In the comments section, Dan of the County writes: "Here's something I don't remember ever seeing before … political ads in the Nickel's Worth (or anywhere else) for precinct committee people ... let alone three for different people … " Which prompted me to check out the precinct races. Do you realize that 38 of the 71 Kootenai County Republican precincts have contested races. Some of those being challenged are such local Republican stalwarts as: Ruthie Johnson, Matt Roetter, Jeri DeLange, Kerri Thoreson, Betty Ann Henderson, Gus Johnson, Barry McHugh, and Rick Currie. I mentioned some time back that there's a group out there, to the right of the Reagan Republicans and Pachyderm Club that are trying to shake things up at the local GOPCC. You can see the list by clicking on this county election department link and then on "precinct committee candidates" here.

Question: Do you know your precinct & whether there's a contested GOP precinct race in it?