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Idaho onAir

The Idaho onAir Hub supports Idahoans to become more informed about and engaged in local, state, and federal politics while facilitating more civil and positive discussions with their representatives, candidates, and fellow citizens.

  • Idaho onAir is one of 50 state governance and elections hubs that the US onAir Network is providing to help reinvigorate US democracy.  This post has short summaries of current state and federal representatives with links to their complete Hub posts.  Students curate post content from government, campaign, social media, and public websites.  Key content on the Idaho Hub is also replicated on the US onAir nations Hub at: us.onair.cc.
  • Idaho students will be forming onAir chapters in their colleges and universities to help curate Hub content.  As more students participate and more onAir chapters are started, we will expand to include more state and local content as well as increase the number of aircasts – student-led, livestreamed, online discussions with candidates, representatives, and the public.

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Brad Little – ID

Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Lt. Governor from 2009 – 2019; State Senator from 2001 – 2009

Brad Little served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019 and as an Idaho state senator from 2001 to 2009.

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Brad Little is committed to making decisions through one lens: the lens of ensuring Idaho’s children and grandchildren have the best opportunities to stay in Idaho and for the ones who have left to return.

Brad has advocated his whole life for limited government. He works to ensure the lightest possible hand of government in the lives of Idaho’s citizens, and he seeks to build the public’s confidence in State government.

A candid conversation with Idaho Gov. Brad Little

OnAir Post: Brad Little – ID

ID Legislature

The Idaho Legislature consists of the upper Idaho Senate and the lower Idaho House of Representatives. Idaho is divided into 35 legislative districts, which each elect one senator and two representatives. There are no term limits for either chamber.

The crossing of upper and lower house districts into a single constituency is found in only seven U.S. state legislatures: Idaho, Arizona, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington. Based on 2010 census data, each legislative district in the state of Idaho had approximately 44,788 residents.

Source: Wikipedia

OnAir Post: ID Legislature

Mike Crapo – ID

Current Position: US Senator since 1999
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: US Representative for ID-02 from 1993 – 1999
Other Positions:  
Ranking Member, Committee on Finance

He practiced law in his home city throughout the 1980s, while also maintaining an active role in local Republican politics. His brother Terry Crapo was majority leader in the Idaho House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972 and an influential political figure until his death from leukemia in 1982.

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A new analysis by the non-partisan @jctgov shows how few taxpayers will meaningfully benefit from the bill recently approved by the House Ways and Means Committee, and that taxpayers across all income levels will face a tax increase under the bill. Sept. 24, 2021

Senator Mike Crapo speaks with Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News

OnAir Post: Mike Crapo – ID

Jim Risch – ID

Current Position: US Senator since 2009
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Governor from 2006 – 2007; Lt. Governor from 2003 – 2009

Other Positions:  
Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

taught criminal law at Boise State University, and in 1970 was elected as Ada County prosecuting attorney. In 1974, he was elected to the Idaho Senate, where he represented the 21st legislative district from 1974 to 1988. In 1995, Governor Phil Batt appointed Risch to represent the 18th legislative district in the state Senate; he held the position until 2002.

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Jim Risch, currently serving a third term as Idaho’s 28th Senator, holds a longstanding commitment to public service and a passion for good government. Known for “pragmatic decision-making,” Risch is what his peers call a “no-nonsense, get-the-job-done leader” with more than four decades of experience in elected office. He has been recognized by the National Journal as the “Most Conservative” Senator in the United States Senate.

Full Interview: Idaho Sen. Jim Risch discusses COVID-19 vaccine, presidential election

OnAir Post: Jim Risch – ID

Idaho Votes in 2024

Federal & state elections on the ballot:  US Senator, 2 US House members, Governor, and State Senate and House members

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The Idaho Division of Elections oversees all Idaho elections.

OnAir Post: Idaho Votes in 2024

Idaho Collaborators

The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Idaho universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Idaho onAir Hub …  related to federal, state, and local elections and government.

Our first outreach will be to University of Idaho partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of University of Idaho’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.

Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.

About Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It borders the state of Montana to the east and northeast, Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canadian border with the province of British Columbia.

With a population of approximately 1.8 million and an area of 83,570 square miles (216,400 km2), Idaho is the 14th largest, the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. The state’s capital and largest city is Boise.

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