Idaho
At least someone at the New York Times found Idaho on a map
BOISE, Idaho — The New York Instances despatched Mike Baker from its Seattle bureau to Idaho not too long ago. I’m glad he discovered his strategy to Coeur D’Alene as a substitute of ending up in Des Moines — I imply, who hasn’t made that mistake earlier than, proper? However his clearly aware choice to go straight for the loopy whereas protecting our Could 17 election tells you he knew precisely what he was doing. As a consequence, he missed a few fascinating tales — and albeit, he deserved to overlook them.
It’s one factor to base your protection of a complete state on the nutjobs who truly win its elections. Now we have these, it is true. Nevertheless it’s fairly one other to offer the nuttiest folks all of the publicity you may, with out protecting the rest, solely to have principally each single candidate who seems in your story lose his or her race. That is what occurred right here. It’s sufficient to make you ponder whether this was a setup, designed to make Idahoans look silly. Did we simply get punked by the New York Instances?
For his piece, revealed Sunday, Baker attended a candidate discussion board in northern Idaho, apparently replete with John Birch Society adherents and different assorted fringe attendees, to not point out the candidates. Entrance and middle was our admittedly daft lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin. She was working for governor towards the incumbent Republican, Brad Little. The opposite candidates you’ll not have heard of — the truth is, I barely know who most of them are, however I embrace their names from Baker’s parade of horribles beneath for a motive:
… Eric Parker, who was additionally concerned within the 2014 standoff and has based a Three Percenters group in Idaho, is working for a State Senate seat. In the meantime, Ammon Bundy, who led an armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016, can be working for governor, however doing in order an unbiased after calling the present Republican Social gathering “corrupt and depraved.”
… Spencer Hutchings, a candidate for the State Home, was the one who advocated making machine weapons typically accessible. Scott Trotter, a candidate for U.S. Senate, promised to sing a Christian worship track on the ground of the chamber on his first day in workplace. Dorothy Moon, a candidate for secretary of state, known as for Idaho, which has one of many nation’s highest concentrations of public lands, to reclaim management of them from the federal authorities.
State Consultant Priscilla Giddings, who was censured by her colleagues after she publicly recognized a state Capitol intern who reported being raped by a state lawmaker, is working for lieutenant governor towards the State Home Speaker, Scott Bedke, an anti-abortion, pro-gun constitutional conservative. Ms. Giddings ended her marketing campaign speech on the Bonners Ferry discussion board with an ominous message, saying that if she didn’t win, folks ought to “plant your gardens and preserve shopping for ammo.”
So yeah, this pours it on fairly thick, making Idaho politics look as insane as potential. And I will not lie, this kind of factor most likely retains lots of liberals out of our state, thank goodness. However I’m going to suggest right here that it isn’t an excellent methodology of informing readers.
Let’s take a look at the zoo animals first — the nutty candidates Baker wrote about. Ammon Bundy, the notorious Oregon militiaman, didn’t lose, however that’s solely as a result of he had dropped out of the first earlier to keep away from a humiliating single-digit end. He’ll as a substitute lose as an unbiased candidate for governor in November, except he drops out once more.
McGeachin misplaced her bid by 22 factors. Out of her 32% help, I’m guessing half was the results of a intelligent lecturers union disinformation marketing campaign (they tried to undermine Gov. Little by working radio adverts supporting him) and the opposite half was due to her challenge, Little’s dealing with of COVID. Not that almost all Idahoans had been ever subjected to native masks mandates, or obeyed them in the event that they had been, however folks right here get form of upset about that kind of factor. If we needed to dwell in lockdown, we might all transfer to Shanghai.
State Rep. Dorothy Moon, who had promised to take again Idaho lands from the federal authorities (it is a perennial challenge in Idaho, by the way in which), got here closest to profitable her race for secretary of state. Campaigning towards Mark Zuckerberg’s potential interference in Idaho elections, she misplaced a three-way race by 2 factors to Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane. State Rep. Priscilla “preserve shopping for ammo” Giddings misplaced her three-way race for lieutenant governor to the present state Home speaker by 9 factors.
