Dorothy Moon, Idaho Secretary of State

Idaho State Journal · June 2026 (archive)

Republican state Rep. Ben Fuhriman wrote that Moon claimed over $143,000 in travel and meal expenses in one year.
A further $187,000 went on a party Visa card without itemization, he wrote.
The party spent nothing on direct candidate support in 2024, per Fuhriman.
He wrote that the state party office went through at least seven executive directors in three years.

Idaho State Journal · June 2026 (archive)

Trent Clark, a former Idaho GOP executive committee member, wrote that the party signed nondisclosure agreements with discharged executive directors.
The executive committee was never told what the agreements cost, Clark wrote.
Clark also questioned the undisclosed lease terms on the party's new Boise headquarters house.

Idaho Reports / Idaho Capital Sun · June 2024 (archive)

Reporters were barred from every committee meeting on the first day of the 2024 state convention.
Asked if transparency was part of the equation, Moon said, "Yeah, not really."
The party also blocked non-Republican reporters from the March 2024 presidential caucus.
Republican Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen asked who "in their right mind" would lock the press out.

NPR · May 2023 (archive)

Her husband sits on the national council of the John Birch Society.
The JBS has been considered too extreme for mainstream conservatism for decades.

Boise State Public Radio · September 2022 (archive)

Moon testified at the Idaho House ethics hearing in support of Aaron von Ehlinger, who was convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern.
Moon was Idaho House member at the time; she later became Idaho Republican Party chair.

Idaho Capital Sun · August 2022 (archive)

A white nationalist founder and a politician who spoke at a white nationalist event were both connected to her convention.
Observers inside reported concern about who was being welcomed in.

Idaho Capital Sun · July 2022 (archive)

She lost the primary but was immediately made chair of the entire Idaho Republican Party, nominated by Brent Regan.
Her documented associations with militia leaders, a convicted rapist, and white nationalists were described as disqualifying for party leadership.

Idaho Reports / Idaho Public Television · July 2022 (archive)

Idaho Capital Sun · March 2022 (archive)

She claimed from the House floor that Canadians crossed the border to vote in Idaho in 2020.
She had no evidence. She was running to be the official in charge of elections.

Boise State Public Radio · April 2021 (archive)

Moon testified for von Ehlinger at the House Ethics Committee hearing on the rape allegation.
She said he had been nothing but a gentleman with her.
Asked about flirting, she said, "I can tell when there's like flirting going on."
She said she saw the accuser looking up into his face and, "I'm a woman. I think I know what it looks like to flirt."

Primary Source
House Ethics Committee hearing on Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, April 28, 2021 (video)
Moon's full testimony, 9:37. Flirting exchange at 2:05-3:00; "I'm a woman" statement at 6:05

Idaho Press · April 2021 (archive)

Deputy Attorney General Leslie Hayes asked Moon if a sexual relationship with a 19-year-old unpaid intern was appropriate.
Moon answered, "I guess it's no one's business."

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