Idaho Republican Party
The Idaho Republican Party (IDGOP) is the Idaho state affiliate of the United States Republican Party, headquartered in Boise. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling both of Idaho's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Idaho Republican Party
1860s
101 South Capitol Blvd. Suite 302, Boise, Idaho 83702
556,906[1]
Right-wing[3][4]
Factions:
Far-right[5]
History[edit]
By the time of the 1889 Constitutional Convention, the Republican Party had become a prominent Party in Idaho, and made up the majority of the representatives at the Constitutional Convention for statehood. Republicans and Democrats had equal influence in Idaho until the 1960s when the Republican Party emerged as the dominant political Party.[6] The Republican Party has held the governorship since 1995, both US Senate seats since 1981, and both US House seats since 2010.
As of 2022, Idaho has the second largest percentage of Republicans in a state legislature. Republicans control all constitutional offices in the state and maintain supermajorities in the House and Senate.
The party had been reported to have a growing faction of far-right political activists, with a concentration in Koontenai County.[5] In 2021, the Koontenai County Republican Central Committee endorsed Dave Reilly, a political activist from Pennsylvania who attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally[7] and has gained notoriety for antisemitic public statements, for candidacy in a Post Falls school board election.[8] The KCRCC has also made public statements in support of Austrian neo-nazi activist Martin Sellner[9] and the anti-communist John Birch Society.[10] Outside of Koonetai County, within the Idaho Legislature, Rep. Chad Christensen identifies himself as being a member of both the far-right militia Oath Keepers and the John Birch Society.[11]
