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Jorgenson condemns Minnick ad
Jorgenson condemns Minnick ad
Political news of the day…
Political news of the day…
Minnick goes negative in new ad
Idaho 1st District Congressman Walt Minnick has gone negative, airing a new TV commercial across the district attacking GOP challenger Raul Labrador for his work as an immigration lawyer and suggesting it means he profits from illegal immigration.
AARP Idaho targets voter education
BOISE – AARP Idaho is launching a statewide voter-education effort, complete with voter guides for every legislative race in the state along with statewide and congressional races, meetings and discussions with its members. Why that matters: The group estimates that 56 percent of Idaho’s votes in November will come from voters age 50 and older, and 30 percent of all ballots will be cast by AARP members.
Campaigns clash over new Minnick ad
Campaigns clash over new Minnick ad
Minnick targets Labrador in new ad
Minnick targets Labrador in new ad
Older voters mobilize in Idaho
The Idaho AARP is launching a statewide voter-education effort complete with voter guides for every legislative race in the state along with statewide and congressional races, meetings and discussions with its members throughout the state to bring them up to speed on issues before they vote, and more. Why that matters: The group estimates that 56 percent of Idaho’s votes in November will come from voters age 50 and older, and 30 percent of all ballots will be cast by AARP members.
Idaho governor now opposes repeal of 17th Amendment
BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter appears to be abandoning an issue important to many tea party activists. The Republican seeking a second term in the governor’s office declared during a political debate Monday that he now opposes repeal of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would return the selection of U.S. senators to state legislatures. But just five months ago, while in Spokane as a keynote speaker for a tea party rally in Riverfront Park, Otter was sharply critical of the 17th Amendment, which some conservative groups consider an intrusion on state’s rights and its repeal is part of the Idaho Republican Party’s state platform.
Has Gov. Otter changed his stand on repealing the 17th Amendment?
Has Gov. Otter changed his stand on repealing the 17th Amendment?
Otter shifts stand on 17th Amendment repeal
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter declared during a political debate today that he doesn’t favor repeal of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - though he’s been sharply critical of the amendment for the past year, including in his keynote speech at a Tea Party rally in Spokane in April. The amendment shifted selection of U.S. senators from state Legislatures to a vote of the people, and repealing it is a plank in Idaho’s Republican Party platform.
Closing statements: Guv candidates sound themes
Closing statements: Guv candidates sound themes
Otter comes out against 17th Amendment repeal
Otter comes out against 17th Amendment repeal
Who had ‘better lobbyist’…
Who had ‘better lobbyist’…
From funding questions to opponent’s strengths…
From funding questions to opponent’s strengths…
Allred: ‘We’re doing poorly on both’
Allred: ‘We’re doing poorly on both’
Otter: ‘Had to do the soul-searching that was necessary’
Otter: ‘Had to do the soul-searching that was necessary’
Full house for guv’s debate in Boise today
Full house for guv’s debate in Boise today
Labrador: Minnick a ‘fat cat Washington insider’
Labrador: Minnick a ‘fat cat Washington insider’
Otter, Minnick trim debate schedules
Otter, Minnick trim debate schedules
Guv candidates tout supporters, Allred gathers ‘Republicans for Allred’
Guv candidates tout supporters, Allred gathers ‘Republicans for Allred’