Editorials
Our View, the 2012 primary: Remember when elections were easy?
Call it human nature, but you never know what you had until it’s gone. So today, we mourn something that formally vanished from the Idaho political landscape Tuesday — for this year, and perhaps for good. A primary election that actually worked for voters.
Editorials
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ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
Our View, primary elections: Do your homework, then have your say
For election 2012, the rules have changed. Study up before you head to the polls.
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EDITORIALS
Our View: A careful-what-you-wish-for closed primary?
On Tuesday, Idaho Republican purists might get exactly what they wanted: an election geared to root out the GOP’s moderate and moderating elements.
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OPINION
Kevin Richert: The closed primary, and the money-go-round
Why are legislators and PACs pouring so much money into legislative races? Perhaps because they sense opportunity — and peril — in Tuesday’s closed GOP primaries.
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EDITORIALS
Our View: ‘Dr. No’ fans won’t take no for an answer
Say what you want about the Idaho GOP’s presidential caucuses. Yes, the caucuses were crowded. Ada County Republicans were expected to fight the traffic and gather at Taco Bell Arena. A cumbersome approach, but it gave the Idaho Republican Party the “event” it wanted: the...
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ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
Our View, legislative endorsements, districts 20, 21 and 22: Dees gets nod over Palmer in House race
Joe Palmer is the only second-term lawmaker who chairs a House committee. In 2011, House Speaker Lawerence Denney handpicked the Meridian Republican to chair the Transportation Committee.
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ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
Our View: legislative endorsements, districts 17-19: Rohn, Goodsell earn support in 19
Democrats struggle to find legislative candidates across much of Idaho. Boise’s historically left-leaning District 19 is an exception.
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ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
Our View: legislative endorsements, districts 14-16: Bastian best pick in a key Senate race
The open race in District 14 will help shape the tenor of the state Senate — and define the kind of representation western Ada County receives in the Legislature.
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EDITORIALS
Our View: Mailing it in: Idaho’s tax dollars at (campaign) work
Here we go again: another state Senate ethical misstep. A first-term lawmaker uses a taxpayer-funder mailer to work in some campaigning.
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KEVIN RICHERT
Kevin Richert: Where candidates stand on ultrasound bill
Patti Anne Lodge says she asked, on three occasions, for supporters to rewrite their controversial ultrasound bill. That didn’t happen.
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ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
Our View, legislative endorsements, Districts 12 and 13: Lakey is a strong pick; other races are lacking
Todd Lakey, an attorney and former Canyon County commissioner, has governing experience and a professional background that are a perfect fit for the state Senate.
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