2024 election results
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2024 general election was historic by every measure. Former-President Donald Trump won both the popular and Electoral College vote, besting Democratic Vice President Kamala …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2024 general election was historic by every measure. Former-President Donald Trump won both the popular and Electoral College vote, besting Democratic Vice President Kamala …
By Emma Stanford
Reader Contributor
By failing to fund child care, state GOP leaders are failing Idaho families — and failing our economy. Healthy families are the backbone of a …
By Zach Hagadone
and Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
About 60 people gathered Oct. 15 at the Sandpoint High School auditorium to hear contenders for the District 1 Bonner County commissioner …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the 2024 general election around the corner, it’s important to be as informed as possible before Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Here’s a …
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
As Idahoans have done throughout the state, Bonner County residents leaned into the unprecedented mail-in-only 2020 primary election — navigating an improvised process and changing …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Candidates for contested Bonner County commissioner and District 1 Seat B representative seats faced off April 29 — albeit via video conference platform Zoom — …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the May 19 primary election looming, the Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Online have joined forces to host a virtual candidates forum on Tuesday, April …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The 2018 Idaho midterm elections offered few local and statewide surprises with one major exception: the state’s widespread embrace of Medicaid expansion.
While the initiative …
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