Hart and Shepard both seek stronger state’s rights in Idaho House of Representatives
The tax-protesting politician -- who lost his house after a protracted fight with the
This election, he's in a different district and was motivated, he said, by President
"I think
In Tuesday's Republican primary, he's challenging seven-term incumbent state Rep.
Shepherd and Hart share many of the same opinions. They are against abortion rights, oppose gun restrictions and seek to limit the federal government.
Hart was ordered off the ballot late last month by the
If Hart wins the primary election, the
Shepherd said the action was unfortunate, coming so close to the election.
"If it's a real close race, he's had some damage," he said.
But Shepherd doesn't blame the secretary of state.
"He's got to be technical," Shepherd said.
Trump and Hart are graduates of the
Hart backed an effort to repeal the state's grocery tax when he was in the Legislature and says he continues to oppose the tax.
"A tax on food is literally a tax on our right to exist," he said.
Hart said he wants to audit the wolf introduction process if elected to the House. With big game as an important part of economy, Hart wants to be more careful about allowing more wolves to kill elk, a position he's detailed in YouTube videos.
He also wants to streamline highway development costs, he said, and with Trump in office, there could be a chance to simplify regulations. One way is allowing the private sector a place at the table, he said.
Voters in November may get a chance to expand Medicaid to 62,000
"Health care is an individual's responsibility, not a government's," he said.
Earlier this year, Shepherd's bill allowing the state to overturn federal law won support in a House committee. Shepherd said he would like to make another run at passing it through the Legislature.
Hart stopped filing federal and state income tax returns in 1996 while he unsuccessfully pressed a lawsuit challenging the federal income tax as unconstitutional. Hart settled his federal tax case in
Hart's debt started in 1995 when he sued the
During his lawsuit, he went to tax court and circuit court but lost. Seven years later, when the
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