Cornel Rasor

Cornel Rasor, former Bonner County commissioner and business owner, is running for seat 1B. He criticized Idaho government spending. He said he’ll call back voters, as he did as commissioner.

McShane works in tandem with far-right groups and individuals that benefit from having friendly officials in positions of influence. The collective “money, consultants, PACs and messaging work like a machine to ensure a tiny group gets unqualified candidates elected who will remain loyal and vote for the self-serving interests of the collective group’s demands.”

According to the Secretary of State’s website, eleven candidates have used McShane’s services to the tune of more than $300,000 through March of this year. They include Scott Herndon and Cornel Rasor in District 1, Carl Bjerke in District 5, Christy Zito in District 8, Brandon Shippy and Jacyn Gallagher in District 9, Chris Trakel and Lucas Caylor in District 11, Jaron Crane in District 12, Barbara Ehardt in District 33 and Brett Skidmore in District 35. Past McShane customers include Branden Durst, David Reilly and Wendy Horman.

In 2008, Cornel was elected by his neighbors to the Bonner County Board of Commissioners, where he served as chairman of the board. While there he successfully defended Bonner County from an attempt by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to close off nearly 400K acres of public lands.

As commissioner, he established the first-of-its-kind county advisory board called the “Property Rights Council,” which focused on reviewing government activities to determine whether they may have caused adverse impacts to private property rights. Unlike many governmental advisory boards, it sought private solutions instead of automatically proposing expanded government.

In the race for the Idaho House 1B seat, Republicans Chuck Lowman and Cornel Rasor both seeking the party's nod for the seat while Bob Vickaryous and Kathryn Larson are facing off on the Democratic ticket.