Rick Cheatum

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

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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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Rick Cheatum, and Karey Hanks 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.

Idaho Capital Sun later reported Idaho Dairymen's Association CEO Rick Naerebout calling Guthrie's race 'important' to the industry and describing Guthrie, Rick Cheatum and Dan Garner as good supporters of agriculture.
Guthrie race links business/ag support to immigration-policy gatekeeping in Senate State Affairs · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: CANDIDATE SUPPORT + COMMITTEE AUTHORITY + BILL OUTCOMES VERIFIED. Industry direction or quid pro quo is not established; Guthrie's immigration record is mixed.

In the 2025 House vote on HB 93, which created the Idaho parental choice tax credit, Republicans Ben Fuhriman, Rod Furniss, Rick Cheatum, Stephanie Mickelsen and Lori McCann all voted no.
IPF/business-backed candidates repeatedly appear on the anti-HB93 side of a stated Idaho GOP school-choice plank · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: PLATFORM + ROLL-CALL + 2026 IE support verified for key candidates. IACI/IPF's own HB93 position and endorsement motive remain unproved.

In the 2026 Republican primary, Defend and Protect Idaho spent independently to support at least four people from that 2023 no-confidence list: Lori McCann, Rick Cheatum, Rod Furniss and Stephanie Mickelsen.
Defend & Protect and Dairy PAC supported multiple 2026 candidates previously singled out by Idaho GOP for platform-conflict vote · 2026-09-16
Recorded status: VERIFIED CANDIDATE-SET OVERLAP: official 2023 Idaho GOP resolution plus 2026 DPI spending and IDI-PAC endorsement records. Reason for later support and any coordinated strategy remain unproved.

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Ben Fuhriman · 5 shared records
Jim Guthrie · 5 shared records
Rod Furniss · 5 shared records
Stephanie Mickelsen · 5 shared records
Lori McCann · 4 shared records
Dan Garner · 3 shared records
David Worley · 2 shared records
Julianne Young · 2 shared records
Karey Hanks · 2 shared records
Kelly Golden · 2 shared records
Megan Blanksma · 2 shared records
Brad Little · 1 shared record
Chenele Dixon · 1 shared record
Erin Bingham · 1 shared record
Greg Lanting

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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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