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In 2013, Brent Regan was in the news for telling an apparently racist joke<ref>KHQ: [https://www.khq.com/news/update-cda-school-board-member-apologizes-for-racist-obama-comment/article_6d1e1433-7a10-515f-80b6-4ce98de139eb.html CDA School Board Member Apologizes For Racist Obama Comment] [https://archive.ph/3KW2p Archive]</ref> for which he apologized. | In 2013, Brent Regan was in the news for telling an apparently racist joke<ref>KHQ: [https://www.khq.com/news/update-cda-school-board-member-apologizes-for-racist-obama-comment/article_6d1e1433-7a10-515f-80b6-4ce98de139eb.html CDA School Board Member Apologizes For Racist Obama Comment] [https://archive.ph/3KW2p Archive]</ref> for which he apologized. | ||
In 2014, Brent Regan heavily contributed to the deceptively named [[Kootenai County Republican Concerned Citizens]] PAC (KCRCC, but no, not that [[Kootenai County Republican Central Committee|KCRCC]])<ref>Spokesman: [https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2016/apr/05/flier-pushes-far-right-ticket/ Flier Pushes Far Right ticket] [[:File:KCRCC-PAC-Campaign-Financial-Disclosure-Report-2014.pdf|Financial Disclosure]]</ref>. This continued through at least the 2018 election. This group endorsed candidates in non-partisan elections, and the Idaho Republican Party disavowed the endorsements<ref>Coeur d'Alene Press: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160414055020/http://www.cdapress.com:80/news/local_news/article_06ee954a-0528-5496-9e33-ca277126651c.html?mode=jqm One PAC, two PAC, red PAC, whose PAC?]</ref>. | |||
In 2019, Brent Regan was in the news for leading the [[Kootenai County Republican Central Committee]] (KCRCC) in a resolution to petition the Trump administration to let white nationalist [[Generation Identity]] leader [[Martin Sellner]] into the US so he could wed Post Falls resident Brittany Pettibone<ref>KHQ: [https://www.khq.com/news/kootenai-county-gop-responds-to-reports-of-resolution-to-let-austrian-nationalist-into-u-s/article_fb87e3ec-6baa-11e9-8a74-af9e2a5fa7b8.html Kootenai County GOP responds to reports of resolution to let Austrian nationalist into U.S.] [https://archive.ph/PFSel Archive]</ref>. The petition was denied by the federal government, and [[David Reilly]] traveled to Austria to attend the Sellner/Pettibone wedding. | In 2019, Brent Regan was in the news for leading the [[Kootenai County Republican Central Committee]] (KCRCC) in a resolution to petition the Trump administration to let white nationalist [[Generation Identity]] leader [[Martin Sellner]] into the US so he could wed Post Falls resident Brittany Pettibone<ref>KHQ: [https://www.khq.com/news/kootenai-county-gop-responds-to-reports-of-resolution-to-let-austrian-nationalist-into-u-s/article_fb87e3ec-6baa-11e9-8a74-af9e2a5fa7b8.html Kootenai County GOP responds to reports of resolution to let Austrian nationalist into U.S.] [https://archive.ph/PFSel Archive]</ref>. The petition was denied by the federal government, and [[David Reilly]] traveled to Austria to attend the Sellner/Pettibone wedding. | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 26 November 2023
Organizations
Brent Regan is Chairman of:
- Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF)
- Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC)
- Republican Party of Idaho (IDGOP) Platform Committee
Political Donations
Brent Regan has donated to these campaigns and organizations[1]:
- Branden Durst
- David Reilly
- Related to North Idaho College (NIC)
- Related to Idaho Freedom Foundation
- Related to Coeur d'Alene City Council
- Related to Coeur d'Alene Public Schools Board of Trustees
- Yasmin Harris
- Richard Blatt
- Related to Rathdrum Public Schools Board of Trustees
- Michelle Thompson
- Related to Coeur d'Alene Public Library Board of Trustees
- Tom Hanley
- Tim Plass
Life and Career
Regan grew up in California[2]. In 1999 Regan and his wife, Moura, moved from their home in Davis, California to North Idaho. Regan is a traditionalist Catholic, meaning he is among those Catholics who have broken from the official church, attend mass in Latin, and consider Pope Francis to be a heretic.
Regan considers himself an inventor, and his company is Regan Designs[3].
In 2012, his mother hosted a lavish fundraiser for Mitt Romney in her Hillsborough, California, home, attended by Regan.
In the news
In 2013, Brent Regan was in the news for telling an apparently racist joke[4] for which he apologized.
In 2014, Brent Regan heavily contributed to the deceptively named Kootenai County Republican Concerned Citizens PAC (KCRCC, but no, not that KCRCC)[5]. This continued through at least the 2018 election. This group endorsed candidates in non-partisan elections, and the Idaho Republican Party disavowed the endorsements[6].
In 2019, Brent Regan was in the news for leading the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) in a resolution to petition the Trump administration to let white nationalist Generation Identity leader Martin Sellner into the US so he could wed Post Falls resident Brittany Pettibone[7]. The petition was denied by the federal government, and David Reilly traveled to Austria to attend the Sellner/Pettibone wedding.
- ↑ Idaho Sunshine Report Search for Brent Regan, Donor
- ↑ BuzzFeed News: Here’s What Happens When Republicans Have No One To Fight Archive
- ↑ Regan Designs Archive
- ↑ KHQ: CDA School Board Member Apologizes For Racist Obama Comment Archive
- ↑ Spokesman: Flier Pushes Far Right ticket Financial Disclosure
- ↑ Coeur d'Alene Press: One PAC, two PAC, red PAC, whose PAC?
- ↑ KHQ: Kootenai County GOP responds to reports of resolution to let Austrian nationalist into U.S. Archive