This time around, CWI holds a non-election

Two years after a turbulent election laden with partisan overtones, the College of Western Idaho’s trustee races are a non-election.

Four trustees will run unopposed in November: Vice Chair Cherie Buckner-Webb, Jim Reames, Gary Smith and Nicole Bradshaw. No other candidates filled out paperwork to run, CWI spokesman Ashley Smith said.

Community college trustee elections are nonpartisan — and normally nondescript.

But in 2022, a slate of upstart candidates ran on what they billed as a Republican Party ticket, vowing to cut spending and property tax levies and stamp out what two candidates called “agenda-based curricula.”

A status-quo ticket — including Reames and Bradshaw — swept the elections soundly.

 

Kevin Richert

Kevin Richert

Senior reporter and blogger Kevin Richert specializes in education politics and education policy. He has more than 30 years of experience in Idaho journalism. He is a frequent guest on "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public Television and "Idaho Matters" on Boise State Public Radio. Follow Kevin on Twitter: @KevinRichert. He can be reached at [email protected]

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