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Idaho Republican Party | |
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Chairperson | Dorothy Moon |
Senate leader | Chuck Winder |
House leader | Mike Moyle |
Founded | 1860s |
Headquarters | 101 South Capitol Blvd. Suite 302, Boise, Idaho 83702 |
Membership (2021) | 556,906 [1] |
Ideology | Conservatism [2] Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
Political position | Right-wing [3] [4] Factions: Far-right [5] |
National affiliation | Republican Party |
Colors | Red |
Seats in the U.S. Senate | 2 / 2 |
Seats in the United States House of Representatives | 2 / 2 |
Statewide officers | 7 / 7 |
Seats in the Idaho Senate | 28 / 35 |
Seats in the Idaho House of Representatives | 59 / 70 |
Website | |
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The Idaho Republican Party (IDGOP) is the Idaho state affiliate of the United States Republican Party, headquartered in Boise. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling both of Idaho's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
By the time of the 1889 Constitutional Convention, the Republican Party had become a prominent Party in Idaho, and made up the majority of the representatives at the Constitutional Convention for statehood. Republicans and Democrats had equal influence in Idaho until the 1960s when the Republican Party emerged as the dominant political Party. [6] The Republican Party has held the governorship since 1995, both US Senate seats since 1981, and both US House seats since 2010.
As of 2022, Idaho has the second largest percentage of Republicans in a state legislature. Republicans control all constitutional offices in the state and maintain supermajorities in the House and Senate.
The party had been reported to have a growing faction of far-right political activists, with a concentration in Koontenai County. [5] In 2021, the Koontenai County Republican Central Committee endorsed Dave Reilly, a political activist from Pennsylvania who attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally [7] and has gained notoriety for antisemitic public statements, for candidacy in a Post Falls school board election. [8] The KCRCC has also made public statements in support of Austrian neo-nazi activist Martin Sellner [9] and the anti-communist John Birch Society. [10] Outside of Koonetai County, within the Idaho Legislature, Rep. Chad Christensen identifies himself as being a member of both the far-right militia Oath Keepers and the John Birch Society. [11]
The executive committee consists of a first and second vice chair, secretary, treasurer, finance chair, region chairs from each of Idaho's seven regions, and the presidents of the affiliated clubs; Young Republicans, College Republicans, and Republican Women. Members of the executive committee who are not Region Chairs are elected at the State Convention, held bi-annually. [12]
Executive Committee Members [15] | |
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Voting Members | |
Chairman | Dorothy Moon |
1st Vice Chair | Daniel Silver |
2nd Vice Chair | Mark Fuller |
National Committeeman | Bryan Smith [16] |
National Committeewoman | Cindy Siddoway |
Secretary | Maria Nate |
Treasurer | Steve Bender |
Region 1 | Bjorn Handeen |
Region 2 | Clinton Daniel |
Region 3 | Jordan Marques |
Region 4 | Mark Johnson |
Region 5 | Wayne Hurst |
Region 6 | Terrel "Ned" Tovey |
Region 7 | Doug Ricks |
Financial Chair | Vicki Keen |
Young Republicans Chair | Ryan Finnley |
