ELECTIONS

News and insights about the candidates and issues on the ballots in 2026

Bonneville increases levy request as savings run dry

By Kaeden Lincoln | 03/13/2026

Trustees agreed to ask voters to OK a nearly $20 million measure in the coming election.

Middleton approves supplemental levy, cancels bond plans

By Kaeden Lincoln | 03/10/2026

Trustees OK’d a $4 million supplemental levy but nixed plans for a separate facilities measure. Here’s why.

Lakeland to float plant facilities levy in May

By Emma Epperly | 03/06/2026

Trustees voted Wednesday to put a five-year, $15 million measure on the ballot.

Analysis: This year’s GOP primaries could be more unpredictable (and more important) than ever. Here’s why. 

By Kevin Richert | 03/05/2026

Familiar faces. Enticing rematches. Bad blood. Good drama. The May election will be entertaining — and consequential.

Meet Becky Sundin Mitchell, Democratic candidate for state superintendent

By Sean Dolan | 03/05/2026

She’s a relative political newcomer who’s taught only in small charter schools — and she wants Idaho’s top education job.

Ding-ding: Filing week ends with surprises, heavyweights and undercard shakeups

By Sean Dolan | 02/27/2026

INSIDE: A list of legislative and statewide candidates. Find out who’s running in your district.

Here’s who is running for U.S. Congress, and how much money they have raised

By Sean Dolan | 02/27/2026

Former state Rep. Todd Achilles has raised $217,000 to U.S Sen. Jim Risch’s $3.5 million.

Becky Sundin launches Democratic bid for Idaho superintendent

By Sean Dolan | 02/26/2026

Republican Debbie Critchfield now has a challenger.

Grangeville to run levy in May, principals step into superintendent roles

By Emma Epperly | 02/23/2026

Pulling off Idaho’s first district deconsolidation in 20 years is a heavy lift for a small-town school board. 

‘We would never recover:’ Kellogg schools face high-stakes levy redo

By Emma Epperly | 02/23/2026

Local leaders say art, PE, Marine ROTC programs and 70 jobs are on the line as they prepare to run the measure again in May.