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The History of the Idaho Republican Right
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Read on Substack →Political strategist · Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
All politics is wrestling.
For more than two decades I’ve worked at the center of Idaho Republican politics — as a strategist, a platform chair, and a student of where the conservative movement came from. I help candidates win and then govern, and I write about how it actually works.
More than 20 years in Republican politics
- Idaho GOP Platform Committee Chair
- Former North Idaho Region Chairman
- Historian of the conservative movement
- In politics since the 1998 Ventura campaign
How I work
Building campaigns that survive victory.
Winning an election is the beginning. My work focuses on the systems candidates need before and after election day.
01 · Campaign strategy
The plan. The message. The discipline.
Targeting, voter contact, and campaign structure built around victory.
02 · Platform & party-building
Stronger institutions.
Conventions, platforms, and precinct organization—the party machinery that makes durable wins possible, not just one good night.
03 · History & message
Knowing the movement.
Real strategy requires understanding the history, factions, and ideas that shape how voters actually decide.
Political strategistParty builder
Historian of the conservative movement
About Bjorn
Two decades in Idaho Republican politics: organizing at the precinct level, chairing the state platform committee, and helping candidates build campaigns that win—and then govern.
My politics are rooted in constitutional principles, limited government, strong local institutions, and the belief that lasting political change is built from the ground up.
- Idaho Republican PartyPlatform Committee Chair
- RMC StrategyStrategist
- Idaho Virtual AcademyBoard of Trustees · Chairman 2018–2022
- Idaho GOPOutstanding Republican Worker, 2020
From the desk
Writing on Idaho’s conservative history.
For four years I’ve chronicled the ultra-conservative movement in Idaho — its platforms, conventions, and the people who built it — in my newsletter, The History of the Idaho Republican Right.
Essay
The Dawn of the Idaho Presidential Primary, 1974–1976
How Idaho’s presidential primary was born — and the factional fight behind it.
Read the column →The series
Platforms, conventions & the reactionary right
A century of Idaho Republican platforms, and how the party arrived where it stands today.
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The History of the Idaho Republican Right
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Get in touch
Building stronger institutions, one precinct at a time.
Whether you want to talk strategy, compare notes on party history, or trade ideas about where the movement goes next — reach out.
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