Post Falls — October 20, 2010 -   The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans officially voted this week to endorse candidates Robert Ketchum and Ron Nilson to serve on the North Idaho College Board of Trustees.  The conservative organization’s large and diverse Board of Directors voted unanimously (as required by its By-Laws) to recommend the pair to its members and Republicans in Kootenai County. 

Nilson will address the organization at its regular meeting Thursday Noon at Templin’s in Post Falls and Ketchum will headline next week’s meeting.

“Robert Ketchum and Ron Nilson will make outstanding Trustees and will represent the entire county not an entrenched political establishment. They will bring fiscally conservative principles to the management of the college and ensure the interests of both the students and the taxpayers will be defended,” said Jeff Ward, President of KCRR.

The organization endorses candidates in non-partisan races in order to inform its members and voters of candidates who share the conservative values of the Republican Party and the club’s namesake, President Ronald Reagan.  KCRR’s endorsements and active partisan promotion of candidates in last year’s Coeur d’Alene elections was controversial. The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans was founded in 2009 as association of Republican activists in North Idaho.