This primary election is important for our fight against illegal immigration. I highlighted in bold the candidates that we need for Idaho to continue our fight. All of the candidates we need to stay in the fight on the federal level won the primary, such as Risch and Sali. Even Ron Paul did very well here in Idaho.


Risch, LaRocco race to succeed Craig
Jody Lawrence-Turner
Staff writer
May 28, 2008

Tuesday’s Idaho primary yielded no surprises, but the election did allow voters to start closing the book on disgraced U.S. Sen. Larry Craig.

The race to succeed the three-term Republican senator is between business consultant and former Congressman Larry LaRocco, a Democrat, and Lieutenant Gov. Jim Risch, a Republican.

Craig decided not to seek re-election last year after his airport restroom sex sting scandal in Minneapolis. He initially said he would resign, then changed his mind and said he would serve the rest of his term, insisting he still could be an effective senator despite pleading guilty to an allegation that he’d solicited gay sex.

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Craig was first elected to the Senate in 1991, so when he announced his retirement, a rush of candidates filed to fill the seat. Risch handily defeated seven GOP challengers, winning 66 percent of the vote, with 78 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday.

At a Republican Party rally Tuesday in Boise, Risch told supporters he’d work to make President Bush’s 2001 tax cuts permanent and help draft a new energy policy that sought to tap every source available to the United States.

“America desperately needs a comprehensive energy plan,â€