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• Democrats list key ethics proposals

  January 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Minority Democrats in the Idaho Legislature announced three new ethics reform proposals Tuesday and called on Republicans to work with them on the bills – and the Republicans …

• Risch among the richest

    September 17, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Freshman Idaho Sen. Jim Risch is the 13th-wealthiest member of Congress and is richer than the late Ted Kennedy, Sen. John McCain or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according …

• Disclosure bill may get hearing in Idaho

  July 10, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The Idaho House speaker who single-handedly killed legislation this year to require personal financial disclosure from the state’s elected officials says he won’t do it again. “In the …

• Idaho House speaker says he wouldn’t kill new disclosure bill

  July 9, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – The Idaho House speaker who single-handedly killed legislation this year to require personal financial disclosure from the state’s elected officials now says he’s won’t do it again.

• Idaho, without disclosure, ranks last again; Wash. first

  June 25, 2009 in City, Idaho Idaho is last again. The state’s financial disclosure laws for lawmakers got zero points from a national group that ranks legislatures’ accountability to voters. 1

• Candidate Discloses Net Worth Of $500,000 Simpson First In 2nd District To File Personal Statement

  March 17, 1998 in Idaho on Page B2 House Speaker Michael Simpson reported a net worth on Monday of around $500,000 in the personal financial disclosure statement required in his bid for the Republican congressional nomination in the …

• Fund Raising, Session Coexist House Speaker Sees No Problem

  February 8, 1998 in Idaho on Page B1 While Idaho lawmakers were debating issues like telephone deregulation and tobacco laws last year, some were soliciting money from the very companies pushing the bills. “I don’t think it’s a …

• North Idaho Lawmakers List Campaign Donations

  February 8, 1998 in Idaho on Page B6 Here’s what North Idaho legislators reported in their campaign finance reports for 1998: District 1 Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, has $1,610 in the bank. She received a $500 contribution from …

• Craig Pays Off Campaign Debt; Simpson Gets Credit Craig Workers Get Bonus; Simpson Fuels Senate Run

  February 6, 1998 in Idaho on Page B3 It took more than a year, but Republican Sen. Larry Craig has finally paid off the nearly $200,000 debt he rolled up in easily winning a second six-year term in …

• Kempthorne Still Has $168,000 In Senate War Chest

  February 4, 1998 in Idaho on Page B4 Sen. Dirk Kempthorne spent nearly $30,000 on consulting and polling last fall during the month he was deciding whether to become the heir apparent to retiring Republican Gov. Phil Batt, …

• Kempthorne Raised $200,000 In December

  February 3, 1998 in Idaho on Page B3 U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne, the heir-apparent to retiring Republican Gov. Phil Batt, had a lucrative December despite no serious challenger in sight for the state’s highest office. The campaign finance …

• Chenoweth Campaign In The Black

  January 31, 1998 in Idaho on Page B2 Republican Rep. Helen Chenoweth raised more than a quarter-million dollars during the final half of 1997 to open a campaign in the black for the first time in her congressional …

• Locke Campaign Committee Fined $2,500 Finance Laws Were Violated During Out-Of-State Fund-Raisers

  December 10, 1997 in City on Page B3 A state agency on Tuesday fined Gov. Gary Locke’s political committee a maximum $2,500 after the committee admitted breaking campaign finance laws during two out-of-state fund-raisers last year. “I just …

• Judy Breaks City Spending Record In His Campaign For Mayor Money From Concerned Businesses Pac Helped Several Candidates Win

  December 9, 1997 in Idaho on Page B1 Steve Judy outspent incumbent Al Hassell nearly 9-to-1 to earn his 67-vote victory in the Coeur d’Alene mayor’s race in November. With his expenditures of $13,930, Judy spent more than …

• Locke Campaign Funds Investigated Big Donation From Buddhist Temple Came Back As Five Smaller Checks

  December 6, 1997 in City on Page B3 State campaign watchdogs are scrutinizing contributions Gov. Gary Locke received from members of a Buddhist temple, including a $5,000 cash donation from the temple’s grand master during one of Locke’s …

• Spokane Race Set Spending Record Unions, Developers Helped Push Mark Past $184,000

  December 2, 1997 in City on Page B2 Unions and developers were the big spenders in Spokane’s municipal elections this year. But development interests generally did a better job of backing winners, an analysis of campaign giving and …

• Judy Means Business New Cda Mayor Sets An Aggressive Agenda

  November 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Steve Judy defeated Al Hassell by 67 votes after outspending the mayor 13-to-1. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

• Where They Stand . . .

