ELECTIONS
News and insights about the candidates and issues on the ballots in 2026
In North Idaho, a local mom’s efforts to wrest school board control from MAGA conservatives ended in disappointment on Election Day. How it happened carries a message about political power
Patrons remain divided about how to handle shifting enrollment and potential consolidation.
VIDEO INSIDE of Idaho’s Secretary of State explaining what happened to 300 uncounted ballots. Four school-related elections were affected.
Election officials in Elmore County failed to count about 300 ballots, potentially affecting the outcomes in close trustee races along with a supplemental levy measure and school closure question.
Bond and levy eIections were a mixed bag. And West Ada voters sent a mixed message in a pair of highly contested trustee races.
Mountain View School District Superintendent Alica Holthaus went through a roller coaster of emotions looking at election results Tuesday night: surprise, elation, and confusion. Holthaus is overseeing the first school district deconsolidation in Idaho in nearly two decades as Mountain View prepares to split into the Grangeville and Clearwater Valley school districts next year. Clearwater […]
The ballot measures total more than $155 million. INSIDE: Find out what’s on your ballot.
Meghan Brown said her victory shows West Ada made a mistake by ordering a teacher to remove the “Everyone Is Welcome Here” poster.
Dean Dimond’s homemade signs and overreporting on spending are testing state campaign protocol.
PACs on both sides of the aisle are now involved in the West Ada trustee races.
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