Sam Sandmire

Multiple documented personnel links connect the Reclaim/Votes Idaho/Idahoans United orbit to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean's political network. Yvonne 'Sam' Sandmire, who served as Reclaim Idaho's Ada County co-chair during the 2018 Medicaid campaign and later as a Reclaim Idaho Fund director, was officially appointed political treasurer for Lauren McLean for Boise in 2019; McLean's second-term campaign site continued to identify Sam Sandmire as treasurer. Luke Mayville and his wife Elena made a personal $100 contribution to McLean's 2023 campaign. Melanie Folwell served as McLean's 2023 campaign manager and directed The Scrap Shop, a campaign consultancy paid more than $100,000 by McLean's campaign; Folwell later became executive director of Idahoans United for Women and Families. Colin Nash, previously active in Reclaim's Medicaid campaign and later executive director of Votes Idaho, was appointed to Boise City Council by McLean in April 2023. Nash's 2023 council campaign treasurer was Diana Lachiondo; the FY2024 filing for Gem State Housing Alliance/Neighbors for Boise lists Lachiondo as program director. These are verified person-to-campaign and person-to-organization relationships. They do not establish that McLean controls Reclaim, , Idahoans United, or , nor that those organizations coordinate with one another.