COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Republicans from all of Idaho’s 44 counties converged on Coeur d’Alene on Thursday for the kickoff of the Idaho Republican State Convention.
Delegates will vote this week on resolutions, rules and platform changes, as well as party leadership. Reporters were not permitted to observe any of the committee meetings Thursday and were confined to a small area in the hall outside the meeting rooms in The Coeur d’Alene Resort. Party officials told The Press that committee meetings are a private matter for the state GOP.
A closely watched element of the convention is the contest between Idaho Republican Chairwoman Dorothy Moon and former Idaho legislator Mary Souza for the top spot in Idaho’s GOP.
Their race took an unexpected form Thursday: A standoff over campaign signage and a table.
Souza and some supporters manned a table outside the meeting rooms through the early afternoon, giving away campaign shirts and buttons. Souza said The Resort provided the table at her request and allowed her to place it near several vendors who had reportedly paid the Idaho GOP $1,000 each in order to sell their wares during the convention.
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