Big-spending former wrestling executive Linda McMahon was smacked down again in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, losing on a night when sports and politics met in the same arena.
Democratic challengers face steep climb to unseat Republican incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives, and familiar faces run for Idaho's statehouse
With election just days away, Jimmy Farris is focused on sharpening the choice for voters in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. In a debate last week, Farris tried to paint Republican incumbent Raul Labrador as a favorite of the extreme right wing of the GOP.
Democrat Jimmy Farris raised less than $10,000 over the last two months for his 1st Congressional District campaign, leaving him with a pittance to spend on his underdog bid to topple Republican U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador.
Former congressional candidate and doctor Cynthia Clinkingbeard has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a case stemming from a March incident at a Staples store.
Democratic Party Chairman Larry Grant says the agenda for the three-day event includes selecting delegates to attend the party's national convention later this summer and hammering out a platform.
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter expects Republican leaders in June at the GOP convention in Twin Falls to debate the merits of the party's new closed primary election after Tuesday's record-low turnout.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador beat Reed McCandless in the 1st Congressional District's Republican primary as Jimmy Farris led Cynthia Clinkingbeard in the Democratic primary.
The freshman Republican from Idaho's 1st Congressional District has tapped a mix of individual donors and political action committees to raise $115,000 during the first quarter of 2012.