  November 2, 1997 in City on Page B3 1. Jack Geraghty 2. John Talbott 3. Barbara Lampert 4. Cherie Rodgers 5. Judith Gilmore 6. Rob Higgins 7. Phyllis Holmes 8. Steve Thompson

• Most Lucrative Campaign Zip Code In Seattle Mayor Jack Geraghty Raied More Than $66,000 And Spent About $62,000

  November 1, 1997 in City on Page B1 With only four days left before the general election, Spokane Mayor Jack Geraghty has raised about $25,000 more than challenger John Talbott. But when the campaign by a Seattle-based political …

• Phyllis Holmes

  November 1, 1997 in City on Page B3 Personal: Age 58 … raised in Spokane and returned here in 1978 … insurance agent and planner for Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co. … former junior high school teacher, Simi …

• Worked Behind The Scenes, Cda Mayor Says Incumbent Faces Tough, Well-Financed Opponent In Steve Judy

  November 1, 1997 in Idaho on Page B2 (From For the Record, November 6, 1997:) Donations: Members of Concerned Businesses of North Idaho donated money to Steve Judy’s campaign for mayor of Coeur d’Alene and endorsed him for …

• Steve Thompson

  November 1, 1997 in City on Page B4 Personal: Age 41 … born in Bakersfield, Calif. … moved to Spokane in 1990 … manager, RCW Sound and Communications … formerly worked for B & C Telephone … central …

• Judith Gilmore

  October 31, 1997 in City on Page B4 Personal: 53 years old, raised in Pueblo, Colo. … moved to Spokane in 1974 … associate director, Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic … worked four years as Eastern Washington representative …

• Robert Higgins

  October 31, 1997 in City on Page B8 Personal: Age 49 … raised in Spokane … executive vice president, Spokane Association of Realtors … former real estate agent, Coldwell Banker Feldman Person … served four years in U.S. …

• Position 2 Candidates Are Not New To Politics ‘Anything We Can Do To Create Jobs,’ Former Councilman Says Of The Perception He’s Backed By Businesses

  October 31, 1997 in City on Page B1 Robert Higgins rocks in his chair. It’s a calm rock, as steady as a metronome at times. Candidate Higgins has another habit: Before speaking he gives the lapels of his …

• Barbara Lampert

  October 30, 1997 in City on Page B2 Personal: Age 51 … Raised in several Washington and Midwest towns, lived in Spokane from age 8 through high school. Returned to Spokane from Louisville, Ky., in 1978 … unemployed, …

• Cherie Rodgers

  October 30, 1997 in City on Page B2 Personal: Age 48 … raised in Hot Springs, Mont., moved to Spokane in 1986 … homemaker and neighborhood activist … former member Indian Trail Neighborhood Design Plan committee, city Plan …

• Challenger Outspending Incumbent Cda Mayoral Candidate Judy Raises Nearly $6,000

  October 30, 1997 in Idaho on Page B1 1. Hassell 2. Judy

• Sabey Pours $30,000 Into Mayor’s Race Developer By Far The Biggest Contributor In Independent Campaign To Defeat Geraghty

  October 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A Seattle developer is spending heavily on the Spokane mayor’s race, dwarfing any single contribution the candidates have collected for their own campaigns. David Sabey, owner of NorthTown Mall, has …

• Lampert In Hunt Again, Facing Rodgers No One Should Run Unopposed, She Says, So Hat Went Into Ring

  October 30, 1997 in City on Page B1 Barbara Lampert. Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The Spokesman-Review

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