The Idaho Capital Sun will publish responses to this candidate survey for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District on Monday. U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican who has represented Idaho’s 1st Congressional District for three terms,
Lyons moved to Idaho to retire in 2019, according to his campaign website. He has an associate degree in electrical engineering from ITT Technical Institute in Indianapolis, which happened to lose accreditation and shut down in 2016, though Lyons makes no mention of that as a motivation for running.
After months of gathering signatures, filing petitions, and navigating lawsuits, constitutional amendments that will protect or expand abortion rights will appear on the ballot in ten states in November.
Idaho state Sen. Dan Foreman, a Republican from Moscow, told a Native American candidate at a forum to go back to where she came from.
Foreman is not the only Western politician to make offensive remarks about Native Americans recently—Republican US Senate candidate Tim Sheehy admitted to doing the same, and his Democratic rival, incumbent Jon Tester, has made it a campaign issue.
An Idaho state senator is reported to have yelled at a Native American candidate, 'Go back where you came from' during a candidate forum.
Goodheart, a Democratic House candidate who is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, said that she thought racism and discrimination were real problems in Idaho.
Republican Dan Foreman cursed and lashed out at a candidate, and left the forum early, according to accounts of those in attendance.
Constituents allege the home at Hart's address has been under construction for several years and they have reason to believe Hart is not residing at the location.
KENDRICK, Idaho — An Idaho state senator angrily told a Native candidate to "go back where you came from" during a bipartisan candidate forum this week after an audience member raised questions about discrimination in the state.
The outburst occurred as the candidate, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, was addressing discrimination in the state