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Candidates, candidates: Yates files, Luna issues statement…

Thu., May 11, 2017

Steve Yates, who recently stepped down as executive director of the Idaho Republican Party, has filed paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office to run for lieutenant governor, joining three GOP hopefuls already in the race: Sen. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian; Rep. Kelley Packer, R-McCammon;...

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David Leroy announces candidacy for 1st District congressional seat

Thu., May 11, 2017

Former Idaho lieutenant governor and attorney general David Leroy announced today that he’ll run for the open 1st District congressional seat Rep. Raul Labrador will vacate in 2018 as Labrador runs for governor of Idaho instead. “I have been out of elective and appointive politics...

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Little needles Labrador with tweet, web page

Wed., May 10, 2017

Little needles Labrador with tweet, web page

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Bumpy start for a long-pondered bid for governor…

Tue., May 9, 2017

Bumpy start for a long-pondered bid for governor...

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Fulcher on Labrador: ‘In 2014 he endorsed me in my race for governor’

Tue., May 9, 2017

Fulcher on Labrador: 'In 2014 he endorsed me in my race for governor'

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Little on Labrador filing: ‘Idaho is not Washington, D.C.’

Tue., May 9, 2017

Little on Labrador filing: 'Idaho is not Washington, D.C.'

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Ahlquist on Labrador filing: ‘I look forward to seeing the congressman on the campaign trail’

Tue., May 9, 2017

Ahlquist on Labrador filing: 'I look forward to seeing the congressman on the campaign trail'

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Labrador statement on filing for guv today: Will announce ‘in the coming weeks’

Tue., May 9, 2017

Labrador statement on filing for guv today: Will announce 'in the coming weeks'

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Labrador quietly files paperwork to run for governor in 2018

Tue., May 9, 2017

Idaho 1st District GOP Congressman Raul Labrador filed the initial paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office this morning to run for governor in 2018. Labrador, accompanied by his wife, Becca, and his campaign treasurer, Milford Terrell, signed the necessary forms in Secretary of...

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Politifact fact-checks Labrador’s health-care comment and explanation, rates it ‘Pants On Fire’

Tue., May 9, 2017

Politifact has weighed in on Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador’s comment at his Lewiston town hall last week that “nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care,” and given it the fact-checking site’s worst rating: “Pants On Fire.” Politifact writer Lou Jacobson weighed Labrador’s...