Yates says ‘Idaho matters’ as Idaho GOPrimary attracts large turnout

Tuesday’s early Idaho presidential primary was an experiment for the state, and Idaho Republicans on Wednesday pronounced it a successful one, with more than 200,000 votes cast. That’s well over the 168,000 votes cast in Idaho’s last presidential primary vote in 2008. That time, both Republicans and Democrats were voting, in a contest that also included legislative and congressional seats. On Tuesday, it was just the Republican Party and the Constitution Party presidential races; Idaho Democrats will hold their presidential caucuses on March 22. “Idaho matters, and last night served as confirmation of that,” Idaho GOP Chairman Steve Yates said. He pointed to visits to the state from five Republican presidential candidates in 2015, followed by campaign rallies in the state for both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio the weekend before the election/ Betsy Russell , SR. More here.