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Biggest donor to ‘Idaho Freedom Action’ electioneering: Doyle Beck

Idaho Freedom Action, the 501c4 arm of the 5013c-designated Idaho Freedom Foundation, has filed its first campaign finance disclosure for electioneering communications, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public TV’s “Idaho Reports.” The biggest donor: Embattled Bonneville County GOP Chairman Doyle Beck,who gave $20,000.

Last week, Davlin notes, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden charged Beck and Chick Heileson with hiding the sources of campaign contributions after Heileson admitted he had borrowed part of a $12,000 donation from Beck.  Beck’s donation is dated May 5, after that charge was filed.

Other donors include Idaho Freedom Foundation president Wayne Hoffman, who gave $100, Coeur d’Alene Racing LP, which gave $3,500, and Diversified Equity Systems LLC, owned by former congressional candidate Bryan Smith, which gave $7,000. You can read Davlin’s full post here at her Idaho Reports blog.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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