Dorothy Moon reelected as chairwoman of the Idaho Republican Party

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Published astatine 8:02 pm, June 15, 2024

Clark Corbin, Idaho Capital Sun

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COEUR D’ALENE (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon was reelected to a 2nd two-year word astatine North Idaho College during nan last time of nan 2024 Republican State Convention.

On Saturday, nan Idaho Republican Party Secretary Maria Nate announced that Moon, who lives extracurricular of Stanley, defeated challenger Mary Souza. Souza, of Coeur d’Alene, is simply a erstwhile personnel of nan Idaho Senate who announced her run for statement chairperson past week.

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The activity predetermination brought to a adjacent nan astir secretive Idaho Republican State Convention successful astatine slightest a decade. Reporters were not allowed to be immoderate committee meetings, business meetings aliases be nan convention’s wide convention connected Friday day and Saturday morning. This is simply a departure from caller Idaho GOP authorities conventions, erstwhile reporters were allowed to be and screen the wide sessions, which is wherever delegates ballot connected nan statement platform, rules and resolutions. All of those votes happened down closed doors.

A Republican charismatic led 4 reporters into nan convention’s wide convention astatine astir 1:30 p.m. Pacific clip Saturday, soon earlier Moon was nominated for a 2nd word arsenic statement chairwoman. Moon received a large opinionated ovation from galore of nan hundreds of GOP delegates, alternates and guests astatine nan wide session. Many of them chanted “Dorothy! Dorothy! Dorothy!” aft Moon delivered a short speech.

Moon won by a ballot of 376 to 228, Nate announced.

In different activity races, Nate announced that Mark Fuller of Bonneville County was elected first vice chair of nan Idaho Republican Party, defeating Wayne Hurst of Cassia County.

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Moon was first elected chairwoman of nan Idaho Republican Party successful 2022, defeating erstwhile Idaho GOP Chairman Tom Luna. Moon will proceed to lead nan statement for nan adjacent 2 years.

In an interview pinch nan Idaho Capital Sun connected Thursday, Moon described herself arsenic a hard-worker and rule-follower, which she said are 2 traits that thief her win successful starring nan party. Moon told nan Sun she useful astir 120 hours a week and has been averaging 3 hours of slumber precocious arsenic she prepared for nan GOP convention.

“People person told maine they person ne'er seen anybody activity harder successful this position, and I judge that,” Moon told nan Sun connected Thursday.

“My imagination has ever been clear – conscionable travel nan rules, grant nan platform,” Moon added. “That’s what I’ve ever espoused.”

Delegates from counties crossed Idaho voted successful nan activity races, which were conducted by written ballots, Nate said. Nate announced nan ballot astatine astir 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

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The activity predetermination was nan last point connected nan schedule for nan secretive, three-day normal that played retired down closed doors. Reporters were blocked from attending each GOP Committee meetings Thursday and Friday and blocked from attending nan convention’s wide convention connected Friday day astatine North Idaho College, a publically funded institution of higher acquisition that nan Idaho GOP rented abstraction at.

This year’s restrictions connected media entree were a departure from erstwhile Idaho Republican authorities conventions, wherever reporters were allowed to attend and cover nan wide sessions.