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District 15 Republican Party Newsletter

The Republican | 208-703-4294 | pattersonforidaho.com

April 2012

AresolutionsubmittedbyMark

PattersonandLucasBaumbach,

bothofBoise,calledforMcGeeto

becensuredandexpelledfromthe

centralcommittee.

-IdahoPressTribuneJuly,182011

Mark Patterson leads District

15 to conservative wins.THE CHAIRMANS CORNER

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

-MARK PATTERSON

It has been a pleasure to serve as

Chairman for District15, since elected

in May 2010. I was elected Chairman

by the precinct committeemen, besting

former legislator Steve Smylie.

I nominated Rod Beck (former District

15 Senator and Senate Majority

Leader) to be the GOP Region

Chairman for Ada County. As the

Region Chairman Rod Beck has been a

positive force in getting conservatives

elected. Raul Labrador came to my

home for a fundraiser, while he was

running against the incumbent

Democrat Walt Minnick.My precinct was one of three precincts

in District 15 to come in as winners for

Raul Labrador in 2010. There is a lot

of work to do to win this District again

for Republicans, like Raul.

District 15 is targeted this year by

Democrats. Now that they have solid

majorities in the North End, East Boise

and the Orchard Street Bench, they

want to spread into West Boise, a

conservative area. I want all

Republicans to understand this.

News from 2010through 2012. RaulLabrador is elected;Idaho holds firstRepublican Caucus.

Issue No. 2 pattersonforidaho.com

Mark Patterson filed for Representative in March 2012.

Region Chairman Rod Beck at Ada GOP caucus. Chairman Mark Patterson

INTHENEWS

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Paid for by the Committee to Elect Mark Patterson, Andrea Patterson Treasurer

DISTRICT 15 HAS NEW BOUNDARIES

District 15s boundaries have changed. The

northern boundary is Chinden Blvd. and

the southern boundary is I-84. It is bound

on the west by Eagle Road and east by

Maple Grove Road.

REVIEW OF LABRADOR VS. MINNICK 2010

District 15 was hotly contested during theLabrador v. Minnick race in 2010. Raul

Labrador won by 10 points statewide. In

District 15 the results were not as good for

Labrador. He received 44% and Minnick

received 48% of the vote. That means that

this district is 14 points off the state average.

Fortunately the most liberal precincts have

joined Distr ict 16 and some ve ry

conservative Boise precincts, including the

West Valley Neighborhood, have been

added to District 15.

GAS AND INFLATION

Have you noticed that the prices of

everything have been going up and up? Its

painful to fill up at the pump!

Recent gas price hikes are a result of

inflation and supply shortage concerns.

Conservatives should be concerned about

the constant inflation that our currency is

facing. Patterson is against corporate

bailouts and raising the debt ceiling that

cause inflation. Its not good for individuals,

families or businesses. The Obamaadministration is overseeing the greatest

increase in Federal Reserve inflationary

spending in US history. Mark has been

outspoken against the gas tax, and he is also

against deficit spending that raises gas

prices.

The only solution is to stop spending.

Surpluses must be returned to citizens and

the fat of government must be cut. Its not

about ideology; its about survival of the

American Dream.

Sound currency policy is the

best guarantee of financial

and price stability; Idahos

economy can be stabilized bycutting taxes and making

Idaho a fertile environment for

out-of-state entrepreneurs to

move their businesses here.

________

"The business

of America

is business."

- Calvin Coolidge

Mark Patterson, Kevin Miller and Lucas Baumbach

The new District 15

(after redistricting)

Redistricting District 15: shedsprecincts to 16 and gains from 14.


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PATTERSONS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2010-2012

Elected Precinct Committeeman

(2010)

Elected District Chairman (2010)

Elected GOP convention delegate

(2010)

Appointed to the State GOP

resolutions committee, approved byIDGOP Chairman, Norm Semanko

(2010)

Worked the Western Idaho Fair GOP

booth

Ada GOP executive committee (2012)

Wrote Pro-business legislation with

Rep. Lynn Luker H207a (2011)

PATTERSON REFUSES TO TAKE

LOBBYIST MONEY

In the last election Patterson refused to

take lobbyist money. He will continueto refuse any lobbyist money in this

election. Mark believes that taking

lobbyist money could create a serious

conflict of interest. Dont you agree?

This is in stark contrast to Marks

challenger in the primary, whose wife is

a well-known lobbyist.

CALLS FOR MCGEE RESIGNATION

Patterson strongly believes in standing upfor conservative principles instead of justgoing along to get along. This is why Markstood up to ask for the resignation offormer Senator John McGee. Mark was the first elected official to publiclyask for the resignation, on the basis of onlysupporting legislators of good moral fiber.As a result the Idaho Republican Partypassed a vote of no confidence againstMcGee at the June 2011 convention.

PRO-BUSINESS LEGISLATION

Patterson wrote pro-business legislation

with Rep. Lynn Luker (H207a). This

bill was passed and signed in to law by

the Governor in May 2011.

The new law keeps city building

inspectors from requiring extensive andunnecessary upgrades to buildings

which arent dangerous. Thisencourages new companies to upgrade

their buildings and reduces government

intrusion into business.

"Patriotism is nosubstitute for asound currency."

- Grover Cleveland

Raul Labrador wins 2010 election. Former Senator John McGee Mugshot

Getting rid of McGee

was a big win for the

Party. The Party must

have leaders of moral

fibre. It was time for

John McGee to leave

politics and focus on his

family. Six months after

I c a l l e d f o r h i sres ignat ion, McGee

resigned. I hope the best

for him and his family.

-Mark Patterson


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The following quotes are takenfrom a column by Dan Popkeyin the Idaho Statesman3/7/2012.

Berch, a first-time

candidate in 2010,

behaved as if his race was

the most important inIdaho. In fact, he was

always a long shot.

Berch's...tenacity is

paired with insensitivity

to the time constraints of

others.

I came to cringe at

Berch's calls because he's

a bloke who loves to hear

himself talk... I foundmyself growling at

another call from Berch.

In 2010, Berch raised an

eye-popping $53,000,

compared to [the]

Republican's $28,000. But

Berch managed just 32

percent of the vote. Healso did the necessary

spade work, knocking on

thousands of doors, but

the district is just too

solidly Republican for a

Democrat to have a

fighting chance.

And, if that wasnt scathingenough, a well-known

Democrat Party member also

condemned Berchs personalityflaws:

Unfortunately he usually

crosses the line between

persistent and just plain

annoying. I find myself

dodging his calls and noteven wanting to open his

emails.-BlueGirlRedState3/7/2012

Berch will try to employ door-to-door campaigning in District15 and tell voters he ismoderate. But, the Democratagenda is the extreme agendaof Obama, Pelosi and Clinton.

Even Minnick carried Pelosisagenda. Berch is no different.

DEMOCRATS TARGET DISTRICT 15:STATESMAN COLUMNIST CALLS DEMOCRAT STEVE BERCH

PAIN IN THE POSTERIOR

President Obama giving a speech. Democrat Steve Berch

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