National Democrats announced they would invest money in political organizing efforts in Idaho’s Native American and Latino communities ahead of the November election.
The Democratic National Committee, the leaders of the Democratic Party, announced a $70,000 investment in the Idaho Democratic Party on Friday. The state party, which applied for the funds, will use the money to help pay for two minority voter organizers and get-out-the-vote strategies. The money is a slice of a $2.5 million cash infusion the Democratic Party has recently invested in 24 states. So far this year, the DNC has put money into all 57 U.S. state and territorial parties.
The funding comes as Idaho Democrats are looking to chip away at Republicans’ supermajority in the Legislature, running candidates in every district for the first time in decades . The state party’s efforts have previously been supported by national Democrats like the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which in May endorsed candidate Mary Shea, who is running in a competitive Pocatello House race. She has raised more than $41,000 this year.