story on the last-minute campaign attack launched over the weekend against Judge John Bradbury and in favor of Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick, whom Bradbury is challenging. The entire $38,000 effort was funded by Melaleuca Inc., the Idaho…
The group "Idaho Citizens for Justice" has now filed its overdue campaign finance report, and it shows that the group received $38,000 - half from Melaleuca Inc. and half from "Citizens for Commonsense" in Idaho Falls - for its last-minute campaign against Judge John Bradbury…
The unregistered political group "Idaho Citizens for Justice" has now filed an independent expenditure report with the Idaho Secretary of State's office showing it's spent $28,000 in the past two weeks against Judge John Bradbury and in favor of Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick,…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state Board of Education has appointed Lewis-Clark State College Provost Tony Fernandez to temporarily replace outgoing president Dene Thomas. During a special meeting on Monday, the board voted unanimously to appoint Fernandez…
Asked what kids can learn from the space program, Barbara Morgan, teacher, retired astronaut, and current distinguished educator in residence at Boise State University, said, "What’s worth risking and what isn’t worth risking. Doing the right things when things go bad, learning from our mistakes.…
Tamara Wells, a hairdresser from Post Falls who is running in tomorrow's GOP primary for governor, now says she hasn't owned her prosthetic wig shop in Hayden, "Tamara's," for 41 years, as she told me last week and as I reported in my Sunday column.…
The Idaho Secretary of State's office has determined that Jonathan Haines of Idaho Falls, a former employee of Melaleuca Inc., is the chairman of "Idaho Citizens for Justice," an unregistered group that launched a campaign attack against an Idaho Supreme Court candidate over the weekend.…
A group calling itself "Idaho Citizens for Justice" sent out full-color mailings and placed large newspaper advertisements over the weekend touting Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick and criticizing his challenger, 2nd District Judge John Bradbury, but the group hasn't registered with the Idaho Secretary…
After Gov. Butch Otter sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service objecting to the agency's denial of permission for Idaho Public Television to film a group of students in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness - on grounds that the public TV…
The Idaho Statesman and KBOI TV Channel 2 have commissioned a statewide poll by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, a national polling company based in Washington, D.C., in advance of Tuesday's primary election, and the results are darn interesting. In the 1st District congressional race, among…
After the Sarah Palin rally, candidate Vaughn Ward was surrounded by supporters, well-wishers, a few folks who wanted to argue politics, and a lot of youngsters who wanted autographs on signs and brochures and a picture with the candidate. Ward said he was thrilled with…
A Wisconsin GOP congressional candidate, Chad Lee, from whose campaign website Idaho congressional candidate Vaughn Ward had borrowed word-for-word an issue position statement on jobs that Ward removed from his site last week after the similarities were reported, has now acknowledged that Lee staffers lifted…
As Tuesday's election approaches, charges are flying in the non-partisan contested race for the Idaho Supreme Court. Justice Roger Burdick issued a press release ripping his challenger, 2nd District Judge John Bradbury, for four decisions in criminal matters that were reversed on appeal, saying, "If…
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had harsh words for the "lamestream media" and the liberal left as gave an enthusiastic speech rallying voters for GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward in Boise today. "The left and some of the lamestream media, they can really play dirty…
"I like those bumper stickers that say, 'You can keep the change,'" Sarah Palin told the crowd in Boise. She called Vaughn Ward "the real deal," saying he's pro-gun and pro-life. "Vaughn has been courageous enough to serve our country and fight for you, fight…
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