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Critchfield: Let’s Get to the Heart of What Matters for Student Success
(BOISE) – As this school year comes to a close, I find myself thinking less about policies or programs and more about people.
Over the past several months, I’ve had the privilege of visiting schools across Idaho. I’ve sat in classrooms and...
Primary Sources: My 2026 Idaho Primary Picks
People kept asking me the same question all week: who should I vote for? So I sat down on the eve of the May 19 primary, opened the ballot, and went race by race. The result is a special episode of Political Potatoes that runs nearly two ho...
Guilt by Coordination
On May 16, the most prolific surrogate in Idaho’s far-right amplifier network posted a video listing the 21 candidates she’s working to elect. The roster, in her own caption: Mark Fitzpatrick for governor, then David Worley, Chad Christense...
"Simple Bills Away" from being the Least-Regulated State: Cherie Vollmer's Warning to Conservative Idahoans
Cherie Vollmer named the stakes plainly on this week’s Political Potatoes podcast: “We’ve been able to go how many decades now with bragging about being the least regulated state. How close are we to not being able to brag about that? We’re...
The Price Is Wrong: Christa Hazel on the Kootenai County Machine
In November 2025, the official Kootenai County Republican Central Committee reposted a 1992 court document on Facebook and X. The committee published Christa Hazel’s Social Security number, an old driver’s license number, her date of birth,...
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Idaho faces a complex issue with extremism, and Political Potatoes stands as a beacon of rationality in turbulent times. This site demystifies intricate political issues, making 'inside baseball' politics accessible to all.
Gregory Graf created Political Potatoes, a Substack that exposes extremist networks in Idaho politics. He also created IdahoVoters.com, the state's best voter guide. His reporting is factual, detailed, and exposes propaganda that's harmful to Idaho.
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