Rep. Scott’s foes energized by harassment claims

Charges by a Democratic Party field organizer in Bonner and Boundary counties that he was harassed by supporters of GOP State Rep. Heather Scott has shaken up one of the most-watched legislative races this election. Scott, who lives in Blanchard in rural western Bonner County, is a favorite of members of the American Redoubt movement, first revealed in 2011 by best-selling survivalist novelist and blogger James Wesley Rawles . Its proponents urge conservatives to move to Idaho and Montana to make the already hard-right conservative area even redder/ Rocky Barker , Idaho Statesman. More here.