Barry Peterson
Chair of the Idaho Republican Party
In office
June 2012 – June 2014
Preceded byNorm Semanko
Succeeded byStephen J. Yates
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

Barry Peterson is a former Idaho Republican Party chairman and hardware store owner in Mountain Home.

Early life

Peterson was born and raised in Idaho.

Political career

Peterson was a Precinct committee officer for Elmore County Republican Party.

Peterson was chair of the Idaho Republican Party from 2012- 2014.[1]

In 2016 Peterson served has Mike Crapo Elmore County Chair.[2]

Peterson supported Ted Cruz in the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016.[3]

Peterson was one of three names submitted to Elmore County Commissioners by the Elmore County Republican Central Committee to replace retiring Coroner Jerry Rost June 2019. Gayle ReMine was chosen by the Commissioners but she declined so Peterson was sworn in.[4] Peterson after being Elmore County Coroner for less than a week resigned since he wasn't available to sign off on two deaths in the area in that week.[5][6]

Idaho Republican Party Chair

Peterson was elected Idaho Republican Party chair at the State Convention in 2012, defeating Gayann DeMordaunt.[7][8] Pete Nielsen of Mountain Home and Stephen Hartgen of Twin Falls gave speeches of support for Peterson has chair.

He had Joshua Whitworth[9] (2012-2013) and then Trevor Thorpe[10] (2013-2014) and finally Judy Gowen[11] (2014) has executive director of the party, when he served.

Peterson lost reelection has a Precinct committee officer in Elmore County (May 2014) but he was still able to run for reelection has chair at the Summer Meeting later that year. He also lost control of Elmore County Republican with his people losing leadership elections.[12] He blamed Butch Otter and others for his losses and expected the Governor to support someone else has chair.[12]

At the convention the delegates didn't vote on new leadership leaving Peterson to believe that he was still chair.[13] Otter and his supporters disagreed.[14] Peterson then sued to finally figure out who was in control of the party.[15] On July 29, 2014, 5th District Judge Randy Stoker ruled that Peterson was no longer chair of the party.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Barry Peterson isn't Idaho GOP chairman, court rules". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Crapo Announces Idaho Grassroots Leadership Team - Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate". Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Ted Cruz: Press Release - Former GOP State Chairmen Endorse Ted Cruz for President". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  4. ↑ Graf, Gregory (2019-08-24). "The Dead Don't Die in Elmore County". Political Potatoes. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  5. ↑ Root, Stephanie (2019-07-03). "Peterson resigns as coroner". Mountain Home News. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  6. ↑ "Campbell officially named County Coroner". Mountain Home News. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  7. ↑ "Peterson, DeMordaunt face off for GOP chair". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  8. ↑ "Idaho Republicans pick Peterson as new state party chairman". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  9. ↑ "Idaho GOP names new executive director". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  10. ↑ "Idaho GOP names new top staffer, Woolf hires outgoing ED Whitworth » Idaho Statesman Blogs". blogs.idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Peterson hires Fulcher aide as new Idaho GOP executive director | Idaho Statesman". www.idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  12. 1 2 "Barry Peterson loses control of Elmore County GOP, blames Otter | Idaho Statesman". www.idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  13. ↑ "The Idaho GOP Convention Re-elected Barry Peterson as Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party". www.madisonidahogop.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  14. ↑ "Finally: GOP's Barry Peterson sues in dispute over control of party | Idaho Statesman". www.idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  15. ↑ Saunders, Emilie Ritter. "Idaho's GOP Leader Sues For Party Control". Retrieved 2017-04-14.


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