Op-Ed: Gem State Heist – Beware the White Elephants

There is a Gem State Heist underway for the state of Idaho. Moderates/Neocons/Establishment Republicans screeched at a pitch heard all the way from the stratosphere when Dorothy Moon won the GOP chair position in 2022; their nepotism and money pedaling through the party coming to a halt. They’ve waited loudly for two years. There was writing on the wall that they were concocting a nefarious plan to try to steal back the party from the grassroots who overcame them. We saw Trent Clark writing whiney op ed after op ed. We saw Jim Jones flex his “I’m a REAL Republican” muscle, hot off the heels of running an executive race for a Democrat. We have seen social media convergence of socialists & antifa with all these Dorothy Moon denigrators, recruiting every unprincipled person from the bottom of the septic tank, to join their GOP hate army.

Alas their plan unfolds. Trent Clark and his merry band of morally deficient operatives have pledged to raise $2 million to fight for the precinct committeeman spots around the state. They make click and print signs/literature available to all who join their cause and billionaires like Franklin Vandersloot of Melaleuca opens up the ATM for them. Lobbyist now found themselves signing up at the county clerk’s office to enter local races, a quick transition from pressuring legislators to fund their multi-million-dollar corporate masters in the form of statute (I wonder if they’re getting a bonus?). Up north- Kootenai’s most vile Democrats have affiliated as Republican to enter these races. Health executives, real estate moguls, even the city Mayor joined in as an attempt to put their boots on the necks of the grassroots committee who has unwaveringly pushed back on corporate and government overreach in the county.

Luckily for the public there has been a key feature in every single candidate of the Gem State Heist Army.. the white elephant. It is printed on signs and literature all across the state. Remember who the white elephants are in your neighborhood and vote for the other guy. Or you can use my list below.

We will not be defeated by elitist funded attacks on our Conservative Party. Tell everyone you know to vote against the white elephants.

List:

Canyon- Dist 9:

1-9 Heidi Smith

2-9 Dave Taylor

3-9 Craig Sjoberg

4-9 Tony Sambosky

5-9 Darryl Ford

6-9 Beth Carico

Dist 10:

7-10 Sid Freeman

8-10 Tammy Nichols

9-10 James Taylor

10-10 Dominic Brandon

11-10 EMPTY

12-10 Dale VanBeek

13-10 Mila Wood

14-10 –

15-10 Kelli Carender

16-10 Brady Herrick

17-10 Andi Ryan

Dist 11:

18-11 Nicole Hyland

19-11 Greg Stuck

20-11 Mark Tolman

21-11 Kent Marmon

22-11 Lucas Baumbach

23-11 Lucas Cayler

24-11 John Carter

25-11 Scott Tilmant

26-11 John Jamieson

Dist 12:

27-12 Machele Hamilton

28-12 Thomas Nezley

29-12 Sharon Hollenbeck

30-12 Janelle Covington

31-12 Tyler Rogers

32-12 Lisa Thompson

33-12 Fred Illa

34-12 Lenette Jackson

35-12 Heidi Todd

Dist 13:

36-13 Vickie Kersten

37-13 Roger Hunt

38-13 Alexis Scott

39-13 Steve Tanner

40-13 Carol Moffett

41-13 Cory Chappell

42-13 Dan Gates

43-13 Kirsten Lucas

44-13 Carrie Bowers

45-13 Jason Colwell

46-13 Debbie Bartlow

Dist 23:

