In East Idaho, a challenger is trying to unseat a powerful legislative committee chairman

In East Idaho, a challenger is trying to unseat a powerful legislative committee chairman

Sen. Jim Guthrie, left, faces David Worley in the Republican primary election on May 19. (Photos courtesy of the candidates)In eastern Idaho’s legislative district 28, the chairman of a powerful committee in the Idaho Legislature is facing a challenger in the 2026 Republican primary election. Sen. Jim Guthrie, 70, a farmer and rancher from McCammon who chairs the Senate State Affairs Committee, is seeking re-election to an eighth term in the Ida…