Look at any election map and the problem Greater Idaho seeks to remedy is clear: By land size, Oregon appears conservative. Some counties voted nearly 80% for President Donald Trump in the 2020 ...

A total of 13 Oregon counties have voted to secede from the state and join neighboring Idaho, as part of what supporters have dubbed the "Greater Idaho" project.. On May 21, Crook County backed ...

The Greater Idaho movement seeks to redraw state boundaries so rural Oregon can join Idaho. ... "I don't think the map of the United States is going to look the same in 2050," Richard Kreitner, ...

A campaign to have rural eastern Oregon effectively secede from the blue state and join more conservative Idaho is gaining steam as leaders from both states express support for relocating the ...

While Greater Idaho celebrated its local victories, it also had an eye on other elections across the state. Republican Christine Drazan gave the GOP its best chance in years of retaking the ...

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Within a few short years, 11 eastern Oregon counties have voted to consider seceding from the state and joining Idaho. The "Greater Idaho" movement, while still harboring ...

Supporters of the Greater Idaho movement proposed a new map on Monday, May 23, 2022 after voters in two southwestern Oregon counties decided against Greater Idaho-related measures.

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Within a few short years, 11 eastern Oregon counties have voted to consider seceding from the state and joining Idaho. The "Greater Idaho" movement, while still harboring ...

The Greater Idaho movement seeks to make 15 of Oregon’s counties and parts of two others — comprising roughly two-thirds of the Beaver State’s land area — part of Idaho.

However, a recent analysis by the Claremont Institute found the state-line shift could benefit Idaho economically, providing an annual net benefit to Idaho’s state government budget of $170 million.

While the Greater Idaho movement is far younger than the notion of a State of Jefferson, which originated in the 1940s, it has moved much farther toward its goal.

For Greater Idaho to become a reality, the state legislatures of both Oregon and Idaho would need to approve of the change, and that approval would then also need to be approved by Congress.