5-term Idaho attorney general in tough GOP primary battle

By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s five-term Republican attorney general has handled the state’s legal questions with a strategy he describes as calling legal “balls and strikes.” He’s facing two primary challengers who see a more activist role for the office. Lawrence Wasden, a former prosecutor backed by establishment Republicans, is likely in the toughest primary race of his career against former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador and Art Macomber, a political newcomer who has never held public office. Labrador lost to Republican Gov. Brad Little in the 2018 Republican primary. The attorney general post could be a stepping stone for another gubernatorial run in 2026.  Wasden was ahead in early returns Tuesday night but most of Idaho’s counties had yet to tally their votes.