CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
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Understanding Sandpoint’s Nov. 3 local option tax ballot question
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy GrimmReader Contributor If you’ve followed my time as mayor, you know I’ve focused on investing in Sandpoint’s infrastructure and catching up on maintenance and repairs that have been put off...
Primary candidate forums planned in Clark Fork and Sandpoint
By Reader Staff Residents of Idaho Legislative District 1 and Bonner County are invited to a trio of forums in advance of the Tuesday, May 19 primary election. First, the Farm Bureau will host...
Vote ‘yes’ for clean water: Sandpoint’s future depends on it
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor If you live in Sandpoint and want to be able to keep flushing your toilet, then vote “yes” for the wastewater treatment bond on Nov. 4. Built in the 1950s...
Sandpoint election forum recap
Council candidates field questions while mayor provides info on wastewater plant bond By Zach HagadoneReader Staff About 40 community members gathered Oct. 20 at the Sandpoint Center for an election forum featuring four candidates...
What to know about the May 21 primary
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Voting in the 2024 primary election will take place in person at the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, though early voting continues from...
Citizen input prompts reverse of BoCo polling place changes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Aug. 31 to override a previous motion that would have relocated polling places in nine area precincts. County Clerk Mike Rosedale said the reversal came...
Sandpoint mayor and LPOSD levy votes drew the most heat in 2019 local elections
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Elections officials reported a comparatively early night Nov. 5, posting preliminary results by 11:17 p.m. and turning off the lights by 11:30 p.m. — a significant improvement...
October surprise(s)
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Political reporters have long called it an “October surprise” — a piece of news coming on the verge of an election with the potential to alter its outcome. Typically...
Sandpoint, Ponderay elect new council members
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Local elections wrapped Tuesday night with wins for Sandpoint City Council candidates Shannon Williamson, Joel Aispuro and John Darling. By the time the ballots were counted Tuesday night, Williamson,...
