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Christa: Yes, Herb, I Am A Republican

In a recent conversation with Christa Hazel, (Bay Views) remarked, “I would ask your party affiliation but then this (Coeur d'Alene School Board) is a non-partisan office, isn't it.” This was her reply:

“I have always been Republican.  Rumors to the contrary are false. I served as a constituent representative for Sen. Dirk Kempthorne while a student at NIC.  I also was a volunteer campaign coordinator for Phill Batt for Latah County (I was a Kootenai County resident) while I attended the University of Idaho.  I assisted Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth's campaign.  I helped organize a fundraiser for Butch Otter's campaign for Lt. governor.  In 1994, I briefly filed as a candidate against Rep. Tom Dorr but withdrew after I was accepted to law school. I had been recruited by Kootenai GOP Grand Dame Ruthie Johnson”/Herb Huseland, Bay Views. More here.

Question: Soon, the small-tent Republicans who are pushing ideologues for nonpartisan offices will begin insisting that their candidates are the purist Republicans of them all. How should a candidate on the other side of the propaganda react to charges that s/he isn't Republican enough? Or should they?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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