Lawson, not Corder, to represent local GOP at convention
Incumbent state Sen. Tim Corder will not be attending the state Republican Party convention in Idaho Falls June 25-26, but the woman he beat in the primary election will go as a delegate representing this area from legislative District 22.
During a joint meeting of the Elmore and Boise County Republican Central Committees, held last Thursday in Mountain Home, precinct committeemen voted to send Marla Lawson of Boise County, whom Corder beat by a 53-47 percent margin in the primary election, to the state convention, but they rejected the nomination of Corder as a delegate.
The meeting was held as part of a standard reorganization of party central committees following the May 25 election. The delegate vote reflected a growing division between moderate and conservative Republicans in the local party.