Russ Fulcher resigned from the board of the Idaho Freedom Foundation on Wednesday, before he announced that he will run for governor in 2018, the Freedom Foundation said in a news release today. Fulcher had served on the group’s board since December of 2014.

Brent Regan, board chairman, said, “We will miss the wisdom and energy of our friend, Russ Fulcher, on the Idaho Freedom Foundation board, but we are very excited at the opportunity for Idaho to benefit from his leadership.” He thanked Fulcher for his service to the group, saying he served with "diligence and enthusiasm."

The conservative think tank and lobbying group said it “is nonpartisan and happily works with groups, policy-makers, candidates and elected officials of all stripes to promote conservative values and ideals”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise.