Democratic candidate for Idaho attorney general, Tom Arkoosh, addresses supporters at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday. Some 50 longtime Idaho Republicans, including a former governor and dozens of other past and current officeholders, endorsed Arkoosh for attorney general in November's election.
October 12, 2022
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Idaho Republicans supporting Democrat for attorney general
Dozens of past and current Idaho Republican officeholders are endorsing the Democratic candidate for attorney general in November's election. Republicans attended a news conference Tuesday at the Statehouse with Boise attorney Tom Arkoosh. Arkoosh announced his candidacy in July after former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador defeated five-term incumbent Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in the May Republican primary. Arkoosh and the Republicans supporting him say Labrador will turn the office into a partisan base to further his political ambitions. Wasden is known for a legal strategy he describes as even-handedly calling balls and strikes, frequently irking fellow Republicans in ruby red Idaho. Labrador says voters want an aggressive, conservative attorney general.