Republican Jim Risch faces independent Todd Achilles in the race to represent Idaho in the U.S. Senate
Oct. 24—HAYDEN, Idaho — With Election Day approaching, Bonnita Zipperer offered her neighbors a rare opportunity: stop by her house to meet Todd Achilles, an independent candidate running to unseat U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, the three-term Republican who has been a fixture of Idaho politics for more than half a century. "Todd Achilles listens," read the fliers Zipperer posted around the neighborhood. "This is your opportunity to express your views on national issues." The day after she distributed her homemade invitations, Zipperer and her neighbors awoke to find a different set of fliers in their mailboxes. "Don't let two-faced Todd Achilles fool Idaho voters," warned a mailer from the Risch campaign, citing the fact that the independent candidate previously served as a Democrat in the Idaho House of Representatives, donated to Democrats and cast a handful of prominent votes against…
