Read ‘How the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry (IACI) is turning Idaho Blue’ here.
SELECTED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO REVIEW ALL CONTRIBUTIONS, VISIT IDAHO SUNSHINE REPORT
Idaho AGC $1,000 (12/21/23)
Idaho Bankers Assoc $1,000 (12/20/23)
Idaho Dairy Industry PAC $1,000 (12/20/23)
Clearwater Paper $1,000 (10/18/23)
Meet Glenneda Zuiderveld, Incumbent State Senator
Excerpt from Sen. Zuiderveld’s substack (www.glenneda.substack.com)
It was around mid-February when I had a conversation with a lobbyist who asked me what I had done to end up at the top of Idaho Power’s list for removal from the Senate. Later, someone in leadership mentioned that Governor Little was motivated to remove 5 senators, including myself, and that the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI) was prepared to provide $100K to all of our challengers, whether through contributions or by running ads via PACs (Political Action Committees).
The significant sums they’re investing in TV, radio, mailers, and social media ads serve as undeniable evidence that I pose a threat to their agenda. What might that agenda entail? Could it be linked to my involvement in exposing the misallocation of tax dollars, initially $10 million and now ballooned to $71 million, within Health and Welfare? Or perhaps it’s due to my disclosure of Idaho Power’s principal stockholders being BlackRock and Vanguard? Maybe it’s my persistent efforts to alert Idahoans to our increasing federal dependency and the encroachment of federal influence on our lands, farms, water, education, health, and transportation, driven by federal subsidies, grants, and ARPA funds. It could also stem from my steadfast belief that illegal immigration remains illegal, regardless of any perceived need for additional workers.
