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Idaho First
24 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17
LIVING DOSSIER
About Idaho First
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 Ida…
From the published research record 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. Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.
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People
Richard Johnson
Stated in published researchA 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.
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People
- Ben Fuhriman · 2 shared records
- Cathie Herrick · 2 shared records
- Gary Raney · 2 shared records
- Jim Guthrie · 2 shared records
- Richard Johnson · 2 shared records
- Barbara Ehardt · 1 shared record
- Brad Little · 1 shared record
- Bruce Newcomb · 1 shared record
- Chris Bruce · 1 shared record
- Christopher Hirsch · 1 shared record
- Christy Zito · 1 shared record
- Daniel Foreman · 1 shared record
- David Worley · 1 shared record
PACs
- Hometown Heroes · 20 shared records
- Defend and Protect Idaho · 18 shared records
- Way Back PAC
SOURCED RECORD
Research & sources
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Connection research · 2026-09-17Hometown Heroes as intermediary PAC
Recorded status: SOURCE-RESTORED RECOVERY ITEM. URLs and source-specific support statements restored from corrected v2 snapshot. Evidentiary firewall preserved; dynamic aggregates and secondary reports still require ordinary publication-stage verification.
Sources
- FEC filing image — Way Back PAC disbursement to Hometown Heroes — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- Idaho Capital Sun — Idaho PACs spent more than $4.2M — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- Transparency USA — Idaho committees — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- Transparency USA — Idaho contributors — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
Connection research · 2026-09-17Hometown Heroes redistributed $212,000 to four PACs in eleven days
Recorded status: verified transaction chronology; allocation and earmarking unproven
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