Idaho Politics

The Idaho Republican Party has adopted its platform changes for the next two years at its state convention in Coeur d’Alene, including expanding its anti-abortion stance, calling for an end to no-excuse absentee voting, and advocating for an end to all government funding and programs not required by the constitution.

BOISE – There hasn’t been a Democratic candidate for the Idaho Legislature from District 27 since 2002, and until recently, 11 Idaho counties didn’t have a local Democratic Party.

Idaho’s longest-serving Democratic lawmaker is retiring after the upcoming legislative session, opening a seat that represents Southwest Boise and the Bench. Rep. Sue Chew, D-Boise, announced Wednesday that she will not seek reelection after her ninth term expires next year. Chew, 65, said she’s retiring because she’s been a legislator four or five times longer than an average lawmaker — her ...

Delegates at the Idaho GOP State Convention signaled a new direction for the Republican Party, whose most conservative members commanded policy debates and saw most of their candidates elected to party leadership last weekend in Twin Falls. While the Republican Party’s schism isn’t new — bitter contests in the May primary were evidence of that — the convention demonstrated a widening gap ...