Scott Trotter, whom Baker identified for promising to sing a Christian hymn on the U.S. Senate flooring, misplaced to Sen. Mike Crapo by 57 factors, to nobody’s shock.
Eric Parker, the militiaman candidate whom Baker talked about above, misplaced his state Senate major, truly in one of many least conservative components of Idaho, by 26 factors.
So OK, I get it. It’s enjoyable to cowl bizarre folks in politics. However what if it means you miss a related political story?
There have been, in spite of everything, two statewide incumbents who had been defeated in upsets yesterday, solely not by crazies. These races will truly matter and can form the way forward for Idaho politics lengthy after folks overlook in regards to the time a militiaman ran to attempt to signify Solar Valley within the state Senate. And neither of these races even rated a point out in Baker’s reporting.
Former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, a conservative who used to signify the a part of the state the place Baker was attending kook boards, misplaced a gubernatorial major in 2018. Final evening, he made his political comeback, crushing 20-year incumbent Legal professional Common Lawrence Wasden by 15 factors. Labrador is exactly the kind of good conservative whom Idaho voters like and liberal New York Instances editors want didn’t exist. I’m guessing that in 2027, when Labrador turns into the primary Puerto Rican to control any U.S. state, the New York Instances will already be calling all Hispanics white supremacists.
The opposite statewide upset was tougher to clarify, however nonetheless definitely extra related for Idahoans than something Ammon Bundy does. State Superintendent of Instruction Sherri Ybarra had unintentionally gained a crowded major in 2014 and have become a statewide official for eight years as a consequence. Properly, she lastly ran out of luck yesterday. However with all of the nationwide outrage over important race concept and parental involvement in training, that one not less than appears worthy of some point out. Perhaps the Instances would have bothered with it if a militiaman had run for the workplace — who is aware of?
So yeah, it seems that Idaho is definitely a fairly regular place — much more regular than Seattle, I’m keen to guess. It is definitely extra regular than Portland. The dream of the ’80s is alive in Boise.
Oh, and by the way in which — the “machine weapons for everyone” man, Spencer Hutchings? He completed second in his two-person legislative district, making him the one man from Baker’s report who will most likely find yourself in elected workplace subsequent yr.
I’ve already requested my machine gun catalog — please ship me an electronic mail when you’ve got any suggestions.
Dorothy Moon was re-elected as Idaho GOP Chair by a vote of 376-228 at the Idaho Republican State Convention on Saturday.
After serving three terms in the Idaho Legislature as State Representative for District 8, Moon was elected to serve as the chairwoman of the Idaho Republican Party in July of 2022.
This year, Moon was being challenged by Mary Souza of Coeur d’Alene, a former member of the Idaho State Senate who announced her campaign a week before the convention.
Mary Souza challenges Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon ahead of convention in Coeur d’Alene.
Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to Moon’s re-election: “Today’s re-election of Dorothy Moon further entrenched the extremists who have taken over the Idaho Republican Party. If my grandmother — a Reagan Republican born and raised in Idaho — were alive today, she would not believe what has become of the party. While the Idaho GOP becomes unrecognizable to traditional Republicans, I invite voters of all political stripes to get to know their local Democratic candidates.”
“If you want to stop the school closures and cuts to educational services, your best bet is voting for Idaho Democrats,” Necochea continued. “If you want to protect Launch scholarships, which build our future workforce, your best bet is voting for Idaho Democrats. If you want to protect your local libraries from drowning in frivolous lawsuits, your best bet is voting for Idaho Democrats. And if you want to see our reproductive freedoms restored, you must vote for Idaho Democrats this November.”
COEUR D’ALENE (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon was reelected to a second two-year term at North Idaho College during the final day of the 2024 Republican State Convention.