47-23 JoDee Arnold

48-23 David Lambert

49-23 Zach Brooks

50-23 Nathan Guy

51-23 Diane Sheirbon

Kootenai

201 Charles Bernhard* ✔

202 Kathy Clark* ✔

203 Melanie Vander Feer* ✔

204 Michael Jehnichen ✔

205 Brent Regan* ✔

206 Dave Seurynck ✔

207 Richard Meyer* ✔

208 Jamie Hass* ✔

301 James Hossack ✔

302 Steve Cochran* ✔

303 Pierce Duncan* ✔

304 Hendrik Mills* ✔

305 Mary White* ✔

306 Tonya Merritt ✔

307 Nina Beesley ✔

308 Anita Dupzyk* ✔

309 Judy Fujimoto* ✔

310 Luke Sommer* ✔

311 Valeriya Rourke* ✔

312 Greg McKenzie* ✔

313 Tamara Bateson* ✔

314 Paul Mahlow* ✔

315 Nicole Barnett* ✔

316 Justin Knowles ✔

317 Christina Beggs ✔

318 Sandy White* ✔

319 Walt Sackman ✔

320 John Howard* ✔

321 George Mitchell ✔

322 Lori Anderson* ✔

323 David M. Crane ✔

401 Kara Claridge* ✔

402 Terri Seymour* ✔

403 Virginia Williams* ✔

404 Janice Camarena* ✔

405 Barbara Hedden* ✔

406 Beverly Guenette* ✔

407 Art Macomber* ✔

408 Roger Garlock* ✔

409 Stephanie Schad ✔

410 Brian T. Smith* ✔

411 Randy Neal* ✔

412 Doug Bacon* ✔

413 Glenn Avery* ✔

414 Bjorn Handeen* ✔

415 Marjorie Desgrosseilliers* ✔

417 Elisha Toews* ✔

418 Richard Price* ✔

419 Lisa Whitehead* ✔

420 Joe Alfieri* ✔

501 Todd Pierce* ✔

502 John M Moore ✔

503 David Stoltz* ✔

504 Eric Klinkhammer ✔

505 Jason teNyenhuis ✔

506 Jeff Populus* ✔

507 Randy Westlund* ✔

508 Jill Storm* ✔

509 Will Amaya ✔

510 John Moore* ✔

511 Carla Bonney ✔

512 Marc Eberlein ✔

513 Don Eichler* ✔

514 Michael Burgess* ✔

515 Dan Eloe* ✔

516 Brycen Kempton ✔

517 Megan Rounds* ✔

518 Todd M. Banducci* ✔

519 Tony Wisniewski* ✔

520 Jeff Tyler* ✔

521 Doug Balija* ✔

522 Michelle Grossglauser* ✔

Twin Falls

◦ Buhl 1 – Kathy Thomsen – R

◦ Buhl 2 – Joan Hurlock – R

◦ Buhl 3 – Sandy Gleason – R

◦ Buhl 4 – Cory B. Santos – R

◦ Buhl 5 – Menno deRijk – R

◦ Castleford – Billee Dinges – R

◦ Deep Creek – Gregory Hill – R

◦ Filer 1 – Adrian Arp – R

◦ Filer 2 – Mike Jensen – R

◦ Filer 3 – Creighton Knight – R

◦ Hansen – Roxann Campos – R

◦ Hollister – Ryan Christopherson – R

◦ Kimberly 2 – Lisa Gauger – R

◦ Kimberly 3 – Sarah Bacon – R

◦ TF 1 – Connie M Smith – R

◦ TF 2 – Hunter Rowland – R

◦ TF 3 – Linda K Gooden – R

◦ TF 7 – Shane Klaas – R

◦ TF 8 – Josh Kohl – R

◦ TF 9 – Regina Smith – R

◦ TF 10 – Kristin Arrington – R

◦ TF 11 – Jacque Brown – R

◦ TF 12 – Oma Deon Lane – R

◦ TF 13 – Redgie Kate Bigham – R

◦ TF 14 – Leslie Wolff – R

◦ TF 15 – Paul Thompson – R

◦ TF 16 – Benjamin Bodsford – R

◦ TF 18 – Bobbi Kaye Mani – R

◦ TF 19 – S. Nathan Sherwood – R

◦ TF 20 – Billy Burleigh – R

◦ TF 21 – Jim Stevens – R

◦ TF 23 – Rebecca M Smith – R

◦ TF 24 – Linda Venable – R

◦ TF 25 – Tom Zuiderveld – R

◦ TF 26 – Gloria E. Mayoh – R

Owyhee

1 North Homedale- Mike Aebischer

2 South Homedale- Rich Curtis

3 North Marsing- Walt Holton

4 South Marsing- Greg Blodgett

5 Pleasant Valley- Tim Lowry

6 Wilson- Louis Monson

7 Murphy- Heidi Murphy

8 Oreana- Brecca Hipwell

9 Grand View- Andrea Owens

10 Bruneau- Pamela Landis

11 Riddle- Erica Beus

Ada

1001 – Wendy Everett

1004 – Art Soukup

1005 – Robert Conrad Trommler

1402 – Miguel DeLuna

1403 – Colette Costello

1404 – Dan McKnight

1412 – Phil Reynolds

1414 – Jeff Russell

1415 – Eric Petersen

1417 – Michael Chew

1503 – Jodi Miller

1510 – Christi Warhurst

1513 – Larry Grove (Official Write-In)

