Stephanie Mickelsen

11 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-18

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Stephanie Mickelsen and Erin Bingham | CR10772069426258771969 | eV4D7GLnQPg | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K Ben Fuhriman | CR02011723726093025281 | 3qn6xagRZ7A | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 200K–225K Jim Guthrie and Rick Cheatum | CR06496746005000617985 | JAWZxcHA4as | May 11–19 | $2,500–3,000 | 150K–175K Mike Veile | CR15334215848785084417 | CIkVfebjK9Y | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K Blanksma's original YouTube watch page independently shows May 10, 2026 upload, 30-second duration, Unlisted, no description.

From Ten Public Safety First videos mapped to Google creative IDs, spending ranges and candidate-specific flights (2026-09-18). Recorded status: Primary creative identity and platform-reported delivery verified; production vendor, bank payer and KREM ad-ID linkage unproven New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.

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Sunnybrook’s disclosed campaign clients included Stephanie Mickelsen, Rodney Furniss, Jack Nelsen, Gregory Lanting, Chenele Dixon, Treg Bernt, Julie Yamamoto, Mark Sauter and Jim Woodward; Hometown Heroes later reported independent expenditures supporting those candidates.
Hometown Heroes spent $66,874.40 supporting eight former Sunnybrook campaign clients · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: PRIMARY VERIFIED transaction overlap from Idaho Sunshine; Herway’s control/founder roles first-party verified. Candidate-PAC coordination or quid pro quo not established.

The disclosed clients include Brad Little, Chenele Dixon, Jim Woodward, Julie Yamamoto, Jeff Agenbroad, Jack Nelsen, Stephanie Mickelsen, Gregory Lanting, Mark Sauter, Treg Bernt, Lori Bishop, Rodney Furniss, Joshua Wheeler, Jerald Raymond, Van Burtenshaw, Michael Pohanka and others, plus North Idaho Republicans PAC, Citizens for CdA Public Schools, and Citizens to Elect Qualified & Experienced Candidates.
Lara Herway’s Sunnybrook Strategies had a broad paid Idaho campaign footprint before Hometown Heroes · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: PRIMARY VERIFIED payments and archive aggregate from Idaho Sunshine; founder/governance roles verified by first-party biography and current Sunshine profile. No campaign-to-PAC coordination established.

Stephanie Mickelsen, James Lamborn vs.
Competing outside-funded PACs sorted 2026 Republican primaries along the HB 93 school-choice fault line · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: STRONG CROSS-NETWORK POLICY SORTING: independent-expenditure records and contemporaneous reporting document opposite PAC support on the same HB93 fault line. No common coordination or motive is inferred.

Idaho Dairymen's Association publicly opposed E-Verify legislation absent major changes/guest-worker reform and its Spring 2026 PAC materials endorsed a slate that included Ben Fuhriman, Rick Cheatum, Dan Garner, Lori McCann, Stephanie Mickelsen, Rod Furniss and Jim Guthrie.
Dairy PAC endorsements overlap with multiple Republican votes against 2026 E-Verify bill, but the pattern is not uniform · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: ISSUE-LEVEL PATTERN VERIFIED WITH COUNTEREVIDENCE: several IDI-PAC endorsees voted against E-Verify, while Furniss/Guthrie voted for it. Control or single-issue endorsement motive is not established.

Stephanie Mickelsen is a useful issue-specific counterexample to any attempt to classify the entire Defend/Dairy-supported candidate cluster as uniformly favoring concentrated business interests.
Mickelsen provides counterevidence: network-supported candidate enacted data-center ratepayer protections · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: COUNTEREVIDENCE UPGRADED: Mickelsen was network-supported and HB911 ratepayer protections became law. This cuts against broad candidate-level motive/interest generalizations.

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Ben Fuhriman · 6 shared records
Rod Furniss · 6 shared records
Jim Guthrie · 5 shared records
Lori McCann · 5 shared records
Rick Cheatum · 5 shared records
Jack Nelsen · 4 shared records
Brad Little · 3 shared records
Chenele Dixon · 3 shared records
Gregory Lanting · 3 shared records
Jim Woodward · 3 shared records
Lara Herway · 3 shared records
Mark Sauter · 3 shared records
Megan Blanksma · 3 shared records
Mike Veile · 3 shared records
Dan Garner

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Research finding · 2026-09-18Ten Public Safety First videos mapped to Google creative IDs, spending ranges and candidate-specific flights

Recorded status: Primary creative identity and platform-reported delivery verified; production vendor, bank payer and KREM ad-ID linkage unproven

Ten Google political-ad records resolve through visible embedded players to Public Safety First videos on Defend and Protect Idaho's YouTube channel. This records platform titles, identifiers, flights, spending ranges and times shown, not independent validation of campaign claims or a production-cost ledger. Each row is one Google creative, irrespective of displayed format variations. Dates below are 2026.

Candidate/title suffix | Google creative | YouTube video ID | Flight | Spend range USD | Times shown
Megan Blanksma | CR09959873380960174081 | J1Us7Aq5oVM | May 11–19 | $1,500–2,000 | 90K–100K
Richard Marsh | CR13717784222372986881 | XeeVlK5DBZ0 | May 11–19 | $2,000–2,500 | 225K–250K
Ron Furniss [title; ad copy says Rep Rod Furniss] | CR07028241129774514177 | af3vJtNw3pQ | May 11–19 | $4,000–4,500 | 250K–300K
Melissa Durrant | CR06976951111362019329 | BbyzsT-DYcc | May 12–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 225K–250K
Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter | CR12288375125799075841 | ypRfxCYRIhs | May 11–19 | $2,000–2,500 | 125K–150K
Lori McCann | CR13688994609911300097 | sHNTGDpOzRk | May 11–19 | $1,500–2,000 | 125K–150K
Stephanie Mickelsen and Erin Bingham | CR10772069426258771969 | eV4D7GLnQPg | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K
Ben Fuhriman | CR02011723726093025281 | 3qn6xagRZ7A | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 200K–225K
Jim Guthrie and Rick Cheatum | CR06496746005000617985 | JAWZxcHA4as | May 11–19 | $2,500–3,000 | 150K–175K
 | CR15334215848785084417 | CIkVfebjK9Y | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K

Blanksma's original YouTube watch page independently shows May 10, 2026 upload, 30-second duration, Unlisted, no description. Its displayed transcript praises her support for sheriffs and contrasts her with unnamed politicians. Unlisted is a publication setting, not evidence of evasion; the link is publicly exposed in Google's ad archive. No producer credit was found there. Other video titles/links above were read from the Google embedded players; their full contents and original watch-page dates were not all reviewed.
's Google record explicitly includes ZIPs 83687, 83642, 83646 and 83713, with no age or gender selection criteria. Other positive records expose distinct location selections. This supports a candidate-specific digital ad family under one verified advertiser; it does not prove agency ownership, candidate coordination, or a payment match to Redbird/Hulsen.

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