EOB: Idaho Sen. Dan Schmidt made his mark on budgets
I relied on a lot of help. The staff is incredibly helpful.”
Schmidt won respect from lawmakers from both parties, reaching out to work with some of the most conservative Republicans, including Sens. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, and Steven Thayn, R-Emmett. But last week, he narrowly lost his bid for a fourth Senate term to GOP challenger Dan Foreman.
“I think he was very conservative in his work on those budgets,” said Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, the Senate co-chair of the budget-writing Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. “He was able to find ways to make our dollars go farther.”" Full story. Betsy Russell, SR
