20 questions every candidate for @IdahoGOP chair needs to answer.
1. What do you believe is the role of party chair?
2. What is your management style and experience?
3. What is your philosophy on the balance between grassroots activism and professional political operations?
4. What do you believe the state party is responsible for with regard to driving voter registration, education and turnout statewide?
5. What does a sustained, statewide Republican voter registration, education and turnout program look like to you and what kind of budget is needed?
6. What role should data, technology, and digital outreach play in the future of the Idaho Republican Party?
7. Will you hire professional staff and/or vendors to implement IDGOP voter outreach efforts?
8. What level of staffing do you believe is necessary to run a professional state party headquarters and what does that budget look like?
9. What is your experience with fundraising and how will you approach it as chair?
10. What do you think the total annual budget should be for IDGOP and how do you plan to raise those funds?
11. What metrics will you use to determine whether the state party is succeeding or failing?
12. What do you think is an acceptable turnout percentage for Republican primary elections? General elections?
13. How do you plan to communicate with Republican voters statewide outside of election season?
14. What is your plan for engaging younger voters and recruiting the next generation of Republican activists and candidates?
15. What role should the Idaho Republican Party play in candidate recruitment, candidate training, and helping Republican nominees win general elections?
16. What do you think needs to be done to counter increasing threats from progressive ballot initiatives?
17. What is your plan for defeating the abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives in the November 2024 election and how much of a budget is needed?
18. What is your plan for preventing Democrats from voting in Idaho Republican Party primary elections?
19. What is your plan for enforcing the party platform and preventing elected officials who repeatedly go against it from running as Republicans?
20. What does success look like after two years as chair, and how should delegates evaluate whether you achieved it?
The Montana Republican Party backed conservative challengers against centrist incumbents who repeatedly voted against the party platform and sided with Democrats, and succeeded in unseating several of them. Imagine that, Idaho! https://t.co/Y6VUlBL0fp
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@MacRaslan@IdahoGOP When we all rallied to elect liberty-minded leadership for IDGOP two years ago, I was voting for a team that would disrupt the establishment mentality of the state party. That unfortunately has not happened.
20 questions every candidate for @IdahoGOP chair needs to answer.
1. What do you believe is the role of party chair?
2. What is your management style and experience?
3. What is your philosophy on the balance between grassroots activism and professional political operations?
4. What do you believe the state party is responsible for with regard to driving voter registration, education and turnout statewide?
5. What does a sustained, statewide Republican voter registration, education and turnout program look like to you and what kind of budget is needed?
6. What role should data, technology, and digital outreach play in the future of the Idaho Republican Party?
7. Will you hire professional staff and/or vendors to implement IDGOP voter outreach efforts?
8. What level of staffing do you believe is necessary to run a professional state party headquarters and what does that budget look like?
9. What is your experience with fundraising and how will you approach it as chair?
10. What do you think the total annual budget should be for IDGOP and how do you plan to raise those funds?
11. What metrics will you use to determine whether the state party is succeeding or failing?
12. What do you think is an acceptable turnout percentage for Republican primary elections? General elections?
13. How do you plan to communicate with Republican voters statewide outside of election season?
14. What is your plan for engaging younger voters and recruiting the next generation of Republican activists and candidates?
15. What role should the Idaho Republican Party play in candidate recruitment, candidate training, and helping Republican nominees win general elections?
16. What do you think needs to be done to counter increasing threats from progressive ballot initiatives?
17. What is your plan for defeating the abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives in the November 2024 election and how much of a budget is needed?
18. What is your plan for preventing Democrats from voting in Idaho Republican Party primary elections?
19. What is your plan for enforcing the party platform and preventing elected officials who repeatedly go against it from running as Republicans?
20. What does success look like after two years as chair, and how should delegates evaluate whether you achieved it?
20 questions every candidate for @IdahoGOP chair needs to answer.
1. What do you believe is the role of party chair?
2. What is your management style and experience?
3. What is your philosophy on the balance between grassroots activism and professional political operations?
4. What do you believe the state party is responsible for with regard to driving voter registration, education and turnout statewide?
5. What does a sustained, statewide Republican voter registration, education and turnout program look like to you and what kind of budget is needed?
6. What role should data, technology, and digital outreach play in the future of the Idaho Republican Party?
7. Will you hire professional staff and/or vendors to implement IDGOP voter outreach efforts?
8. What level of staffing do you believe is necessary to run a professional state party headquarters and what does that budget look like?
9. What is your experience with fundraising and how will you approach it as chair?
10. What do you think the total annual budget should be for IDGOP and how do you plan to raise those funds?
11. What metrics will you use to determine whether the state party is succeeding or failing?
12. What do you think is an acceptable turnout percentage for Republican primary elections? General elections?
13. How do you plan to communicate with Republican voters statewide outside of election season?
14. What is your plan for engaging younger voters and recruiting the next generation of Republican activists and candidates?
15. What role should the Idaho Republican Party play in candidate recruitment, candidate training, and helping Republican nominees win general elections?
16. What do you think needs to be done to counter increasing threats from progressive ballot initiatives?
17. What is your plan for defeating the abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives in the November 2024 election and how much of a budget is needed?
18. What is your plan for preventing Democrats from voting in Idaho Republican Party primary elections?
19. What is your plan for enforcing the party platform and preventing elected officials who repeatedly go against it from running as Republicans?
20. What does success look like after two years as chair, and how should delegates evaluate whether you achieved it?
Did You Know: Minnesota is the third state this year to protect home addresses from exposure in campaign donation records, following West Virginia and Utah.
The Constitution protects every American’s right to speech and association. So why do politicians think they can censor “out-of-state” organizations? https://t.co/XewigHN9pg
Setting aside the harms to free speech, donor privacy, and civic engagement, campaign finance laws don’t even succeed on their own terms. You could hardly name a tougher regulatory environment for this stuff than California, yet here we are.
To my fellow Angelenos who want change, and are considering voting for Nithya Raman, I can assure you, she is not fit for the job, and she has no path to victory. A vote for Nithya is a vote for Karen Bass. I am ready to earn your vote and make LA feel safe for all.
Marty’s complaint: not enough Democrats gamed the Republican closed primaries.
Democrats flagrantly gaming the Republican primary to select candidates favorable to their goals and objectives is a growing concern. Democrats should not be choosing the GOP’s nominees.
The Legislative District 26 Republican Central Committee will have strong conservative leadership for another two years. Brian Smith will serve as chair, Lyle Johnstone as Vice Chair, and I’m stepping into the Secretary role.
The Blaine County Republican Central Committee held our reorg meeting tonight, and I’m excited to be stepping into the role of State Committeewoman as Adam Chafetz steps into the Chair position. I look forward to focusing more of my time over the next two years on voter outreach and candidate development efforts, and will be 100% focused on electing Bryan Hyde and Lyle Johnstone to the legislature in November. Next stop: Serving as a delegate at the IDGOP state convention in 3 weeks. Onward!
The Blaine County Republican Central Committee held its biannual reorganization meeting on Thursday, May 28 and elected new officers to serve for the 2026–2028 term.
Chair: Adam Chafetz Vice Chair: Rick Olson Secretary: Brian Opp Treasurer: Andrea Parker State Committeeman: Eric Parker State Committeewoman: Heather Lauer State Youth Committeeman: Dylan Guisasola-Casey
Looking ahead, our focus now turns to the November general election. We will be working hard to elect Republican candidates at all levels of government and support candidates who will bring conservative leadership to Idaho.