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Lori Hickman for Attorney General
I’m running for Idaho Attorney General because this is one of the most important contests on Idaho’s ballot this election cycle. Idahoans deserve an Attorney General who does the job with professionalism, integrity, and respect for the rule of law. With your help, I will be that Attorney General.
We’re closing in on $100,000 raised. Why does $100,000 matter? Because in a state like Idaho, it sends an unmistakable signal — to voters, to the press, to every political observer watching this race — that this campaign is real, it is viable, and it is a fight we can win.
Not in a position to donate right now? Over the next six months, we’ll be recruiting volunteers in every corner of Idaho, building grassroots support statewide, and making our case that Idaho deserves an Attorney General who will focus on the facts and the law and leave politics at the door.
If you want to be a part of that — we’d love to have you. This is a statewide race worth running. I believe it. I hope you do too.
If you’ve been waiting for a reason to get involved in this race, this is it. You can donate and/or volunteer here: Lori for Idaho
Todd Achilles for US Senate
A new statewide poll is out, and it tells us something I've believed since the day we started: when Idahoans hear what this campaign is about, they're with us.
On Tuesday, the Bullfinch Group released a survey of Idaho voters. The headline is simple: only 30% of respondents think Risch is doing a good job in the Senate. After 18 years in Washington, and decades in Idaho politics before that, fewer than one in three Idahoans can say he's earned another term. That's what happens when an elected official stops listening to the people he works for.
Here's where the opportunity sits. Right now, before most voters know who I am, Risch leads the initial three-way matchup, which is exactly what you'd expect for someone who's been on Idaho ballots for five decades. But if you look a little bit closer, more than a quarter of voters, 26%, are still undecided and up for grabs. I already outpace Democrat David Roth, who sits at 15% in his third federal campaign to my first. This is a two-way race for the seat. And head-to-head against Risch, before anyone has told voters a thing about me, I'm already within four points, 40% to 36%. Idahoans are ready for an alternative. We just have to make sure they meet one.
Then comes the part that should make every one of us hopeful. The poll told respondents the basics about both of us, our backgrounds, where we stand, and with that context the race flips. I take an 11-point lead in the three-way, 39% to 28%, with Roth at 9%. Head-to-head against Risch, that lead grows to 20 points, 51% to 31%! When voters have the full picture, they choose us, and it isn't close.
What Idahoans told us they care about: 47% of Idahoans say their personal finances have gotten worse over the past year. Government accountability ranked second, with one in five Idahoans naming corruption, government overreach, or a lack of checks and balances as a top concern. They're asking for change, and they're right to.
There was one more thing voters were clear about. 75% said they want a senator willing to work with both sides, and just 13% saw that as a bad thing. That's exactly the case for an independent. When neither party holds an outright majority, both sides have to come to the table and work with independents to get anything done. That's how we break the two parties’ grip on Congress and how we renew Congress for the next 250 years.
Word of the poll is spreading online and getting picked up by traditional outlets too, which means more Idahoans are hearing our message without us spending a dime to reach them.
This week the Lewiston Tribune ran an opinion piece arguing that our state is turning from a flyover state into a real battleground, with a head-to-head race against Risch that would command national attention and force serious money in to prop up an 83-year-old incumbent who skips the debates and town halls his constituents deserve.
I was in New York recently with Independent Veterans of America. There are five other independent veterans running for Senate this year, all working toward the same goal: a bloc of independents big enough that Washington has to listen.
Jim Risch's single biggest source of campaign cash is from one zip code on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where he's raised around $350,000. His second biggest is in Los Angeles. I'll let you decide who a senator funded by Manhattan and LA is really working for.
You can donate and/or volunteer here: Todd Achilles
