Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo may have blown big
bucks for nothing. The incumbent senator, who has already
spent $1.5 million on his re-election campaign, will not be facing
a Democratic challenger in November. According to the
Idaho Statesman, would-be Democratic candidate
Michael Kennedy’s campaign organizer missed the filing
deadline by seconds, after the first challenger backed out of the
race at the last minute. Other Idaho Republicans can relax, too:
Democrats are running candidates in only 60 of the 105 open state
legislative seats.
In Montana, one candidate is
taking advantage of a new legislative district: Margarett
Campbell, vice president of Fort Peck Community College,
is running for the state House of Representatives in District 31.
The district, which runs along the Missouri River in the
northeastern part of the state, was created in 2000 when Montana
was redistricted according to changes in population. If elected,
Campbell, D, who is a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine
Tribe, will join seven other American Indians in the
Montana state legislature.
What do congressional
Republicans really think about the environment?
Apparently, some think the issue could turn Americans sour on
voting Republican next November. The solution, according to a memo
from the Republican Conference leadership to all Republican House
members, is to convince constituents that environmental issues have
been blown out of proportion. The memo includes information such as
“global warming is not a fact” and “Links between air quality and
asthma in children remain cloudy.”
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Race track.
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