Elections
Elaine King on the 2012 Republican Convention
2012 Idaho Republican Convention
The Idaho GOP Convention, held at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls this weekend, (June 21-23) was the best attended State Convention in recent history. At the convention, 24 of Idaho’s 44 counties including, Madison, Jefferson, Fremont and Bonneville received a “5-Star Award” plaque presented to each chairman by U.S. Senator Jim Risch. One of the five criteria needed to earn the award was to fill every precinct with an elected committee leader. Not only did Madison County fill every precinct, but it was the first time ever the county had more than one individual running for the same precinct leader position. Madison County Chair, Elaine King, attributes that success in part to the increase in interest in politics following Idaho’s first Republican Presidential Caucus. “After the caucus, several people approached me about getting more involved in the party.”
“Increased attendance at this year’s state convention mirrored other great Republican turnouts in Madison County,” she added. “At the GOP Primary in May, 63.7% of registered Republicans in Madison County came out to vote. And for the first time, during our county’s reorganizational meeting last month, we had to hold elections to determine who would be Madison’s nine voting delegates to the State Convention in Twin Falls.”
At the Twin Falls GOP State Convention newly elected state officers included an Eastern Idahoan woman, Cindy Siddoway, from Jefferson County, as the state’s GOP National Committeewoman. Other elected officers included State GOP President, Barry Peterson, and incumbents Mike Matthews and Todd Hatfield as 1st and 2nd Vice Chair.
The State Convention also nominated and approved the 32 delegates and 32 alternates who will attend the National GOP Convention in Tampa, Florida in August. A new platform plank was presented and approved along with two rule changes and several resolutions.
(For more details of the new platform, rules, and resolutions please contact me)
Elaine K King
MCR Chair
356-4419
May 15 Madison County, Idaho Election Results
STATE:
United States Representative – 2nd District: Mike Simpson
Supreme Court Justice: Dan Eismann
Appellate Court Judge: David Gratton
Appellate Court Judge: John M. Melanson
State Senate: Brent Hill
State Representative A: Douglas A. Hancey Jr.
State Representative B: Dell Raybould
REGION VII:
Region VII Chair: Marsha Bjorn
Region VII 1st Vice Chair: Richard Larsen
Region VII 2nd Vice Chair: Coleen Erickson
Region VII 3rd Vice Chair: Marc Hallacker
Region VII Secretary: Shirley Larsen
MADISON COUNTY OFFICERS:
Chair: Elaine K. King
Vice Chair: Stephen McGary
Secretary: Caleb Egbert
Treasurer: Jericho Cline
State Committeeman: Ron Nate
State Committeewoman: Carma Sutherland
State Youth Committeeman: Marc Hallacker
Legislative District Chair: Stan Clark
MADISON COUNTY PRECINCT LEADERS:
- Susan Brown
- Dan Roberts
- Douglas Smith
- Burley Johnson
- Gwen Lee
- Jeff Carter
- Vanessa Baldwin
- Boyd L. Cardon
- Marsha Bjorn
- Jericho Cline
- Doug Ricks
- John C Faust
- Kara Robinson
- Doris E. Mendoza
- F. Martell Grover
- Tyler McNiven
- Michelle Parkinson
- Brittney King
- Paul Bowen
Party Up or Party Down?
In this article, Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D. discusses the trends of Madison County and state primary elections.
Madison County Candidates 2012
MADISON COUNTY SAMPLE BALLOT May, 15 2012
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Candidates for United States Offices:
Representative in Congress for second district:
Mike Simpson
M.C. “Chick” Heileson
Candidates for Legislative District Offices
For Legislative District 34
State Senator
Brent Hill
For Legislative District 34
State Representative Postion A
Bill Hunter
Harold R Jones
Douglas A Hancey Jr.
