Recent UI Grad Challenges Boatright

A 25-year-old financial consultant is challenging state Sen. Clyde Boatright in the primary election.

Ian James has wanted to enter politics since he graduated from University of Idaho with a major in political science, he said. He did run for office while in school, winning a seat on UI’s student senate.

Boatright, a Republican, has been the District 2 state senator since he defeated Barbara Chamberlain in 1994, the year James graduated from college.

James, also a Republican, said he’s been following Boatright’s record for the past year as he’s been laying plans to challenge him for the seat.

“I believe I can provide the electorate and constituents of District 2 great representation,” he said Thursday.

James works for Metropolitan Life in Spokane and lives in Post Falls with his wife. He grew up in Kellogg.

, DataTimes