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Don't let election 2018 make you overlook
November 7 |
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October 9, 2017 |
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| Idaho's 2018 gubernatorial
candidates to date (l-r) Dr. Tommy
Ahlquist, Raul Labrador and Brad Little. |
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There's an election coming up November 7, but
the ads you're seeing on television and in the
daily papers aren't for this year, they're for next
year's mid-term election cycle. In this year's
final election, on November 7, only residents of
the Cities of Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs
will be going to the polls in Boundary County,
but it's the most important of elections as we
vote in city officers.
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| Kenneth D.
Toline |
In Bonners Ferry, incumbent city councilman Ken
Toline, appointed by Mayor David Sims in January
to finish the term of Connie Wells, makes his
first run for office against challenger Valerie
Thompson, a BFHS and Gonzaga University graduate
and long time English teacher at Boulder Creek
Academy. Both are running for a single available
two-year term.
Incumbents Adam Arthur and Ron Smith are both
running unchallenged for two available four year
seats.
In Moyie Springs, Mayor Chad Farrens is running
unopposed for another four year term, and five
people are running for two open four year terms;
incumbent Stephen C. Economu, Aaron D. Hegge,
Geoff Hollenbeck, Douglas A. Reoch and Rosanne
Smith.
When the votes are tallied, the top two vote
getters will be sworn into office in January.
While this important election receives little
fanfare, the "big" races for state offices that
begin with the May 15, 2018, primary and
conclude with the November 6 general election,
is already generating heat.
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| Valerie
Thompson |
Nationwide, the 2018 midterm election will see
all 435 seats in the United States House of
Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the
United States Senate be up for grabs, in
addition to 39 state and territorial
governorships, including Idaho's.
Several Idaho state races are already underway.
For governor, incumbent C.L. "Butch" Otter has
already announced that he will not seek a fourth
term. As a result, Idaho First District
Congressman Raul Labrador will not seek another
term in the U.S., but will run instead to go to
the state house. The Idaho Lieutenant Governor's
seat will also be up for grabs, as incumbent
Brad Little will also run for the governor's
office and a third candidate, Dr. Tommy Ahlquist,
who visited Bonners Ferry on Saturday, is
already gaining ground in his first run for
political office.
All three Republicans will face off in the May
15, 2018, primary election.
Announcing campaigns for Little's office to date
are Idaho Senators Marv Hagedorn and Kelley
Packer, former state representative Janice
McGeachin and former Idaho Republican Chair
Stephen Yates will also all face off in the May
15 primary.
Four people are already in the running for
Labrador's Washington, D.C. office; Liberty
Republican Michael Snyder, former Idaho
Lieutenant Governor and attorney general David
Leroy, former Idaho State Senator Russ Fulcher
and Idaho State Representative Luke Malek.
Idaho Second Congressional District U.S.
Congressman Mike Simpson has yet to announce
whether he will seek reelection and no one has
yet stepped into the breech to challenge him
should he run.
In other state offices, Idaho Attorney General
Lawrence Wasden, Secretary of State Lawerence
Denney, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sherri Ybarra have all announced that they will
run for another term.
Wilder School Superintendent Jeff Dillon will
challenge Ybarra in the Republican primary.
State treasurer Ron Crane will not seek
reelection, to date Ada County Treasurer Vicky
McIntyre and business owner Tom Kealey, both
Republicans, are running.
State controller Brandon Woolf has not yet
decided on running for a second term, and no one
has yet thrown their hat in the ring.
Editor's note: NewsBf is
dedicated to providing fair and unbiased
editorial election coverage and information on
all candidates and issues that will appear on
ballots before Boundary County voters. In the
days ahead, articles on candidates who have
given us the opportunity to meet with them will
appear, and we welcome opportunities to
interview candidates or, where an interview is
impractical, to receive press packets from each
candidate and from every side of each issue or
proposition to go before voters. Call Mike
Weland (208) 295-1016, or email
mikeweland@gmail.com to learn more. We also
welcome and appreciate political advertising,
available by calling Advertising Director Myrtle
McLean at (208) 946-9533. |
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