Tag: election 2008
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Teton County, Idaho "Old Guard" goes down in election
Old Guard refused to deal with sprawl in a beautiful place- A clear mandate. By Ben Cannon. Planet Jackson Hole. Don’t confuse Teton County, Idaho with Teton County, WY (opposite sides of the Tetons)
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Schweitzer: Don’t Read Too Much Into GOP Legislative Victories
Since we’ve been talking about Schweitzer and his setbacks in the legislature- Schweitzer: Don’t Read Too Much Into GOP Legislative Victories. By Robert Struckman. New West. Democrats swept the elective state offices, but the Republicans have now claimed both chambers of the Montana legislature. Democrats won governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor and…
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Wyoming influence in Washington reduced as former rodeo queen beats back Democratic challenge
Lummis Beats Trauner for Wyoming Congressional Seat– By Charles Pelkey and Reese Jenniges, WyoFile.com Democrats had their best shot in 30 years at winning Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat, but Dick Cheney showed up and helped Cynthia Lummis hold the seat for the GOP (the seat was once Cheney’s) as unpopular Republican Barbara Cubin retired.…
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Rocky Barker on who will be the next Secretary of Interior?
This is the big question in the interior West- So, naturally it doesn’t get covered on TV or the debates. Barkers blog. Who is the West’s next federal landlord? Idaho Statesman. I guess I’m not an “independent observer,” but Secretary Kempthorne did a good job as Secretary of Interior only in comparison with that Secretary…
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Idaho conservation politics: Minnick and Sali disagree on climate change
Representative Sali says no human caused climate change- Democrat Walt Minnick is challenging one-term Republican U.S. Representative in Idaho’s first congressional district. Polls show the race to be close. Rocky Barker has a report this morning on a clear difference (there are many differences, but this applies to the topics commonly discussed on this forum).…