Chuck Malloy

The stakes in this election go beyond a few legislative seats.

Craig, in 1979, was among the state senators voting for a constitutional convention to consider a budget amendment and continued promoting the issue through his congressional career.

Politically, there are reservations in the Legislature, and not just from those on the far right.

A group called Take Back Idaho has launched a campaign to provide a different sort of narrative from the IFF and those to the right.

The political drama in Bonneville County is just getting started.

Doyle Beck, who chairs the Bonneville Republican Central Committee, told the Post Register that party officials should be able to hold their elected officials accountable.

It wasn’t long ago when now-Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke was part of a House leadership team that was widely viewed as one of the most conservative in Idaho’s history. Across the rotunda, there was now-Gov. Brad Little who generally was preaching the same conservative gospel in the Senate. I worked as communication adviser with the…

Critchfield knows there will be disagreements here and there. She welcomes one-on-one visits with legislators to discuss those differences.

There are personal adjustments that lie ahead – including her and her husband, Dave, getting a second home in Boise.