Campaign to pass Proposition 1 raises more than $1 million

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September 23, 2024

Campaign to pass Proposition 1 raises more than million

The campaign to eliminate partisan primaries and implement ranked-choice voting in Idaho has amassed more than $1.1 million ahead of the November election.

Campaign finance data show the majority of money raised by Idahoans for Open Primaries comes from donors within the state.

More than two-thirds of that $1.1 million comes from companies, trusts or political action committees.

That includes big donations from the election reform PAC Unite America, Reclaim Idaho and the charitable foundation linked to the founder of Northwest River Supplies in Moscow.

Idahoans for Open Primaries hasn’t spent much just yet. It has about a million dollars in reserve as of Friday.

Only two groups have spent money to oppose Proposition 1 so far.

A PAC called Republicans for Idaho has paid $86,000 for billboards to defeat the measure.

Republicans for Idaho is run by two employees at Melaleuca and lists the company’s Idaho Falls headquarters as its address.

Melaleuca is owned by the state’s richest man and notable Republican operator, Frank Vandersloot.

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Dorothy Moon reelected to third term as Idaho GOP chair

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June 25, 2026

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Dorothy Moon reelected to third term as Idaho GOP chair

MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.

Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.

In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.

“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”

In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.

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