For Legislative District 34
State Representative Postion B
Dan Roberts
John K Baird
Dell Raybould
NONPARTISAN
Justice of the Supreme Court
Dan Eismann
Justice of the Court of Appeals
David Gratton
Justice of the Court of Appeals
John M Melanson
County Commissioner Distrist 1
MATT GARNER (R)
375 E. Palomino Dr
Sugar City, ID 83448
208-356-8276
KIMBER RICKS (R)
1807 N. 3000 E.
Sugar City, ID 83448
208-356-8824
County Commissioner District 3
BOB JONES (R)
1295 S. 5th W.
Rexburg, ID 83440
208-356-0255
TODD LEO SMITH (R)
850 W. 5000 S.
Rexburg, ID 83440
208-356-5015
County Sheriff
MARK ANDREW (R)
1361 Twin Butte Rd
Menan, ID 83434
208-201-1144
ROY C. KLINGLER (R)
664 Dell Dr
Rexburg, ID 83440
208-356-5572
County Prosecutor
SID D. BROWN (R)
351 E 3rd S.
Rexburg, ID 83440
208-356-0445
ROBERT H. WOOD
258 Harvard Ave
Rexburg, ID 83440
208-356-4711
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Precinct Committeemen Republicans
Plano 01:
Arlene Anderson
Susan G. Brown
Burton 02:
Dan Roberts
Eva Roddick
Hibbard 03:
Douglas Smith
Salem 04:
Burley Johnson
Fairgrounds 05:
Moroni Burton
Jacob Johnson
Gwen J. Lee
Sugar 06:
Jeff Carter
Adams 07:
Vanessa L. Baldwin
Pioneer West 08:
Boyd L. Cardon
Pioneer East 09:
Marsha C. Bjornn
City Center 11:
Marc T. Hallacker
Doug Ricks
4th South 12:
John C. Faust
University 13:
Kara Robinson
Brian R. Thorup
Kirk VanAllen
Rexburg Hill 14:
Doris Emilia Mendoza
Andrew Wallentine
Poleline 15:
Jordan Abrams
F. Martell Grover
Lincoln 16:
Tyler McNiven
Moody 17:
Tyrell W. Swensen
Lyman 18:
Brittney King
Archer 19:
Paul Bowen
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Madison County, Idaho Caucus Results
Boise, Idaho – The Idaho Republican Party announced its Caucus results, with Mitt Romney declared the winner of the 2012 Idaho Republican Party Presidential Caucus. By winning over 50 percent of the counties’ proportion of delegates, Mitt Romney will therefore receive all of Idaho’s 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Across the state, over 44,000 enthusiastic Idaho Republicans made history by participating in the first ever Idaho Republican Party Presidential Caucus.
“I congratulate Mitt Romney on his victory in the Idaho Republican Party’s first ever Presidential Caucus,” stated Chairman Norm Semanko. Semanko continued, “For the first time in many years, Idaho Republicans played a key role in the Republican Presidential nomination process, and we look forward to making Barack Obama a one-term President.”
The county delegate results with 100% of counties reporting are as follows:
Mitt Romney: 25
Rick Santorum: 4
Ron Paul: 3
Newt Gingrich: 0
Buddy Roemer: 0
Total Delegates: 32
Note: Due to Article VI, Section 5 of the Rules of the Idaho Republican Party pertaining to Apportionment and Selection of Delegates to the Republican National Convention, once certified, Mitt Romney will receive all of Idaho’s 32 delegates.
The Madison County Republican Party would like to thank all 100 volunteers and our county clerk and staff who came to help the night of our first caucus in Madison County. And we would like to thank all the businesses who donated prizes for our raffle and the sponsors who donated money to help defray the cost. It was a community effort!
Voter turnout was way beyond what we had expected due to weather conditions and earlier registration numbers. A surprising additional 697 people came early to register as first-time voters in Madison County and several hundred others came to join the Republican Party so they could participate in the caucus event. Almost 3,000 citizens voted and about 4,000 people were in attendance. With last minute challenges, longer than expected lines, we were pleasantly surprised with the citizens who were energized, enthusiastic, polite and patient with us! We closed the doors at 7:15 p.m. instead of 7:00 p.m. to allow as many people as possible to enter the building so they could sign in and participate.
We began our meeting just before 7:30 p.m. and the entire meeting and voting process and results were completed by 8:30 p.m. That could not have happened without the help of our 100 volunteers, our staff, central committee members and patient voters! Again, thank you! We hope your enthusiasm continues as you plan to study the candidates who are running for federal, state, county and precinct offices in the upcoming Republican Primary, May 15th. Everyone will vote at the designated polling places in their precinct districts. For more information continue to visit: www.madisonidahogop.com