The future of salmon runs and four dams on the lower Snake River has divided many in the Pacific Northwest, and the topic is one of the pivotal differences for the two prominent Republican candidates to represent Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District.
Bryan Smith, an Idaho Falls attorney and a vice chairman of the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee, is challenging Rep. Mike Simpson for the Republican nomination in the upcoming primary.
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