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Stronger Idaho

2 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17

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About Stronger Idaho

Official Idaho Sunshine records show the terminated Stronger Idaho PAC raised $91,000 from only six donors in 2022: Idaho Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee ($25,000), Political Action Committee for Education / Idaho Education Association PAC ($25,000), Accountable Idaho ($12,000), Not Another Penny–Labor First ($10,000), Conservation Voters for Idaho Action Fund ($10,000), and Keep Ada Home ($9,000). Stronger Idaho then reported at least $59,803.75 paid to The Scrap Shop under multiple vendor-name variants between September 29 and November 5, 2022: $6,000 management/payroll plus $53,803.75 for independent-expenditure ad preparation/broadcast. The PAC also made downstream transfers to Idaho Students First, Keep Ada Home, Conservation Voters for Idaho, IDLCC, education and labor PACs. Chair and treasurer were Eleanor “Elle” Casner; 2024 reporting identifies A.K. Leinhart-Minnick as chair of Stronger Idaho, Accountable Idaho and Idaho Liberty Defense, suggesting later common governance or a name/leadership transition that should be verified from amended C-1 filings. This establi…

From the published research record Stronger Idaho pooled Democratic, education-union, labor and CVI money into Scrap Shop independent expenditures (2026-09-17). Recorded status: PRIMARY IDAHO SUNSHINE VERIFIED for 2022 donors, payments and listed chair/treasurer; 2024 common-chair reporting corroborated but amendment chronology needs direct filing verification. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.

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People

A.K. Leinhart-Minnick · 1 shared record
A.K. Lienhart-Minnick · 1 shared record
Annette Tipton · 1 shared record
Codi Galloway · 1 shared record
Dan Foreman · 1 shared record
Walt Minnick · 1 shared record

PACs

Accountable Idaho · 2 shared records
Idaho Liberty Defense · 2 shared records
Political Action Committee for Education · 1 shared record

Organizations

Conservation Voters for Idaho Action Fund · 1 shared record
Idaho Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee · 1 shared record
Idaho Education Association · 1 shared record
Idaho Students First · 1 shared record

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Connection research · 2026-09-17Former Idaho Democratic chair A.K. Lienhart-Minnick controlled three interfunded Idaho PACs

Recorded status: MULTIPLE REPORTING SOURCES BASED ON IDAHO FILINGS VERIFIED: common chair, internal $56.5K transfer, PP Idaho contribution and 2024 candidate-direction spending. Direct amended C-1 and transaction PDFs remain a worthwhile primary-record follow-up.

Arlethea “A.K.” Lienhart-Minnick is not merely a compliance name. Contemporary and historical reporting identifies her as a former chair of the Idaho Democratic Party, a longtime campaign operative, and the wife of former Democratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick. Idaho Education News reported that she chaired Stronger Idaho, Accountable Idaho and Idaho Liberty Defense in the 2024 election. The three groups collectively spent more than $55,500 supporting Democrats and opposing Republicans in swing districts, including $10,110 opposing Republican Annette Tipton, $8,888 opposing Republican Codi Galloway and $8,530 opposing Republican Sen. Dan Foreman. Separate reporting based on state campaign-finance records says Accountable Idaho transferred $56,500 to Idaho Liberty Defense, which also received $12,000 from Planned Parenthood’s Idaho PAC. This confirms common human governance plus a large internal PAC-to-PAC transfer; it is stronger than parallel ideology or a shared vendor. It also situates the previously documented Stronger Idaho → Scrap Shop operation inside a PAC cluster controlled by a former state Democratic Party chair. The names “Idaho Liberty Defense” and “Stronger Idaho” do not disclose that partisan operating history. This does not by itself establish illegality, donor earmarking, coordination with candidates, or any relationship to the unrelated  PLLC criminal-defense law firm.

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