Multiple political action committees participated in messaging up and down the Wood River Valley this election cycle, putting money behind candidates and causes.

The deadline for the committees' October financial reports, covering spending in the final weeks before the election, was Monday. The reports are available on the Idaho Sunshine platform, an online campaign finance database.

The PAC that spent the most money during the November election was the Blaine County Common Sense PAC, chaired by Health Freedom Defense Fund founder Leslie Manookian.

The Blaine County Common Sense PAC received a total of $24,862.80 in contributions, with over $17,000 coming from its treasurer, 5B Gazette Publisher Sarah Lurie. In total, the PAC spent $25,426.09. The PAC ended October with an outstanding b

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