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Bruce Newcomb
7 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-15
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About Bruce Newcomb
Bruce Newcomb is listed on Take Back Idaho's board. Idahoans for Open Primaries' own site lists him as campaign treasurer. In a November 2024 guest column, Newcomb wrote that Proposition 1 began at a dinner conversation involving him, his wife, and Zeke and AnnMarie Johnson, after which they connected with grassroots leaders and launched Idahoans for Open Primaries in May 2023. Luke Mayville separately described Newcomb as one of the founders of the campaign. This creates a verified personnel/formation bridge between Take Back Idaho and the Proposition 1 coalition. It does not by itself establish that Take Back Idaho funded, controlled, or coordinated with Reclaim Idaho.
From the published research record Bruce Newcomb bridges Open Primaries and Take Back Idaho (2026-09-15). Recorded status: Verified personnel and campaign-formation bridge. No finding of organizational control or Reclaim/Take Back financial coordination. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.
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Together with Bruce Newcomb's Take Back Idaho/Open Primaries roles and Article IV's 2024 payments, this is relevant to the broader graph, but no direct Reclaim Idaho-to-2026-PAC transfer or coordination has been established.
A published Republicans for Open Primaries membership list identifies Cheryl Miller as a 'long-time Ada County Republican stalwart.' Take Back Idaho board member Bruce Newcomb was the treasurer of Idahoans for Open Primaries and publicly wrote that Proposition 1 originated in a dinner conversation involving himself, his wife, Zeke Johnson and AnnMarie Johnson.
Separate contemporaneous Proposition 1 records identify AnnMarie Johnson of Boise as Zeke Johnson's wife/partner in the initiative effort: reporting says Zeke and AnnMarie Johnson contributed $100,250 to Idahoans for Open Primaries, and Bruce Newcomb wrote that the Proposition 1 concept began in a dinner conversation involving himself, his wife, Zeke and AnnMarie Johnson.
Separately, Zeke and AnnMarie Johnson of Boise were six-figure Idahoans for Open Primaries donors, and Bruce Newcomb says the Proposition 1 concept originated in a dinner conversation involving himself, his wife, Zeke Johnson and AnnMarie Johnson.
was formed as an Idaho nonprofit organization on August 6, 2024 and that its publicly named directors included Bruce Newcomb, Chuck Coiner, Gary Raney, and Jennifer Ellis.
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PACs
Take Back Idaho
Stated in published researchBruce Newcomb is listed on Take Back Idaho's board.
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Idahoans for Open Primaries
Stated in published researchA published Republicans for Open Primaries membership list identifies Cheryl Miller as a 'long-time Ada County Republican stalwart.' Take Back Idaho board member Bruce Newcomb was the treasurer of Idahoans for Open Primaries and publicly wrote that Proposition 1 originated in a dinner conversation involving himself, his wife, Zeke Johnson and AnnMarie Johnson.
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People
- AnnMarie Johnson · 5 shared records
- Luke Mayville · 4 shared records
- Ann Marie Johnson · 3 shared records
- Yvonne Sandmire · 3 shared records
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Research & sources
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Connection research · 2026-09-152026 Idaho PAC network extends Way Back funding into Defend/Protect, Hometown Heroes and Idaho First
Recorded status: Verified reported/FEC-derived 2026 financial network. No direct Reclaim-to-2026-PAC connection established.
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