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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sergio Olmos

Republican hopes to ride far-right rage into Idaho’s governor’s office

Lt governor Janice McGeachin announces she will run for Idaho governor in Idaho Falls, on 19 May 2021.
Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin announces she will run for Idaho governor in Idaho Falls, on 19 May 2021. Photograph: John Roark/AP

As the far right in America seeks to increase its political influence, including by seeking elected office, one figure is emerging as potentially its most powerful figure: Idaho’s lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin.

McGeachin is running for governor of the state and building a coalition including white nationalist and far-right militia backing, in what she tells her supporters is “the fight of our lives”.

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