Political payback? One wealthy donor may have influenced GOP primary defeats
Republican Sens. Jeff Agenbroad of Nampa, Carl Crabtree of Grangeville and Jim Woodward of Sagle said their votes to hold a charter school bill in committee earlier this year prompted a Boise businessman to make a series of individual and business donations to their primary opponents as an act of political retribution.
(Photos courtesy of the Idaho Legislature)
When three Idaho senators spoke out against a charter school bill earlier this year, it sparked what they say was an aggressive effort to unseat them that was partly driven by one wealthy businessman who is the subject of a recent campaign finance complaint.
The complaint, filed on Aug...
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