The City Club of Idaho Falls

District 35, Wednesday April 27th Senate: Mark Harris (incumbent), Doug Toomer (challenger) House Seat A Kevin Andrus (incumbent), Jon Goode (challenger) House Seat B: Chad Christensen (incumbent), Josh Wheeler (challenger)

District 33, Tuesday April 26th Senator: Dave Lent (incumbent), Bryan Scholz (challenger) Declined Invite House Seat A: Barbara Ehardt (incumbent), Jeff Thompson (challenger)

District 32, Monday April 25th Senator: Kevin Cook (incumbent), Keith Newberry (challenger) House Seat A (open seat): Nicholas T. Christiansen (challenger), Stephanie Jo Mickelsen (challenger)

Dr. David Adler moderated the discussion between Incumbent Sherri Ybarra and challengers Branden Durst and Debbie Critchfield. Much was discussed in this 1.5 hour program. Per pupil spending, retaining teachers, Critical Race Theory, school choice among a few others. Come listen and get informed on making a choice in the upcoming Primary elections on May 17th. 

The evenings speakers were Jeff Carr and Karen Leibert, and this was the evenings talking points "Analyzing Putin's invasion of Ukraine." "What is Russia's Endgame?" "What is the future of Russia's relations with the West?" https://www.ifcityclub.com/past-events-slides/  -here are the respective slide shows you can look at while they are speaking.

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and challenger Raul Labrador displayed their differing visions for the office in a candidate Forum presented by the City Club of Idaho Falls.

Listen to Dr. Wagner update the community on: Exciting Projects in Energy and Security Net Zero – INL, a leader in the state and in the country Workforce Opportunities The Importance of Community Partnership. The PowerPoint is available on the City Club website under slides.

Listen to January's forum on the updates and happenings at the Campus of the College of Eastern Idaho.

Captain Sam Hulse, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office

Theresa McKnight, CEO, Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho (REDI)

Kevin Satterlee, Idaho State University President

Representative Mike Simpson

Lee Radford, Chair, Idaho Falls Redevelopment Agency Catherine Smith, Executive Director of the Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation Dana Briggs, Director, Idaho Falls Economic Development

Senator Mike Crapo

Kate Gordon, Director of the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

Xavier R. Rolet KBE, CEO of CQS Management Ltd., and Former CEO of London Stock Exchange Group

Marc Johnson, Author, Historian and Political Analyst, Served as Press Secretary & Chief of Staff for Gov. Cecil Andrus

The Honorable Jim Jones, former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court & Idaho Attorney General

Travis Quast, President & Regional Publisher Adams Publishing Group – East Idaho & Utah

Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter

Democratic Candidate, Kristin Collum

Democratic Candidate, Cindy Wilson

Republican Candidate, Brad Little

Democratic Candidate, Paulette Jordan

A. Scott Anderson, President & CEO of Zions Bank

Dr. Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University

Mark Davidson, The Nature Conservancy, Director of Conservation Initiative

Jim Jones, Former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice

A.J. Balukoff, Boise School Board & St. Luke’s Hospital Board Member Paulette Jordan, Former Member, Idaho House of Representatives

Dr. Mark Peters, Director, Idaho National Laboratory

Dr. Thomas L (Les) Purce, President Emeritus of The Evergreen State College

Rick Ardinger, Idaho Humanities Council, Executive Director

Honorees: Jim Francis, Holly Kartchner, Lynn MacAusland, Debbie Woodard

Dr. David Gray Adler, President, The Alturas Institute

Jackie Flowers, General Manager of Idaho Falls Power

Tommy Ahlquist, M.D., Businessman Raúl Labrador, U.S. Representative Brad Little, Lieutenant Governor

Kelly Burgener, Academic Vice President, Brigham Young University-Idaho Dr. Rick Aman, President, Eastern Idaho Technical College Dr. Jeff Fox, President, College of Southern Idaho Dr. Lyle Castle, Interim Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Idaho State University Dr. Marc Skinner, Executive Officer Southeast Region, University of Idaho

Dr. Martin Farr, Foreign Policy Expert, Senior Lecturer at University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom

Celia Gould, Director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture

Gina Bennett, CIA Senior Counter Terrorism Expert

Dr. David Gray Adler, President, Alturas Institute

Betsy Russell, Boise Bureau Chief for The Spokesman-Review

Robyn Brody, Attorney Curt McKenzie, State Senator

Dr. Zackery Heern, Assistant Professor at Idaho State University

Dr. Rick Aman, President Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC)

