Idaho governor candidate A.J. Balukoff spurns NRA questionnaire

[SecularMotion]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff has refused to answer the National Rifle Association survey and blasted the group for its push for Idaho's latest pro-gun bill.

"Special interests gave us Idaho's guns on campus law," Balukoff said. "We don't need a governor and Legislature who are beholden to special interests. We need independent thinkers in government who answer to voters."

Rather than complete the 23-question survey, Balukoff wrote a letter to the Virginia-based political powerhouse.

"The leading questions and multiple-choice answers in your questionnaire allow only for polarizing and extreme positions," Balukoff wrote Dakota Moore of the NRA's Political Victory Fund PAC. Moore, a lobbyist, led off the testimony in February in the Senate State Affairs Committee on the guns on campus bill - Senate Bill 1254 - sponsored by Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/04/12/3130731/democratspurns-nra-questionnaire.html#storylink=cpy

[Fred Sanders]

1. NRA Push Poll disguised as a survey, some people are on to the shameful propaganda.

[Reter]

2. Unfortunately, this will hurt him more than help him

Idaho is massively pro-gun. Only Montana and perhaps Vermont are more so.

[jmowreader]

3. The D behind his name is enough to keep him out of office

I met Mr. Balukoff at the local party get-together last month. He seems a decent enough person and his policies are good, but in Idaho all it takes to win an election is an R behind your name.