Is Tommy Ahlquist Really a Republican?

Did you know that in 2014, Tommy Ahlquist gave Idaho Democrat gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff, who was running against the Republican candidate, the maximum allowable donation of $5000 [1]?

Or that in 2015, Tommy Ahlquist gave David Bieter, the Democrat Mayor of Boise and Hillary Clinton Idaho Campaign Leadership Council member the maximum allowable campaign donation of $1000 [2] [3]?

How about this? In 2015, Tommy Ahlquist gave Lauren McLean, the Boise City Council President Pro-Tem, a Democrat who received and cashed a check from Planned Parenthood PAC, and was a Hillary Clinton supporter, the maximum allowable donation of $1000[3] [4] [5]?

Did you know that in 2016, Tommy Ahlquist gave to TJ Thomson, a Democrat Ada County Commissioner candidate and one of Barack Obama’s Idaho state chairs, the maximum allowable donation of $1000 [6] [7] [8] ?

How about the fact that Tommy Ahlquist did not affiliate with the Idaho Republican Party until March of 2016 and did not vote in any May Republican Primary until May of 2016 [9]?

And, finally, did you know that Tommy Ahlquist did not support nor vote for the 2016 Republican Presidential nominee [10] [11]?

You will see that each of these claims are footnoted and the links are provided so you can check this information and know that this is not “fake news.”

We know that in Idaho, Democrats rarely get elected to statewide offices and, except in some locales, they can’t declare their true allegiance to the Democrat party so instead, they claim they’re “Republicans” so they can have the coveted “R” next to their name on the ballot.

Sadly, there are numerous “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) candidates scattered throughout the good state of Idaho.

The question we need to ask ourselves is “Do we want a RINO in the governor’s chair?” I know I certainly don’t!