Horse-riding and gun-owning Democrat Paulette Jordan shakes up Idaho's race for governor

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It would be lovely but seems her chances are slim at best



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Horse-riding and gun-owning Democrat Paulette Jordan shakes up Idaho's race for governor https://cnn.it/2M1PA2P

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Lots of democrats own guns and support the 2nd Amendment. They just believe there are limits to everything and agree with reasonable gun controls.




Horse-riding, gun-owning Democrat shakes up Idaho governor's race

By Kyung Lah, CNN

Updated 4:04 PM ET, Fri August 3, 2018

Boise, Idaho (CNN)Paulette Jordan gently nudges her horse into the Idaho field, her yellow riding gloves loosely holding onto the reins as the sun begins to set on the nearly triple-digit temperature summer day. The Democratic candidate for governor pauses and pats the horse's neck. "Been too long," she says, and then moves the horse into a trot.
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"I was raised by the community of Idaho. I was raised by the land," says Jordan, her voice calm as it carries her central pledge to rural voters -- to fight political cronyism and corporate corruption.

"It's my turn, my responsibility to take on this government that has sat idle and disserved the public. The citizens of Idaho deserve better. We're saying we're not here to be a part of the status quo or the establishment. That's how we in Idaho are as a people. We are fiercely independent. That needs to be driven back into our government. It needs to work for us, not against us."



Chance at history


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Paulette Jordan would be Idaho's first female governor if she pulled off an upset win in November.


The Idaho gubernatorial ticket has never seen a politician like Jordan before. At 38, she is decades younger than the GOP candidate, 64-year-old Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little. Should she win, Jordan would make history on two fronts -- the first Native American and the first woman to become Idaho's governor.

Her chances of winning in this deeply conservative, overwhelmingly white state appear slim, if not impossible. Idaho's latest voter registration numbers show Republicans outpace Democrats by a margin of more than 4 to 1. .....................

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Thanks for the thread riversedge.