1515 – James Shaw

1517 – Dale Heintz

1520 – Timothy Lewis Roscoe

1602 – Claudia Cross

1603 – Steve Jackson

1604 – Chandler Stewart Hadraba

1607 – Luke ten Doeschate

1609 – Brian Wheeler

1612 – Doug Lawrence

1615 – Judy Poole

1617 – Matthew Borah

1619 – Geoffrey Surbeck

1701 – Kari McCluey

1705 – Samantha Turnbull (Official Write-In)

1706 – Judy Sargent

1707 – Wayne Barber

1708 – T. Allen Hoover

1710 – Matthew K. Jensen

1714 – Paul Lewer

1719 – Dana Rowley

1801 – Alan Lamb

1802 – Thomas R. Jensen

1805 – Jared Berryman (Official Write-In)

1812 – Travis Bretton

1813 – Lettie Kirk

1814 – Keith Daris

1815 – Nyck Adams

1816 – Sherry Pence

1818 – Dawn Retzlaff

1819 – Betty Johnson

1901 – Stephen DeGrey

1902 – Melinda Kinsman

1903 – Katy Sabala

1905 – Vicki Keen

1906 – Stephen Chrysler

1912 – Hank Harris

1913 – Mona L. Warchol

1914 – Michelle Watts

1917 – Lynn Bradescu

1918 – Darcy Horton

1921 – Armando E. Roggio, Sr.

