Sen. Jorgenson Admits ‘Boo-Boo’

Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, says he didn’t mean to violate campaign finance laws when he placed an ad for Coeur d’Alene City Council challenger Jim Brannon, and he’s working with Coeur d’Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers to clear the matter up. “I was just on the phone with Susan,” Jorgenson told Eye on Boise in a conversation at a Boise coffee shop. The North Idaho senator is in town working on business related to the Idaho Indian Affairs Council, which he chairs. Jorgenson spent $1,090.80 to run a flier in the Coeur d’Alene Press touting Brannon and including a list of Brannon’s supporters. But the limit for campaign contributions is $1,000, and he filed no independent expenditure report and no 48-hour report of a last-minute campaign expenditure over $1,000, as required/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: Can Kathy Sims and Tom Macy learn a lesson from the way the state Sen. Mike Jorgenson handled his campaign finance snafu?