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Campaign Statement
As your Clerk, I manage five constitutional responsibilities: courts, elections, recording, the county budget, and the Board of County Commissioners. In my first term, I modernized election administration, maintained record turnout, built Idaho's most rigorous county budget analytics system, and began the largest financial technology upgrade in Blaine County history. That upgrade goes live this summer. I came to Idaho in 2020, bought a home in Hailey, and committed to public service here. I bring a Georgetown public policy degree, six years managing international public health grants, and a deep belief that competent, nonpartisan administration is what every county office owes its residents. Fair elections. Honest budgets. Count on it.
Campaign Phone
208-471-8785
Campaign Email
info@grahamforblaine.com
Blaine County is in the middle of the most significant financial systems upgrade in its history. We are replacing decades-old spreadsheet processes with an enterprise financial platform that will modernize how the county tracks every public dollar. That system goes live this summer under my direct oversight. Getting it right is essential. At the same time, public confidence in elections is under pressure nationwide. Blaine County voters deserve an elections office that earns trust through transparent process, not partisan reassurance. I have delivered that in every election I have administered and will continue to. The county also faces growth pressure on court operations and recording services. I am pursuing additional court staffing based on caseload analysis, and I have modernized recording systems to keep pace with demand. These are not abstract challenges. They require technical competence, institutional knowledge, and steady leadership from day one.
I hold a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and spent six years managing multi-million-dollar public health programs serving vulnerable populations internationally. That work required rigorous financial controls, transparent reporting, and results under pressure, directly relevant to a constitutional office with five areas of responsibility. As Clerk, I built the most detailed county budget analytics system in Idaho, began the enterprise financial platform transition, administered elections with record turnout and zero successful legal challenges, and pursued court staffing reforms grounded in peer-county data. I am a certified Spanish interpreter through the Idaho Supreme Court, reflecting my commitment to serving every resident who walks through our doors. Before public service, I spent over a decade in professional music where I learned that sustained excellence comes from preparation, precision, and accountability to an audience. I bring all of that to this office.
I publish a regular office newsletter that reports directly to the public on what the Clerk's office is doing and why. I believe transparency is not a slogan but a practice, and that means communicating in plain language about budgets, elections, court operations, and recording services. I maintain an open door for any resident, attorney, title company professional, or elected official who wants to understand how this office works. I am committed to serving every community across Blaine County, from Carey to Ketchum, and to ensuring that Spanish-speaking residents have meaningful access to Clerk services. I attend community events, engage with civic organizations, and make myself available because a constitutional officer who only appears at election time is not doing the job. My campaign website, grahamforblaine.com, is another point of contact, and I welcome questions at info@grahamforblaine.com. Public service means being present, not just on the ballot.
