State Representative, Position B, Republican Primary
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Redman (R) | 1,579 | 61.90% |
| Alan Littlejohn (R) | 972 | 38.10% |
* 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
Eric Redman
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 78
- City:
- Athol, Idaho
Education: Graduated from Palouse High School in Palouse, Wash., in 1964. Entered the Air Force and served four years during the Vietnam era, including service in Thailand, working in computer communications.
Political background: Incumbent state representative, elected in 2014. Seeking re-election to second two-year term.
Work experience: Owned Redman Resort, a marina and resort in Bayview, for four years. Owned a real estate development and construction company, E.M. Redman & Co., for 12 years, with offices in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. Worked as an insurance agent for Farm Bureau Insurance for five years, then opened Redman & Co. Insurance, operated it for 25 years, before retiring at the end of 2012 and selling the insurance business to his kids. Also serves on the boards for Christian charities Reach America and Highway Evangelism.
Family: Married. Has five grown children, 14 grandchildren
Alan Littlejohn
- Party:
- Republican
- City:
- Athol, Idaho
A retired fire captain from California, Littlejohn is a a tax-cutting, government-shrinking, anti-regulation, anti-vaccination conservative. He's running against a neighbor, Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, a Christian conservative whom Littlejohn contends isn't conservative enough. Littlejohn, like Redman, home-schooled his kids. He has been pushing, without success, to get legislation introduced to raise the required passage rate for all school levies in Idaho to a two-thirds supermajority. Littlejohn attempted to get a referendum on the Idaho ballot last year to overturn the 7-cent per gallon gas tax increase and vehicle registration fee increases that lawmakers approved in 2015 to fund road repairs; he gathered just 32 of the 47,432 signatures he needed. Littlejohn said he didn’t oppose the gas tax increase because it’s a user fee, but objected to the registration fee increase because it impacted owners of older vehicles.
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