U.S. Representative, Democratic Primary
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| James Piotrowski (D) | 4,381 | 55.18% |
| Shizandra Fox (D) | 2,305 | 29.03% |
| Staniela Nikolova (D) | 1,254 | 15.79% |
* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.
The Candidates
James Piotrowski
- Party:
- Democratic
- City:
- Boise, Idaho
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree in economics from John Carroll University in Ohio and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Work experience: An attorney with Herzfeld & Piotrowski in Boise, Piotrowski has practiced labor and employment law since 1994. Pressed a long and successful court fight on behalf of seriously disabled Idahoans whose level of care was sharply cut by the state Department of Health and Welfare in a change to Medicaid reimbursement levels. Represented labor unions in successful challenges to anti-union laws passed by the Idaho Legislature; and represented Wal-Mart employees in a successful 10-year court fight over pay.
Political experience: First run for office.
Family: Married. Has two children.
Shizandra Fox
- Party:
- Democratic
- City:
- Glen Ellen, California
A resident of Glen Ellen, Calif., Fox filed to run as a Democrat in the primary election for Idaho's 1st District congressional seat. She's not responded to requests for information from reporters. She's an advocate of herbal supplements who originally is from Indiana.
Staniela Nikolova
- Party:
- Democratic
- City:
- Moscow, Idaho
A student at the University of Idaho, Nikolova served as an Idaho Senate page during her senior year of high school. She is self-funding her campaign, and has pledged that if she is elected, $50,000 of her salary from each year she serves in Congress would be donated to scholarships for Idaho college students. She advocates gradually increasing the minimum wage, national standards for police use of force, and rehabilitation rather than prison sentences for addicts.
Complete Coverage
Labrador decries decision in Texas abortion clinic case; Piotrowski says it protects women’s health
Idaho 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador and his Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, had sharply differing reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in a Texas case, which the Washington Post called the court’s most important decision on abortion-related issues in 25 years. Labrador said…
Labrador’s Dem challenger calls him out on Trump comments
James Piotrowski, the Democrat who’s challenging Idaho GOP 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador, sent out a news release today calling on Labrador to clarify how he can support presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump after Trump’s comments about a federal judge and the judge’s Mexican…