Candidates seeking election in nonpartisan races in Kootenai County will now have an opportunity to receive endorsements and campaign funds from a newly formed political action committee. The founding board of the PAC, Balance North Idaho, announced the committee's formation Monday in Coeur d'Alene.  "The name that we've selected is very meaningful to our cause," said Eden Irgens (pictured), a downtown business owner and the PAC's board president. Several nonpartisan elections, with ballots that do not indicate the political party affiliations of candidates, will take place in Kootenai County on May 21. ...  Irgens said political party members tend to take their voting cues from candidates' party affiliations rather than the individuals' qualifications. "Everything is moved very far to the right in this town," Irgens said/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Does this mean that the Reagan Republicans will have to work harder to foist their Hard Right "Republicans" (see: Steve Adams) on unsuspecting Coeur d'Alene voters?