LeRoy to file for Labrador CD1 seat

Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum.

So it’s not surprising that it took just a day for the news that U.S. Rep. Raúl Labrador would give up his seat in Congress to run for governor in 2018 to attract would-be successors. One of those announcements is expected to drop Thursday.

David Leroy, the former Republican lieutenant governor and attorney general, plans to file his candidate paperwork Thursday morning. And although he won’t officially say what office he’s seeking until the papers are filed, he’s been laying the groundwork to run for Labrador’s 1st Congressional District seat/ Bill Dentzer, Idaho Statesman. More here.