IFRW President | Tracey Wasden |
College Republicans Chair | Farhana Hibbert |
Meetings of both the State Central Committee and the State Executive Committee are usually held every six months, including those held in proximity to State Conventions. [17]
The party convened in July 2022 to consider a resolution declaring that Joe Biden had not been legitimately elected president of the United States. [18]
Regions of the IDGOP are groups of Idaho Counties defined by Article III, Section 1 of the State Rules. [17]
Region | Counties |
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Region 1 | Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah, Shoshone |
Region 2 | Latah, Nez Perce, Lewis, Clearwater, Idaho |
Region 3 | Valley, Adams, Washington, Payette, Canyon, Gem, Elmore, Owyhee, Boise |
Region 4 | Ada |
Region 5 | Gooding, Jerome, Minidoka, Lincoln, Cassia, Twin Falls, Camas, Blaine |
Region 6 | Bannock, Power, Oneida, Caribou, Bear Lake, Bingham, Franklin |
Region 7 | Bonneville, Butte, Madison, Jefferson, Fremont, Clark, Custer, Lemhi, Teton |
District | Member | Photo |
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1st | Russ Fulcher | |
2nd | Mike Simpson |
Republicans currently hold 28 out of 35 seats in the Idaho Senate. [19]
Legislative District | Senator | County |
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LD-1 | Scott Herndon | Boundary/Bonner |
LD-2 | Phil Hart | Kootenai |
LD-3 | Doug Okuniewicz | Kootenai |
LD-4 | Ben Toews | Kootenai |
LD-5 | Carl Bjerke | Benewah/Latah |
LD-6 | Dan Foreman | Lewis/Nez Perce |
LD-7 | Cindy Carlson | Idaho/Clearwater/Shoshone/Bonner |
LD-8 | Geoff Schroeder | Valley/Gem/Boise/Custer/Lemhi |
LD-9 | Abby Lee | Washington/Payette/Canyon |
LD-10 | Tammy Nichols | Canyon |
LD-11 | Chris Trakel | Canyon |
LD-12 | Ben Adams | Canyon |
LD-13 | Brian Lenney | Canyon |
LD-14 | C. Scott Grow | Ada |
LD-20 | Chuck Winder | Ada |
LD-21 | Treg Bernt | Ada |
LD-22 | Lori Den Hartog | Ada |
LD-23 | Todd Lakey | Elmore/Owyhee/Twin Falls |
LD-24 | Glenneda Zuiderveld | Twin Falls |
LD-25 | Linda Wright Hartgen | Twin Falls/Jerome |
LD-27 | Kelly Anthon | Minidoka/Cassia |
LD-28 | Jim Guthrie | Power/Bannock |
LD-30 | Julie VanOrden | Bonneville |
LD-31 | Van Burtenshaw | Bingham |
LD-32 | Kevin Cook | Bear Lake/Caribou/Franklin/Oneida/Bonneville/Teton |
LD-33 | Dave Lent | Bonneville |
LD-34 | Doug Ricks | Madison/Bonneville |
LD-35 | Mark Harris | Butte/Jefferson/Fremont/Clark |
Republicans currently hold 58 out of 70 seats in the Idaho House of Representatives. [20]
Chairman | Term |
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Dorothy Moon | July 2022 [13] |
Tom Luna | June 2020 – July 2022 [13] |
Raúl Labrador | June 2019 – June 2020 |
Jennifer Locke (acting) | February 2019 – June 2019 |
Jonathan Parker | June 2017 – February 2019 |
Stephen Yates | August 2014 – June 2017 |
Vacant | June 2014 – August 2014 |
Barry Peterson | June 2012 – June 2014 |
Norm Semanko | June 2008 – June 2012 |
J. Kirk Sullivan | June 2004 – June 2008 |
John Sandy | 2002 – June 2004 |
Trent Clark | 1999–2002 |
Ron McMurray | 1996–1999 |
N. Randy Smith | 1993–1996 |
Phil Batt | 1991–1993 |
Randy Ayre | 1989–1991 |
Blake Hall | 1985–1989 |
Dennis Olsen | 1977–1985 |
Vern Ravenscroft | 1975–1977 |
Robert "Bob" Linville | 1974–1975 |
Marge Miner | 1972–1974 |
Roland Wilber | 1968–1972 |
John O. McMurray | June 1961 – 1968 |
Ray Robbins | 1958 – June 1961 |
Wallace C. Burns | 1955–1958 |
