Richard Johnson

2 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-15

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About Richard Johnson

An FCC issue-ad disclosure for Idaho First lists PO Box 334, Boise, Idaho 83701; identifies Richard Johnson as the organization contact; gives richard@idaho-first.com; and lists Richard Johnson as the sole named member of the chief executive officers/executive committee/board/other governing group field.

From Idaho First’s 2026 FCC records identify Richard Johnson as its governing contact and Targeted Platform Media as its television buyer (2026-09-15). Recorded status: PRIMARY FCC VERIFIED local governing/contact and media-buy vendor. Funding-source direction, shared-vendor coordination and upstream earmarking are NOT established. New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.

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A May 2026 FCC non-candidate issue-ad agreement for KBOI-TV identifies Idaho First at PO Box 334, Boise, ID 83701, lists Richard Johnson as the organization contact, and lists Richard Johnson as the only chief executive/officer/executive-committee/board or other governing-group member disclosed on the form.
Current 2026 Idaho First is steered by Richard Johnson and used Targeted Platform Media for Boise political advertising · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY FCC governance/media-buyer evidence plus Way Back/Hometown Heroes funding and candidate-specific spending verified. Do NOT merge with terminated 2018 Idaho First PAC absent legal continuity proof.

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Other names appearing in the same research (9)

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People

Cathie Herrick · 2 shared records

PACs

Idaho First · 2 shared records
Way Back PAC · 2 shared records
Hometown Heroes · 1 shared record
Take Back Idaho · 1 shared record
Take Back Idaho PAC · 1 shared record

Organizations

Targeted Platform Media · 2 shared records
Targeted Platform Media LLC · 2 shared records
Western Futures Fund · 1 shared record

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Research finding · 2026-09-15Idaho First’s 2026 FCC records identify Richard Johnson as its governing contact and Targeted Platform Media as its television buyer

Recorded status: PRIMARY FCC VERIFIED local governing/contact and media-buy vendor. Funding-source direction, shared-vendor coordination and upstream earmarking are NOT established.

Primary 2026 FCC political-file records identify the Idaho-side steering and media-buying structure for Idaho First. An FCC issue-ad disclosure for Idaho First lists PO Box 334, Boise, Idaho 83701; identifies Richard Johnson as the organization contact; gives richard@idaho-first.com; and lists Richard Johnson as the sole named member of the chief executive officers/executive committee/board/other governing group field. The same record identifies Targeted Platform Media LLC of Crownsville, Maryland, with Cathie Herrick as contact, as the agency requesting station time. A KTVB contract for the same Idaho First buy identifies Targeted Platform Media as agency and reports 45 spots, $14,560 gross, a $2,184 agency commission and $12,376 net. A separate KYUU order reports two spots totaling $252. These records establish a named Idaho decision/contact point and a professional media-buying vendor through which Idaho First deployed political-advertising money in 2026. They do NOT establish that Richard Johnson personally received the advertising funds, that Targeted Platform Media selected Idaho First’s political targets, or that Way Back PAC, Western Futures Fund or another upstream donor earmarked its contribution for these particular television buys.

Sources

FCC Idaho First issue-ad disclosure — 2026

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