GOP congressional hopeful Raul Labrador has launched a new TV ad, with the help of funding from the Idaho Republican Party, painting Congressman Walt Minnick as a tax-raiser. The one vote cited in the ad: Minnick voted in favor of HR 4154, which the ad…
The Idaho Prosperity Fund, operated by IACI, the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, has filed another independent expenditure report showing that it made a $24,275 independent expenditure today against Keith Allred, all paid to ORRA SGS of Orlando, Fla. for printing, postage and advertising…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on Gov. Butch Otter's latest campaign ad, which touts the Opportunity Scholarship Fund that Otter helped establish, but doesn't mention that no new students have been able to apply for the scholarship for the past two…
The Idaho Democratic Party has filed an independent expenditure report showing that it spent $50,000 on polling yesterday on behalf of Keith Allred, the Democratic candidate for governor. Coincidentally, that was a day before the independent Idaho Newspapers Poll came out today, showing GOP Gov.…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's latest campaign ad touts the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, which he pushed for and helped establish to provide needs-based scholarships for Idaho college students, an area that's long been sorely lacking in the state. However, not mentioned in the ad is the…
Gov. Butch Otter has appointed Michelle Stennett to the Idaho Senate seat vacated by her husband Clint's recent death; Stennett had been filling in for her husband as he battled brain cancer, and is now running for the seat in her own right. Otter said…
AP reporter John Miller takes a look today at how Mormonism and politics have merged in two western campaigns, Idaho's gubernatorial race and Nevada's Senate race, and the glimpses it provides into scrutiny Mitt Romney could face in a 2012 run for president. "Americans like…
Here's a link to today's New York Times story by reporter William Yardley on Idaho's 1st CD race, which notes that "racial overtones have developed here, echoing other campaigns where immigration is an issue," including Nevada's Harry Reid-Sharron Angle race. “Idahoans are not bigoted, but…
At least one Idaho TV station, KTVB-TV in Boise, has decided to pull the SuperPAC for America ad against Walt Minnick that contains a false claim. "It is a non-candidate sponsored commercial, and we just reviewed the facts," said Doug Armstrong, KTVB general manager. "It…
RJ Laukitis, executive director of SuperPAC for America, just responded to Eye on Boise's inquiry about its anti-Minnick ad in Idaho, which falsely claims Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick voted in favor of the stimulus bill when he was one of just 11 House Democrats who…
Here's an interesting tidbit about SuperPAC for America, the national group headed by Dick Morris that's running a false ad in Idaho targeting Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick: Opensecrets.org reported yesterday that the group was the single top outside spender in the nation that day, spending…
Congressman Walt Minnick's re-election campaign is calling a new anti-Minnick ad from a national group headed by GOP strategist Dick Morris "outrageous" for falsely claiming Minnick voted in favor of the stimulus bill. "What's outrageous is the actual vote they cite says he voted no,"…
A new independent ad against Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick that's airing in Idaho makes a false claim that Minnick voted in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal stimulus bill, when Minnick actually was one of 11 Democrats who voted against the…
There's a new Idaho Newspapers Poll out this morning, and it shows that the 1st District congressional race has narrowed to a dead heat - freshman Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick has 44 percent to GOP challenger Raul Labrador's 41 percent, which is within the poll's…
Today's Coeur d'Alene Press reports that the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will vote tonight on whether to remove their state committeeman for denouncing Rep. Phil Hart over his tax and legal troubles. "This vote is important, because it's going to identify what the local…
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