Mary Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Senior Vice President, Associate Director of Research

Roger Plothow, Editor and Publisher of the Post Register

Lawrence Wasden, Idaho Attorney General

Caroline Heldman, Professor of Politics, Author, National Television Commentator, Film Actress

John Grossenbacher, Laboratory Director of Idaho National Laboratory

William “Bro” Adams, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman

Beatrice Brailsford, Nuclear Program Director, Snake River Alliance John Grossenbacher, Director, Idaho National Laboratory John Kotek, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy

Bart Davis, Senate Majority Leader John Rusche, House Minority Leader

Jonathan Weisgall, Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Rocky Barker, Reporter for the Idaho Statesman

Jana Jones vs. Sherri Ybarra

Mike Simpson vs. Richard Stallings

Barbara Morgan, Astronaut & Teacher

Michelle Stennett, Senate Minority Leader

Russ Brown, Scientist

Rod Gramer, President & CEO of Idaho Business for Education (IBE)

AJ Balukoff, Democratic Candidate for Governor

Park Price, CEO Bank of Idaho

Lawrence G. Wasden, Idaho Attorney General

Rebecca Casper, Tim Downs, Brian LaPray, and Sharon Parry

Stephen Weeg, Board Chair, Idaho Health Exchange

Senator James E. Risch, United States Senator for the State of Idaho

David Leroy, Lincoln Scholar, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General

Emma Atchley, Vice President of the Idaho State Board of Education

Brent Hill, State Senator District 34 & President Pro Tempore Wendy Horman, State Representative District 30B

Monica D. Hopkins, Executive Director, ACLU of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor Brad Little

Dan Kirschner, Executive Director, Northwest Gas Association Scott Madison, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Intermountain Gas Company

Thomas E. Cronin, McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College

Marcia Franklin, Host and Producer of Idaho Public Television

Senator Mike Crapo, United States Senator for the State of Idaho

Kevin Schneider, Deputy Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park

John Kotek, Partner with Gallatin Public Affairs

John Grossenbacher, Director of the Idaho National Laboratory

Jeffery Sayer, Director of the Idaho Department of Commerce

Dan Popkey, Political Columnist for the Idaho Statesman

Dr. David Adler, Director of The James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research at University of Idaho

Chief Judge Roger S. Burdick, Idaho Supreme Court

Mike Simpson, United States House of Representatives

Major General Gary L. Sayler, Adjutant General Commanding General Idaho National Guard

Jamie Vollmer, President of Vollmer, Inc.

Tom Luna, Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction

Robin Nettinga, Executive Director of the Idaho Education Association

Senator Jim Risch

Mayor Jared Fuhriman

Alex S. LaBeau, President of the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry

Senator Bart Davis (District 33), Representative Dennis Lake (District 28), and Representative Janice McGeachin (District 32)

James Rogers, Founder and owner of Intermountain West Communications Company (formerly Sunbelt Communications Company) and Nevada System of Higher Education’s ninth Chancellor

Dr. James B. Weatherby, a Boise State University emeritus professor and a public policy consultant

Dr. David Adler, Director of The James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research at University of Idaho

Jim Jones, Supreme Court Justice

John Grossenbacher, Director of the Idaho National Laboratory and President of Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA)

Mike Crapo, United States Senate

Tom Luna, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Rocky Barker, Author and Reporter

Dr. Kim B. Clark

Senator Bart Davis

Larry Sokol, California legislature expert

Ricardo Pineda,Consul-General of Mexico

Ray Flachbart, President and CEO of the Blue Cross of Idaho

Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho

Marty Peterson, Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Hemingway’s arrival in Idaho

Warren Nyer, was a member of the Manhattan Project (1st Nuclear Pile).

Judge N. Randy Smith is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Dan Popkey, Political Reporter for the Idaho Statesman Corey Taule, Political Reporter for the Post Register

Dr. Kim B. Clark, President of Brigham Young University-Idaho, Economics doctorate from Harvard University

Professor Richard Pious, Ph.D., is an eminent presidential scholar and author, most recently of “Why Presidents Fail”

United States Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah)

Dr. David Adler, Professor of Political Science at Idaho State University

Idaho State Senate Majority Leader, Bart Davis

Dr. Aurthur Vailas, ISU President

Senator Mike Crapo

David Tuthill, Idaho’s Director of Water Resources

Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho

Former U.S. Senator James McClure Former Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus