BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has appointed Lori McCann of Lewiston to the Legislature to fill a seat left empty after the previous lawmaker resigned amid a rape investigation. Little made the announcement Monday, saying the retired Lewis-Clark State College professor will begin serving in the House of Representatives immediately, and continue until the next general election. The former District 6 representative, Aaron von Ehlinger, resigned last month after a 19-year-old intern reported that he raped her and an ethics committee unanimously found he engaged in "unbecoming conduct." Von Ehlinger has denied any wrongdoing and maintains the sexual encounter was consensual. The Boise Police Department is investigating the allegations, and von Ehlinger has not been charged. The legislative ethics committee found after a public hearing that von Ehlinger had behaved unbecomingly and recommended that the full House vote to kick him out of the statehouse without pay or benefits
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A new twist: Ballots for von Ehlinger's replacement were tallied incorrectly
Party officials now say the list of three finalists may have been incorrect, because of errors and confusion in the way ballots were tabulated. Author: William L. Spence / Lewiston Tribune Published: 1:59 PM MDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 1:59 PM MDT May 12, 2021
LEWISTON, Idaho — In what’s beginning to seem like a badly scripted Hollywood movie, more problems emerged Tuesday in the effort to replace former Lewiston state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger.
Party officials now say the list of three finalists — whose names were submitted to the governor last week — may have been incorrect, because of errors and confusion in the way ballots were tabulated.
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The three top choices are Glen Baldwin, Robert Blair and Hannah Liedkie.
Baldwin is a retired welder and small-business owner from Culdesac. Blair is a Leland-area farmer and Liedkie is president and CEO of Opportunities Unlimited in Lewiston.
The names of the three candidates will now be submitted to Gov. Brad Little where he has 15 days to appoint one of them to serve out the remainder of von Ehlinger’s term.
Von Ehlinger resigned his legislative seat last week, after the House Ethics Committee recommended that he be censured and suspended without pay for conduct unbecoming a member of the Idaho House of Representatives. (Lewiston Tribune)