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Risch campaign says rumors of using 1917 Idaho law to avoid Senate election are ‘completely false’

States Newsroom · October 2, 2026

As the Nov. 3 general election nears, rumors have cropped up that a never-used, 1917 Idaho state law could be used to circumvent the race for U.S. Senate. The campaign for incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch strongly denied these rumors. The more-than-a-century-old law states that if a U.S. senator from Idaho…

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Risch campaign says rumors of using 1917 Idaho law to avoid Senate election are ‘completely false’

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