Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a 2016 GOP presidential prospect, spoke in front of hundreds of Idaho Republicans Friday and urged them to put differences aside as they head into November. Click below for a full report from AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi.
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on Raul Labrador becoming a candidate today for majority leader of the U.S. House. Meanwhile, in Idaho, Labrador is chairing the state GOP convention this weekend, where a deep split between establishment Republicans and the tea…
Click below for a full report from AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi on today's doings at the the Idaho state Republican Party convention, where she reports that pleas for unity in the party were muffled by the sounds of name-calling and pointed accusations from party leaders,…
It was a bit lost in the hubbub over rules and credentials fights, but the platform committee at the Idaho Republican Party convention in Moscow today voted to remove one of the most controversial planks in the party’s platform: The one calling for repeal of…
Idaho Education News reporter Clark Corbin has a report here on education issues that came up today at the state’s Republican Party convention, from a resolution against Common Core standards for student achievement that was strongly opposed by GOP state schools Superintendent Tom Luna, to…
As you might expect, we’ve got lots and lots to talk about on tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television. I join Jim Weatherby, Dan Popkey and co-host Aaron Kunz to discuss Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s run for House majority leader, the happenings at the…
Among the interesting tweets this afternoon from the Idaho Republican Party convention (#idgop) after the Credentials Committee voted not to seat the entire Ada County delegation: Idaho Education News reporter Clark Corbin (@clarkcorbin) tweeted, “Ada delegate Ken Burgess says Peterson "clearly, clearly stacked" committees to…
First District Congressman Raul Labrador’s Democratic opponent, state Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, had strong words today about Labrador’s announcement that he’ll run for U.S. House majority leader. “I have to admire Congressman Labrador’s consistency,” Ringo said. “First, he tried to divide Idaho Republicans by backing…
The credentials committee at the Idaho Republican Party state convention has voted overwhelmingly not to seat the Ada County delegation, including alternates, according to Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports, who’s there reporting. The vote followed a long debate that started this morning, broke for lunch,…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "looked good" after arriving back in the United States and is working daily with health professionals after being held by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan, military officials…
Widely varying turnout around the state meant that of the six legislative incumbents defeated in the May 20 primary, two were turned out of office by just tiny slices of the electorates in their districts. The lowest-turnout races that dumped incumbents were the defeat of…
1st District Congressman Raul Labrador, who is headed to Moscow now to chair the state GOP convention, said he's made his choice for parliamentarian at the convention: Cornel Rasor. The position is key because the parliamentarian helps decide disputes over rules, and there are plenty…
Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador is running for Majority Leader in Congress, he announced to reporters in Boise today, after the defeat of GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary election. “I’m in it to win it,” Labrador said. “I didn’t get into it to…
Idaho GOP convention delegate Geoff Schroeder from Elmore County snapped this photo outside the convention at the Kibbie Dome around 7:30 this morning; the signs say, “Free Speech Area.” Schroeder said he “found it telling given the threatened silencing of the entire Ada County delegation.”…
There are more spectators than committee members at the Credentials Committee meeting this morning at the GOP convention in Moscow in the Kibbie Dome, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports. In the cavernous stadium, “Everyone is having trouble hearing, and there has been some confusion,”…
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