William S. Campbell | 1952–1955 |
Milton L. Horsley | 1950–1952 |
Ezra B. Hinshaw | 1948–1950 |
T.W. "Tom" Smith | 1946–1948 |
S.L. "Vern" Thorpe | 1944–1946 |
Reilly Atkinson Sr | 1942–1944 |
Thomas "Tom" Heath [21] [22] [23] | 1938–1942 |
C. A. Bottolfsen | 1936–1938 |
R.P. Perry | 1931–1936 |
R. B. Scatterday | 1930–1931 |
John McMurray | 1924–1930 |
I. H. Nash | 1922–1924 |
John Thomas | 1918–1922 |
S.D. Taylor | 1918–1918 |
Evan Evans | July 1915 [24] -1918 |
George A. Day | September 1912 [25] - July 1915 [24] |
C.L. Heitman | September 1910 [26] - September 1912 [25] |
B.F. O'Neil | September 1908 [27] - September 1910 [28] |
James H. Brady | August 1904 [29] – September 1908 [27] |
Frank R. Gooding | 1900 – August 1904 [29] |
George H. Stewart | August 1896 [30] |
J.H. Richards | August 1894–? |
Edgar Wilson | May 1892 [31] [32] - August 1894 |
William Borah | February 1892 – May 1892 |
Joe Pinkham | August 1890 [33] -February 1892 [34] |
James H. Beatty | September 1888 [35] -? |
I.W. Garrett | ?- September 1888 [35] |
Election | Gubernatorial candidate | Votes | Vote % | Result |
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1890 | ||||
1892 | William J. McConnell | 8,178 | 40.74% | Won |
1894 | William J. McConnell | 10,208 | 41.51% | Won |
1896 | David H. Budlong | 6,441 | 22.38% | Lost |
1898 | Albert B. Moss | 13,794 | 34.71% | Lost |
1900 | D. W. Standrod | 26,468 | 47.04% | Lost |
1902 | John T. Morrison | 31,874 | 52.90% | Won |
1904 | Frank R. Gooding | 41,877 | 58.74% | Won |
1906 | Frank R. Gooding | 38,386 | 52.18% | Won |
1908 | James H. Brady | 47,864 | 49.61% | Won |
1910 | James H. Brady | 39,961 | 46.38% | Lost |
1912 | John M. Haines | 35,074 | 33.24% | Won |
1914 | John M. Haines | 40,349 | 37.39% | Lost |
1916 | D. W. Davis | 63,305 | 47.07% | Lost |
1918 | D. W. Davis | 57,626 | 59.95% | Won |
1920 | D. W. Davis | 75,748 | 52.97% | Won |
1922 | Charles C. Moore | 50,538 | 39.53% | Won |
1924 | Charles C. Moore | 65,508 | 43.94% | Won |
1926 | H. C. Baldridge | 61,575 | 51.05% | Won |
1928 | H. C. Baldridge | 87,681 | 57.82% | Won |
1930 | John McMurray | 58,002 | 43.98% | Lost |
1932 | Byron Defenbach | 68,863 | 36.44% | Lost |
1934 | Frank L. Stephan | 75,659 | 44.26% | Lost |
1936 | Frank L. Stephan | 83,430 | 41.46% | Lost |
1938 | C. A. Bottolfsen | 106,268 | 57.30% | Won |
1940 | C. A. Bottolfsen | 118,117 | 49.52% | Lost |
1942 | C. A. Bottolfsen | 72,260 | 50.15% | Won |
1944 | W. H. Detweiler | 98,532 | 47.36% | Lost |
1946 | C. A. Robins | 102,233 | 56.37% | Won |
1950 | Leonard B. Jordan | 107,642 | 52.56% | Won |
1954 | Robert E. Smylie | 124,038 | 54.24% | Won |
1958 | Robert E. Smylie | 121,810 | 50.96% | Won |
1962 | Robert E. Smylie | 139,578 | 54.64% | Won |
1966 | Don Samuelson | 104,586 | 41.41% | Won |
1970 | Don Samuelson | 117,108 | 47.78% | Lost |
1974 | Jack Murphy | 68,731 | 26.47% | Lost |
1978 | Allan Larsen | 114,149 | 39.56% | Lost |
1982 | Phil Batt | 161,157 | 49.36% | Lost |
1986 | David H. Leroy | 189,794 | 49.0% | Lost |
1990 | Roger Fairchild | 101,937 | 31.79% | Lost |
1994 | Phil Batt | 216,123 | 52.29% | Won |
1998 | Dirk Kempthorne | 258,095 | 67.70% | Won |
2002 | Dirk Kempthorne | 231,566 | 56.28% | Won |
2006 | Butch Otter | 237,437 | 52.67% | Won |
2010 | Butch Otter | 267,483 | 59.11% | Won |
2014 | Butch Otter | 235,405 | 53.52% | Won |
2018 | Brad Little | 361,661 | 59.76% | Won |
2022 | Brad Little | 358,585 | 60.05% | Won |
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