June 18, 2026 (Cover image credit: IDGOP FB)
The Victories Behind Us, the Challenges Ahead
By: Dorothy Moon, IDGOP Chairwoman
Can you believe it’s been two years already? I told a story at the 2024 Idaho GOP State Convention in Coeur d’Alene about getting a personalized license plate with the number 2024 to remind me and everyone I drove past just how important that year was going to be.
And what a year it was!
Do you remember ranked choice voting? The Idaho GOP led a united front against that terrible idea, which was designed to forever change the way we elect candidates and was driven by millions of dollars in out-of-state money.
Do you remember that terrible day in Butler, Pennsylvania, when the world came less than an inch away from crashing down? Donald Trump was on the stage floor, having been hit by a bullet from a would-be assassin. But then, miraculously, he stood, fist in the air, urging us to “fight, fight, fight!”
Just a few days later, I led Idaho’s delegation to the RNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just up the road from a little schoolhouse where the Republican Party was born so long ago, to cast our votes for Donald J. Trump.
Then came November 5, 2024, a date that will live forever in our memories. President Trump returned to the White House in triumph, and Idaho rejected ranked choice voting by a 70–30 margin. Republicans won 90 of 105 seats in the House and Senate, setting the stage for perhaps the most conservative legislative session in living memory.
These victories happened because of you—the American people, the good citizens of Idaho—who gave of your time, talent, and treasure to defend the God-given liberties we all cherish. You donated, you knocked, you called, you shared, and you voted. Because of you, Idaho remains the greatest state in the nation.
But our work is not done. As we speak, the radical left is preparing a campaign blitz the likes of which we’ve never seen to impose radical abortion policies on our state. This ballot initiative would undo Idaho’s long tradition of protecting life—both the unborn and children at risk of irreversible transgender drugs and surgeries.
We won’t let that happen.
Idaho values life, and the Idaho GOP will lead the fight to protect it.
This week is the 2026 Idaho GOP State Convention, where Republicans from across our state will discuss rules, resolutions, platform planks, and elect officers to steward our party for the next two years.
Some of those debates will be fierce—Republicans have never shied away from standing our ground on the issues that matter. But we also know how to work together once the debating is done. We will come out of this convention united and stronger than ever, once again ready to defend our values of faith, family, and freedom.