1922 – Mary Stock

1923 – Cathleen Hurwitz

1925 – Stefanie Hruby

2001 – Cyndi Uhlenhoff

2002 – Bryan Nyhoff

2003 – Ed Spradlin

2005 – Cheryl Hurd

2008 – Laurel D. Morgan

2009 – Craig Campbell

2011 – Chris Holdaway

2013 – Timothy Paul Herode

2016 – Sam Boyd

2017 – Mike Hon

2020 – Rachelle Shay

2105 – Creg Steele

2107 – Curtis Egge

2108 – Mark T. Bryan

2111 – David McLeod

2113 – Rick Schultze

2116 – Natasha Mwiinga

2117 – Thad Butterworth

2118 – Rick Carrier

2120 – Bonnie Ruth Carter

2202 – Lisa M. Jordan

2204 – Caleb Mills

2205 – Michael Spicher

2207 – Cheri Durst

2208 – Scott Holloway

2214 – Greg Ferch

2216 – Jodie Harrington

2217 – Terry Silsby

2218 – Carlos E. Vidales

2301 – Bradley Wiersma

2302 – Mel Navarro

2303 – Stephanie Alvarez

2305 – Maricia Ladley

2307 – Bill Orton

2310 – John Sorenson

Gem County

Precinct 2 North Emmett- Leona Poen

Precinct 5 West Emmett- Adrian Marcu

Precinct 6 Emmerson- Sara Brady

Precinct 10 Brick- Carmen Tyack

Precinct 12 Sweet- Carol “Cece” Andrews

Lewiston Precincts

Precinct 2: Rose Motley

Precinct 3: Beverly Sargentini

Precinct 4: Jason Brown

Precinct 6: Kyle Harris

Precinct 8: Mike Kingsley

Precinct 9: Nolan Neal

Precinct 10: David Bjur

Precinct 12: Nick Woods

Precinct 13: Loretta Tye

Precinct 14: Daniel Crawford

Precinct 15: Nathanael Rankin

Precinct 16: Cherie Wiik

Precinct 18: Aaron Mellick

Precinct 19: Elaine Selberg

Precinct 20: Wes Lindell

Precinct 21: Gregory Lind

Precinct 22: Sharon Leach

Nez Perce County Precincts

Precinct 24 (Foothills): Bill Hobbs

Precinct 25 (Tammany): Todd Blount

Precinct 26 (Lapwai): Ron Rumbolz

Precinct 27 (Leland): Ron Calhoun

Precinct 28 (Lenore):Kim Pospychalla

Precinct 29 (Peck): James O’Connell

Precinct 30 (Gifford): Gene Butler

Precinct 31 (Culdesac): Brian Bomar

Latah County

Moscow 3: Cody Barr

Moscow 9: Marty Shaw

Moscow 16: Matt Ivins

Lewis County

Precinct # 1 Nezperce -Michelle Lyons

Precinct #2 West Kamiah- Anthony LaRue

Precinct #4 Craigmont- Tina Thomason

Precinct #5 Winchester- Barbara Summers

Precinct #6 Reubens- Debra Idso

Precinct #7 Mohler- Phil Schlader

Washington County

01 *Brian Miller

03 *Cassie Foster

04 *Lisa Collini

05 *Richard (Craig) Callahan

06 *Jay S. Chamberlin

07 *Jay Langer

08 *Terri Fry

09 *Austen R. Thomason

10 *Chris Christopherson

11 *Eric K. Brewer

Bonneville

PRECINCT 2 – NAN HANCOCK

PRECINCT 3 – NORMAN RICKS

PRECINCT 4 – SHARA ZOLLINGER

PRECINCT 6 – JAY MILLER

PRECINCT 7 – RYAN HANCOCK

PRECINCT 9 – GARY FERRIN

PRECINCT 10 – CHARLES FINANCE

PRECINCT 11 – JOHN TAYLOR

PRECINCT 12 – PAUL MASON

PRECINCT 13 – JILENE BURGER

PRECINCT 14 – ROBERT RYAN

PRECINCT 15 – TAYLOR WRIGHT

PRECINCT 16 – TIM URLING

PRECINCT 17 – KAREN HAYES

PRECINCT 18 – CRAIG ARBTIN

PRECINCT 19 – PAUL VOEGELI

PRECINCT 20 – ALLAN KLINGLER

PRECINCT 21 – DAWNA HOWARD

PRECINCT 22 – JACOB HANCOCK

PRECINCT 24 – KELLY PORTER

PRECINCT 25 – KATHY KULA

PRECINCT 27 – RUSTY DEVEREAUX

PRECINCT 28 – DAVID HAY

PRECINCT 37 – NICHOLAS CONTOS

PRECINCT 38 – LISA KELLER

PRECINCT 41 – ANTHONY TIRINO

PRECINCT 44 – DON SCHANZ

PRECINCT 45 – TRISTAN WRIGHT

PRECINCT 46 – JOSHUA GOLDEN

PRECINCT 51 – BEN BAKER

PRECINCT 52 – CHRISTOPHER COOK

PRECINCT 53 – JEFF PALMER

PRECINCT 54 – HAROLD JONES

PRECINCT 57 – ROBERT QUINN WHIPPLE

PRECINCT 58 – SEAN FINCH

PRECINCT 59 – LEIGHTON LINNING

Lemhi County

Darrin Caudill- Salmon 1

Lori Stacy- Brooklyn 3

Clinton Carter- Pahsimeroi 7

Karen Seibold- Iron Creek 6

James Whittaker- Lemhi 7

Payette

Precinct 1 Daniel Kauvaka (new candidate)

