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Idaho Politician — Longevity = Power

Better Idaho posts:

"In the Idaho Legislature, power and longevity are closely intertwined. How does your lawmaker compare to his or her colleagues? This graph shows how many two-year terms each Idaho Legislature has been elected. The top seven longest serving lawmakers are Bell, Loertscher, Cameron, Keough, Moyle, Tippets and Davis. That’s a lot of power. Those seven include the co-chairs of the powerful Joint Finance Committee (Bell and Cameron), the chair of the House State Affairs Committee (Loertscher), the House Majority Leader (Moyle), the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (Tippets) and the Senate Majority Leader (Davis). Only Shawn Keough, a moderate Senator from Sandpoint, isn’t a committee chair or on leadership." More here.

Question: Would you want the three North Idaho legislators in your district to be a committee chairman or a legislative leader?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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