Series · Part I
The Platform Reactionary
I agree with the Idaho Republican platform—and I’ve come to understand how far it has drifted from its original purpose.
Read on →Political strategy · Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
All politics is wrestling.
A political marketing consultant and strategist working with Republicans who are ready to put their time and skills toward rebuilding the nation. You focus on policy and governing—I handle the campaign strategy and party machinery.
— Platform Committee Chair, Idaho Republican Party
— Former North Idaho Region Chairman
— In politics since the 1998 Jesse Ventura campaign
Idaho GOP Summer Convention — Coeur d’Alene, 2024
How I work
Strategy, so candidates can govern.
Three things I do for the Republicans I work with—all of it built from the precinct up, and grounded in how the party actually works.
01 · Campaign strategy
The plan and the message.
Targeting, voter contact, and message discipline—a campaign built to free the candidate to focus on policy and the work of governing.
02 · Platform & party-building
Stronger institutions.
Conventions, platforms, and precinct organization. I help build the party machinery that makes durable wins possible, not just one good night.
03 · History & message
Knowing where it came from.
Two decades inside the movement’s history, put to work. Understanding where the conservative right began is how you tell it where to go.
From the desk
The History of the Idaho Republican Right.
The untold story of the ultra-conservative movement in Idaho—platforms, conventions, and the people who shaped them.
Series · Part II
Platforms Since 1898
A century of Idaho Republican conventions, and what each one tells us about where the movement was headed.
Read on →Field notes
All Politics Is Wrestling
What a 1998 governor’s race taught me about leverage, momentum, and the theater of winning.
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A self-taught historianof 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.
I’m a proud paleoconservative in the Ron Paul tradition: constitutional principles, limited government, a foreign policy of restraint, and strong communities built from the ground up. I believe the surest path to real change runs through the party’s own institutions—and through understanding the history that made them.
- — Platform Committee Chair, Idaho Republican Party
- — Strategist, RMC Strategy
- — Board of Trustees, Idaho Virtual Academy — Chairman 2018–2022
- — Outstanding Republican Worker, Idaho GOP — 2020
“I agree with the platform. I’ve also learned how far it has strayed from its purpose.”
From The History of the Idaho Republican Right
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Building stronger institutions, one precinct at a time.
If you’re a Republican ready to put your time and skills toward rebuilding—let’s talk strategy.
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