November 12, 2026
Idaho Election Margins, Medicaid Costs & Budget Growth
Republicans still hold Idaho’s offices, but the episode’s read on this election is that every margin shrank and conservatives finished the year down seats. From there it works through the stakes: a pork report cataloging state and local waste, Medicaid expansion running past a billion dollars a year, a budget growing faster than inflation and population, a labor market reshaped by illegal immigration and...