Idaho Is Ready for This Woman to Be Governor

I am a woman.

As if there were any confusion about that, some folks still point it out to me, as in: Do you think Idaho is ready for a woman governor?

Well, obviously, yes, I do think that.

But in truth, mainly Idahoans are ready for a competent governor.

Idaho is tired of a Trump yes-man who flings open the gate for any herd of federal agents. They want a governor who doesn’t think a wealthy CEO is more important than any mom at her kid’s tee-ball game. They want someone who knows that someone early in their working life needs a break way before the billionaires and their lobbyists. They want their public lands, not AI data centers.

Don’t get me wrong. Even if the question of female leadership has been “asked and answered” everywhere in the world by this point, I don’t let it trouble me. I figure that folks who worry about my gender may eventually spend time pondering my more job-specific qualifications.

On this point, I am far more qualified to be governor than Brad Little ever was. I am more qualified especially when you factor in his seven bad years of experience.

And just think of those years Mr. Little spent before he was governor, pining for power, yearning for Butch Otter to get off the throne. Back then, Mr. Little showed all the initiative and courage of any old weathervane wearing a cowboy hat. I see no difference now.

As for me, I earned my way through high school and college. I started and built my own successful business. I helped lead a major organization in crisis while it was under attack from the federal government when I was a board member of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. All the while, I got my kids to school, went to work, argued court cases, managed employees, and volunteered my legal expertise to help abused kids.

I am very proud of what I bring to the office of the governor.

And as my campaign reaches more and more people, I can tell you with certainty: Idaho is ready for this woman to be governor.