Idaho voters are casting ballots in contests for governor, the U.S. Senate and the state’s two U.S. House seats. Cook Political Report ratings favor Republican victories in all four races. Election tracking also includes Idaho Proposition 1, a ballot measure that would establish a right to reproductive freedom and abortion before fetal viability. The proposal […]
Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane on Tuesday reminded political advertisers to follow campaign-finance disclosure rules after his office received complaints involving Proposition 1 materials and text messages supporting a federal candidate. The complaints about Proposition 1, a ballot measure seeking to expand abortion access in Idaho, concerned signs, handouts and stickers opposing the measure. […]
Republican incumbent Mike Veile and Democratic candidate Walter Boyd outlined differing priorities for Idaho’s District 35 House Seat A, with both placing education and water issues among their principal concerns. Veile listed education, access to Idaho public lands and resources, and support for rural infrastructure and industries as his leading issues. He said Idaho should […]
Two Boise forums will give voters an opportunity to hear from candidates seeking seats on the Ada County Commission and the Ada County Highway District. The League of Women Voters of Idaho and the American Association of University Women are sponsoring the Ada County Commission forum, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22, from 7:15 to 8:30 […]
A mass text sent to registered Republican voters in Idaho claimed the Democratic Socialists of America endorsed Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch for re-election, but Idaho DSA chapters said they did not send the message. The text urged recipients to vote for Risch on Nov. 3 and criticized Matt Loesby and Todd Achilles. It also […]
Idaho voters will consider Proposition 1 on the November ballot, choosing whether to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban enacted in 2022 and replace it with protections for abortion access through fetal viability. The initiative would allow abortions until viability, with state regulation permitted after that point. It would exempt medical emergencies from post-viability restrictions. […]
New York-based prediction market firm Kalshi contributed $5,000 to Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s campaign on Tuesday. The financial support arrives as the state legal office continues a broader dispute with federal regulators over jurisdiction regarding gambling platforms. Kalshi has distributed $15,500 in political donations to Idaho Republicans over the last month. In addition to […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contributed $1 million to oppose Proposition 1 on Thursday, followed by a $300,000 donation from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise the next day. The combined contributions represent significant financial backing for the effort to defeat the citizens initiative, which seeks to expand abortion access and appears […]
Early in-person voting for the November 3 general election begins Tuesday in Twin Falls and Bannock counties, marking the start of the statewide early voting period. Idaho state law grants individual counties the authority to determine whether they offer early voting and when those periods commence. This decentralized approach results in staggered start dates across […]
The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered the state to revise the ballot summary language for an abortion measure headed to voters in November, siding with a pro-choice group that challenged the wording, according to blackchronicle.com. The court found the existing summary was poorly worded and directed the state to correct it before the election. The […]
The Republican Party launched a two-day midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday — the first gathering of its kind in the party’s history — with President Donald Trump scheduled to deliver keynote remarks and return Thursday for closing comments, according to postregister.com. Convention Opens With Party Optimism Joe Gruters brought down an oversized gavel to […]
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office issued an opinion last week allowing churches to spend money opposing or supporting ballot initiatives — including Proposition 1, the abortion rights measure on the November ballot — without revealing individual donor names, provided the spending comes from general church funds rather than targeted solicitations. The opinion, published August […]