Ysabel Bilbao

The Idaho Victory Fund’s relationship to Gov. Brad Little can now be documented beyond general political alignment. Current 2026 committee data list Idaho Victory Fund payments of approximately $29,704.55 to Zach Hauge, $31,084.74 to Hayden Rogers, and $52,485.96 to Bilbao & Co. The Governor’s official current staff page identifies Hauge as Chief of Staff and Rogers as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A 2023 official Governor’s Office release states Rogers returned to the office after managing Little’s 2022 reelection campaign and had also worked on Little’s first gubernatorial campaign. Bilbao & Co.’s own biography states founder Ysabel Bilbao led communications for Little’s first gubernatorial campaign; Idaho campaign filings also document Bilbao/Bilbao & Co. as a historical Little campaign payee. Idaho Victory Fund’s own current website directs press inquiries to Ysabel Bilbao. Separately, Idaho Education News reports Idaho Liberty PAC—funded almost entirely by Victory Fund—hosts a video touting Little’s accomplishments. These facts establish a substantial personnel, consultant and messaging nexus between the Victory Fund/Liberty infrastructure and Little’s campaign/governing orbit. The current aggregate payment pages do not by themselves disclose the purposes of the Hauge/Rogers payments, and the evidence does NOT establish that Little legally controls Victory Fund or Idaho Liberty, directs their independent expenditures, or coordinates candidate-specific spending with them.