Democrat Nels Mitchell to announce challenge to Idaho GOP Sen. Risch Tuesday
Political newcomer and Boise lawyer Nels Mitchell will formally announce his campaign to unseat first-term GOP Sen. Jim Risch at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Boise Depot. Mitchell “promises to give...
View ArticleNels Mitchell vows to beat ‘career politician’ Idaho Sen. Risch
Democrat Nels Mitchell blamed Republican Sen. Jim Risch for Idaho’s low-wage economy and said that after 37 years in elected office he puts perks ahead of the interests of Idaho. “I run to replace a...
View ArticleRisch on Mitchell: Stronger ties to California and New York than Idaho
Idaho GOP Sen. Jim Risch used Tuesday’s entry of Democrat Nels Mitchell into the 2014 Senate race as an opportunity to raise money and to define Mitchell as a liberal with tenuous ties to Idaho. Risch...
View ArticleMitchell assails Risch as ‘Senator No,’ says No. 1 conservative rank hurts Idaho
Idaho Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Nels Mitchell says Sen. Jim Risch’s rank as the most conservative vote in the Senate for three of his five years in office proves he’s an obstructionist and the...
View ArticleMitchell blames Risch for Idaho’s ‘race to the bottom’ on K-12 funding
Democrat Nels Mitchell says then-Gov. Jim Risch‘s 2006 law shifting hundreds of millions in school funding from local property taxes to the state general fund was a “disastrous scheme” for which he...
View ArticleRisch re-election almost a sure thing, GOP is slight favorite to control...
Idaho GOP Sen. Jim Risch is among six U.S. senators with a 99 percent likelihood of re-election, according to Nate Silver, the forecaster who precisely predicted President Obama’s Electoral College win...
View ArticleMitchell dings Risch on promise to cut entitlements; Risch rattles tin cup...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Nels Mitchell says incumbent Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch is “irresponsible” and is playing to his party’s “extreme right wing” or “really wants to destroy the...
View ArticleDemocratic congressional candidates to appear Thursday at CWI in Nampa
Former 2nd District Democratic Congressman Richard Stallings will be joined by the party’s other two major federal candidates at a College of Western Idaho forum from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in...
View ArticlePoll: Otter holds 14-point advantage; Risch up 25 points
Incumbent Gov. Butch Otter holds a 14-point lead in a poll conducted last week by Rasmussen Reports, a conservative-leaning polling company. The Republican Otter had 50 percent backing in the poll of...
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