Michael “Mike” McGarr, former air traffic controller and retired copy editor for The Spokesman-Review, isn’t sure how to convince voters that he’s the guy to end three decades of Republican control of Eastern Washington’s congressional seat.
The Spokane Public Schools Board on Wednesday unanimously approved sending an educational programs and operations tax levy to voters’ ballots in November.
Matthew Hayes, a retired physician and recent Gonzaga law graduate who is making healthcare reform the central policy pillar of his campaign for Congress, hates how most people run for office.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the news release John Estey authored. He wrote a release from County Treasurer Mike Volz about a man who allegedly assaulted Volz and Whitaker.
If 27-year-old Democrat Kevin Fagan managed to get through a 12-person primary and unseat Rep. Michael Baumgartner, he’d be the youngest member of Congress.
This is the first of 12 profiles of the candidates running for U.S. House in the 5th Congressional District in Eastern Washington. Andrew Bartleson, an auditor for the state Department of Labor and Industries and independent candidate to represent Eastern Washington in Congress, admits his is a longshot bid for office.
California's crowded 2026 gubernatorial race captivated the nation as the state's jungle primary system left many wondering which candidates would appear on the November ballot — a question many are still asking the morning after the primary.
Legislators from North Idaho appear likely to shift further to the right after Republican voters in the northern-most district ended the re-election campaigns of two incumbents.
President Donald Trump and his allies flexed their power Tuesday in primaries around the country, as Republican voters advanced their favored candidates and ousted one of Trump’s top Republican critics in Congress.
Filing week is almost over, and with it will close the chance for anyone hoping to run for office this year. With only a day left, most who are entering the fray already have done so.
A former Coeur d’Alene School District board chair and activist behind the effort to protect North Idaho College accreditation is running against incumbent Rep. Elaine Price to represent the Lake City in the Idaho Legislature.
Two candidates for Idaho’s northernmost state senate district who have traded the seat back and forth the last two election cycles are facing each other again.