On Saturday, the Idaho Republican Party Secretary Maria Nate announced that Moon, who lives outside of Stanley, defeated challenger Mary Souza. Souza, of Coeur d’Alene, is a former member of the Idaho Senate who announced her campaign for party chairperson last week.
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The leadership election brought to a close the most secretive Idaho Republican State Convention in at least a decade. Reporters were not allowed to attend any committee meetings, business meetings or attend the convention’s general session on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. This is a departure from recent Idaho GOP state conventions, when reporters were allowed to attend and cover the general sessions, which is where delegates vote on the party platform, rules and resolutions. All of those votes happened behind closed doors.
A Republican official led four reporters into the convention’s general session at about 1:30 p.m. Pacific time Saturday, shortly before Moon was nominated for a second term as party chairwoman. Moon received a loud standing ovation from many of the hundreds of GOP delegates, alternates and guests at the general session. Many of them chanted “Dorothy! Dorothy! Dorothy!” after Moon delivered a short speech.
Moon won by a vote of 376 to 228, Nate announced.
In other leadership races, Nate announced that Mark Fuller of Bonneville County was elected first vice chair of the Idaho Republican Party, defeating Wayne Hurst of Cassia County.
Moon says her emphasis is to honor the state GOP platform
Moon was first elected chairwoman of the Idaho Republican Party in 2022, defeating former Idaho GOP Chairman Tom Luna. Moon will continue to lead the party for the next two years.
In an interview with the Idaho Capital Sun on Thursday, Moon described herself as a hard-worker and rule-follower, which she said are two traits that help her succeed in leading the party. Moon told the Sun she works about 120 hours a week and has been averaging three hours of sleep recently as she prepared for the GOP convention.
“People have told me they have never seen anybody work harder in this position, and I believe that,” Moon told the Sun on Thursday.
“My vision has always been clear – just follow the rules, honor the platform,” Moon added. “That’s what I’ve always espoused.”
Delegates from counties across Idaho voted in the leadership races, which were conducted by written ballots, Nate said. Nate announced the vote at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The leadership election was the final item on the agenda for the secretive, three-day convention that played out behind closed doors. Reporters were blocked from attending all GOP Committee meetings Thursday and Friday and blocked from attending the convention’s general session on Friday afternoon at North Idaho College, a publicly funded institution of higher education that the Idaho GOP rented space at.
This year’s restrictions on media access were a departure from previous Idaho Republican state conventions, where reporters were allowed to attend and cover the general sessions.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-An Idaho Falls man has been arrested for aggravated battery, ensuing chaos in an Idaho Falls neighborhood, and causing a SWAT response from the Idaho Falls Police Department.
The suspect is identified as 47-year-old, James Schumacher.
He was arrested for slapping a person on the face and making a threatening statement. He then damaged a second person’s vehicle causing $3,000 in damages.
Schumacher then hit a third person in the face with a rusty metal serrated edged gardening tool.
A fourth person came outside of their residence when they heard the commotion armed with a paintball gun loaded with pepperballs.
Schumacher swung a sign at the fourth person, who then shot and hit Schumacher with a pepperball with no effect. Schumacher went back to his property and threw rocks at the other people.
At that point, Officers began arriving on scene. Officers told Mr. Schumacher, who was standing on his porch, he was under arrest and gave commands for him to come to the officers. Schumacher retreated inside his residence and barricaded himself inside. Officers made several attempts to speak to Schumacher by calling his phone and using a PA system without any response from Schumacher.
Schumacher, an Idaho Falls resident, was arrested for Felony aggravated battery, felony aggravated assault, felony malicious in injury to property, and misdemeanor resisting and obstructing.
He was also cited for misdemeanor battery, misdemeanor attempted battery, and misdemeanor disturbing the peace.
He is currently booked into the Bonneville County Jail.
(This information is from an Idaho Falls Police Department press release. The original author is Public Information Officer Jessica Clements)
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