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Idahoans for Open Primaries
40 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17
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About Idahoans for Open Primaries
Current 2026 Transparency USA aggregation for Veterans for Idaho Voters Inc. reports $78,457 total contributions and attributes $75,000 to Idahoans for Open Primaries, approximately 95.6% of reported cycle contributions. The same contributor table lists Cindy Wilson, separately documented as MWEG Idaho State Director and an Idaho Solutions board member, as a $40 individual contributor. V4IV’s current website says the organization now recruits/supports veterans to run for office and its 2026 endorsement page identifies candidates it supports in the general election. V4IV is a 501(c)(4), EIN 93-4319571; its FY2023 filing reported only $6,442 revenue, showing the scale change in later political-committee activity. This creates a post-Proposition-1 financial continuation from Idahoans for Open Primaries into a former coalition-member organization that now engages in candidate support. It does NOT establish that Reclaim Idaho supplied the $75,000, that IFO controls V4IV, or that the contribution was earmarked for any specific candidate. The $75,000 remains strong secondary transaction evi…
From the published research record Idahoans for Open Primaries is the dominant reported 2026 funder of Veterans for Idaho Voters as V4IV expands into candidate support (2026-09-15). Recorded status: Strong secondary transaction evidence from current Idaho campaign-finance aggregation plus verified V4IV public activity; primary Sunshine transaction row still pending. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.
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People
Bruce Newcomb
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.
Read record and sources →Jeremy Gruber
Stated in published researchOpen Primaries’ own research page also lists a declaration by Senior Vice President Jeremy Gruber in support of Idahoans for Open Primaries in Idaho Supreme Court litigation.
Read record and sources →Cheryl Miller
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.
Read record and sources →Other names appearing in the same research (36)
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People
- Bruce Newcomb · 6 shared records
- AnnMarie Johnson · 4 shared records
- Cindy Wilson · 4 shared records
- Ann Marie Johnson · 3 shared records
- Jennifer Ellis · 3 shared records
- Chenele Dixon · 2 shared records
- Gary Raney · 2 shared records
- Jeremy Gruber · 2 shared records
- Luke Mayville · 2 shared records
PACs
- Way Back PAC · 9 shared records
- Take Back Idaho · 5 shared records
- Defend and Protect Idaho · 4 shared records
- Unite America PAC · 4 shared records
- Hometown Heroes · 2 shared records
- Idaho First · 2 shared records
Organizations
SOURCED RECORD
Research & sources
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Connection research · 2026-09-17Targeted Platform Media bridges Proposition 1 to Hometown’s downstream PACs
Recorded status: Verified common-vendor continuity and same-day timing; dollar-level earmarking and coordination unproven
Sources
- Idaho Sunshine — Browse Expenditure Data — Payee filter 'Targeted Platform Media'; Idahoans for Open Primaries, Magic Valley Voter Action, and Idaho First transactions
- Idaho Sunshine — Browse Independent Expenditure Data — Payee filter 'Targeted Platform Media'; 32 candidate/measure allocations
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