Candidate Questionnaire: 2024 Primary Election
Compiled by Zach Hagadone and Ben Olson
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested races to ask questions about how they would represent …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone and Ben Olson
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested races to ask questions about how they would represent …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested races to ask questions about how they would represent …
By Hale Gates
Reader Contributor
Volunteers for Idahoans for Open Primaries held an event for local volunteers at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library over the weekend …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Tuesday, May 21 primary will feature a crowded field of candidates, after the filing period to run for office closed March 15 and revealed …
By Russell Mann
Reader Contributor
Idaho’s Republican presidential caucus revealed a disturbing reality: Over 93% of Republican voters in Idaho found themselves shut out, opting out or ill-informed about the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Though a number of candidates have already announced their intention to run for Dist. 1 legislative and local offices, the official filing period for the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Idaho Republican Party held its 2024 presidential caucus March 2, with former-President Donald Trump handily winning the state’s 32 delegates to the Republican National …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Despite the deceptively ordinary agenda, the bulk of the Bonner County board of commissioners regular business meeting on Feb. 27 was devoted to arguing about …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The slate of Republican candidates for the 2024 election is getting longer with the recent announcement that Clark Fork resident Dimitry Borisov intends to seek …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idaho’s Legislative District 1 has two new challengers, with Democrats Karen Matthee and Kathryn Larson joining the race for Seats A and B, respectively.
Rep. …
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