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Idaho PACs spent more than $4M

by LAURA GUIDO / Idaho Capital Sun
| June 24, 2026 1:05 AM

Idaho political action committees, or PACs, spent more than $4.2 million on May primary races this year. In a deep red state like Idaho, the Republican primaries tend to be the most competitive races. 

Most of the money generally poured into legislative primary contests between a hardline conservative candidate and a candidate considered to be a more mainstream or traditional Republican. Money from large, well-funded organizations — with sometimes difficult-to-track individual donors — went to both mainstream and hardline candidates. 

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