Precinct 2 Howard Rynearson

Precinct 3 Brenda Lee Telles

Precinct 4 Donna Peterson

Precinct 5 Patti Nitz

Precinct 6 Jacob Rynearson

Precinct 7 Joe Maxwell

Precinct 8 Brandon Shippy

Precinct 9 Joan Howell

Precinct 10 Josh Davis

Jefferson County

Annie-Kendra Olaveson

Clark-Danny Ferguson

Garfield-Corbet Miskin

Grant-Tim Wall

Hamer-Robert Ball

Labelle-Michael A. Metzger

Lewisville-Blake Ball

Lorenzo-Jud Miller

Menan-Danielle Andrew

Monteview-Kirt Hansen

Rigby 1-Jason Richardson

Rigby 2-Linda Gregersen

Rigby 3-Irven Hill

Rigby 4-Benjamin Davis

Rigby 5-Jodi Eldridge

Rigby 6-Angelina Gregory

Rigby 7- Christy Armbruster

Rigby 8-Dale Mortimer

Ririe-Lou Fullerton

Roberts-Steven Bell

Terreton-Kent Miskin

Fremont County

Parker- Toby Rhodehouse

Precinct 3- Spencer Oliverson

Idaho County

Scott Perrin: 03 Cottonwood 1

Patricia Menough: 05 Elk City

Jason Hollinbaugh: 11 Grangeville 2

William Mark Imus: 13 Grangeville 4

Cherylyn Kerley: 14 Grangeville 5

Norman Hansen: 22 Riggins

Butch Suor: 24 Stites

Larry Dunn: 25 Whitebird

Bannock County

LD29:

1 Sue Ann Hodge

2 Jake Stevens

3 Lori Warren

4 Jeff Underwood

5 Philip Romriell

6 Craig Yadon

9 Dustin Lane

10 Bill Osborn

11 Brian Trammel

12 Martin Simmons

13 Scott Weakly

14 Dale Diller

15 Susan Ruud

16 Kyle Ruud

17 John Crowder

18 Vanessa Hanson

19 Brody Holyoak

21 Tanya Burgoyne

22 Ashley Smith

23 Randy Pearson

25 Melissa Schrade

26 Debbie Whitecar

27 James Chasey

30 Sheri Crowder

32 Greg Cates

34 Terri Bell

35 Hernan Lawless

39 Paul Guisande

40 Pam Davies

42 Steve Contreras

43 Ray Knoff

LD28:

36 Ed Angle

37 Jenny Smith

38 Chad Horst

41 Don Stallsmith

50 Ed Foster

51 Butch Robinson

52 LaQueta Morgan

53 Robert Adling

54 Tory Bosworth

56 Janet Wright

57 Rosie Harris

58 James Cudney

59 Alan Curtis

62 Melissa Winward

63 Art da Rosa

66 Brian Parsons

71 Vern Briscoe

LD35:

80 Shawn Crockett

81 John Christensen

82 Buck Hedges

83 Kaycie Lockyer

84 Jeanie Avery

Blaine County

North Blaine County: Darcy Creech

Sun Valley: Adam Chafetz

North Ketchum: Jill Williams

South Ketchum: Juanita Young

Quigley: Maria Gerhardt

Deer Creek: Brian Opp

NW Hailey: Phil Rainey

NE Hailey: Heather Lauer

SW Hailey: Debbie O’Neill

NW Woodside: Tania Lopez

SE Woodside: Andrea Parker

Bellevue: John Casey

Carey: Sherie Taylor

Jerome County

Bishop Court: Toni McNeill

Canyonside: Cathy Roemer

Eden: Lyle Johnstone

Falls City: Phil “Spurs” Dawson

Northeast: Mike Dahmer

Northwest: Brian Smith

Rim Rock: Bella Schiffler

Lincoln County

Richfield: Carl Legg

Gooding County

Gooding Rural: JT Reed

Wendell City: Tyler Tvrdy

Wendell Rural: Gene Wisniewski

Bliss: Johnny Smith

Hagerman: Anthony Driever

Elmore County

Chattin Flats: Anthony Fullmer

Glens Ferry: Dean Cunningham

Hammett: Christy Zito

King Hill: John Walker

Mayfield: Teresa Ruth

MH 1: Ray Liercke

MH 2: Misty Pierce

MH 3: Duane Johnson

MH 4: Jace Prow

MH 5: Tim O’Connor

MH 7: Tim Standish

MH 8: Mark Rhatigan

MH 9: Patty Staats

Pine: Pat Christensen

Oneida County

precinct 1-Robyn Gamble

Precinct 2-Troy Allen

Precinct 3-Starling Smith

Precinct 4-Bryan Kerr

Precinct 6-Paul Smith

Boundary County

1 Bonners Ferry/Kootenai: Greg Lambert

2 Copeland: Mark Moseley

This Op-Ed was submitted by Lauren Walker. Op-Eds do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of those at the Idaho Dispatch.