Idaho 2018 election voter guide includes candidates for governor, Congress, Ada and Canyon counties, lawmakers. Covers ballots in Southwest Idaho: Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Eagle, Garden City, Kuna.
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Incumbent Congressman Mike Simpson and challenger Aaron Swisher debated Sunday evening over 1 of Idaho’s 2 US House seats, touching on immigration, climate change and President Donald Trump.
Republican, Democratic candidates for Idaho governor and attorney general agree that a federal proposal to send nuclear waste from Washington to the Idaho National Laboratory for treatment isn’t realistic..
Early voting begins Monday, October 15, in Idaho’s Ada and Canyon counties. Voters can also visit the mobile voting truck to cast their ballot for the Nov. 6 general election.
Idaho’s small-town hospitals have their own reason to back Medicaid expansion: In some cases, it may keep their doors open. Hospitals see it as revenue lifeline; critic says they want “tax-funded subsidies.”
Regardless of what voters decide on Medicaid expansion in November 2018, the program’s fate still rests, in part, with the Idaho Legislature. Lawmakers say a funding fight is possible.
Medicaid expansion may cost Idaho $105 million over 10 years if voters enact it in November 2018. Or, it may cost more. It might keep families out of medical bankruptcy. Forecasting costs, benefits is tricky.
Republican Idaho Senate candidate David DeHaas is scheduled to be tried on a resisting arrest charge 3 weeks after the November election. DeHaas is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Maryanne Jordan.
All statewide Idaho candidates and all state political action committees file their latest campaign finance reports. Spending, donations for governor, public schools superintendent, Props 1 and 2 included.
How 2018 Idaho governor candidates Paulette Jordan and Brad Little compare on campaign finance: travel and food spending, big donors, their own personal financial disclosures.
Idaho has seen a steady decline in voter turnout. In primaries, where many races are decided, fewer than two in 10 voting-age Idahoans now cast ballots. General elections now average below 50 percent.
One major difference in Idaho’s low-key Secretary of State’s race appears to be how active Republican Lawerence Denney and Democrat Jill Humble think the office should be in pursuing voter turnout initiatives.
A longtime Republican Idaho lawmaker who lost to a political newcomer in May’s primary is among 6 candidates mounting write-in campaigns for November vote. Tom Loertscher appears most viable ahead of election.
Several states insist on using wireless voting machines to transmit election results. But watchdog groups and technologists warn that they can be hacked and cause ‘havoc’ in midterm vote.
Idaho Republican schools chief Sherri Ybarra’s major campaign event was hosted by a former principal whose teaching certificates were suspended by the state amid workplace sexual harassment allegations.
Fact check: Idaho governor candidates Brad Little, a Republican, and Paulette Jordan, a Democrat, each shared a number of facts and figures during their Oct. 2 forum on fiscal policy at The College of Idaho.
Idaho Democrat and economist Aaron Swisher, running for US House in the 2nd Congressional District, talks about income disparity, nuclear waste cleanup at INL, free trade and President Trump’s agenda.
One Republican and one Democrat for each seat speak at City Club of Boise. They introduces to themselves to an audience that includes many high school students.
One Republican and one Democrat for each seat speak at City Club of Boise. They introduces to themselves to an audience that includes many high school students.
