John Stegner, a retired Idaho Supreme Court justice with 25 years on the bench, formally launched an independent campaign for Idaho governor on Tuesday, positioning himself as an alternative to a field that already includes incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little and several other challengers. A Judicial Career Turned Campaign Stegner’s path to the courtroom began […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that children born on American soil to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country are citizens at birth, delivering a setback to Idaho’s attorney general and two dozen other Republican attorneys general who had urged the justices to restrict birthright citizenship. Background: A Day-One Executive Order […]

Maine’s Democratic Party is fracturing around its newly nominated U.S. Senate candidate after a woman accused Graham Platner of sexual assault, triggering a wave of withdrawn endorsements and calls from national party leaders for him to exit the race before a looming legal deadline. The Allegation and Platner’s Response Platner, 41, won the Democratic nomination […]

Graham Platner, who won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate just last month, is now facing a sexual assault accusation from a woman he previously dated — a development that has thrown his candidacy into uncertainty and prompted state party officials to weigh their options before a fast-approaching deadline. The Accusation The accuser, a […]

With 35 U.S. Senate seats on the ballot in November 2026, Idaho’s contest is part of a sweeping national map that will determine whether Republicans hold their majority or Democrats engineer a come-from-behind takeover of the chamber. Where the Senate Stands Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority, a figure that includes two independents who […]

Supporters of a proposed abortion-rights ballot measure turned in nearly 110,000 signatures Thursday at Idaho’s Capitol, advancing their effort to place the initiative before voters in November. The submission came after months of grassroots signature gathering, with supporters arguing they have cleared the threshold needed to qualify for the general election ballot. The initiative would […]

A medical marijuana legalization initiative is fighting to reach the November ballot in Idaho after a signature delivery arrived too late at a county clerk’s office, triggering a legal dispute that a judge ultimately resolved against the initiative’s organizers. What Happened in Minidoka County The trouble began on May 1, when a contractor working for […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is urging state residents to check their homes after releasing a list of 24 consumer products subject to federal recall for June, covering everything from children’s toys and nursery furniture to motorized off-road vehicles. The recalls were issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and span a wide range […]

Political action committees spent more than $4.2 million on Idaho’s May 2026 primary elections, with the bulk of that money flowing into legislative contests that pitted mainstream Republicans against hardline conservative challengers. The spending underscores how the intra-party battle for the direction of the Idaho GOP has become increasingly well-funded. Republican Primaries Drive PAC Activity […]

Idaho Republicans reelected Dorothy Moon to a third term as state party chair on Saturday and seated the first all-women slate of statewide officers in the party’s history.

Gov. Brad Little has outraised every other statewide candidate in Idaho heading into the November general election, pulling in more than $2 million in campaign contributions — a financial advantage that sets him apart in a five-way gubernatorial race. Little, a Republican from Emmett seeking a third term, won the May 19 Republican primary and […]

A former classroom teacher from Nampa is taking her campaign for Idaho state superintendent statewide, launching general election events last week as she prepares to challenge an incumbent who last won by nearly 30 points. Becky Sundin Mitchell, a Democrat who taught English at a Caldwell public charter school for 14 years and earned Idaho’s […]