ELECTIONS 2024
This is the first in a series of candidate profiles that Idaho Education News will publish leading up to the Nov. 5 general election. Our coverage is focusing on competitive races in swing districts and those that have implications for education policy.
Find out if your district has a measure on the ballot — and what it costs.
A handful of elections could make an important mark on Statehouse politics and education topics. Here are the races to watch.
Also on Tuesday, four incumbents ran unopposed and will remain as trustees.
INSIDE: Krista Hasler and Matthew Shapiro answer four questions surrounding their campaigns. Plus, links to profiles, campaign sites and voting details.
Third-party groups spent roughly $2 million in May’s Republican legislative primaries — but all the money had, at most, a hit-and-miss impact at the polls.
In an expensive GOP primary, a dozen legislative races reached the six-figure threshold, with candidates spending at least $100,000. The results were mixed. Hardliners won several races, while other candidates beat back hardline opposition.
‘Everything on the table’: How parents and neighbors ended Salmon’s decades-long school bond drought
Voters rejected 12 straight proposals for a new school. Then a group of volunteers stepped in to rebuild trust.
The immediate focus of the leadership team will be to restore peace and harmony to the central committee
The self-styled Idaho Freedom Foundation bragged that the election was “historic” and concluded that “Idaho has spoken.”