Greg Hahn: Greg Hahn covered nine sessions of the Idaho Legislature for the Idaho Statesman newspaper before becoming an editor for them this year. He oversees coverage of growth, transportation and air quality, health care, and the environment.

Henry Kulczyk: Henry Kulczyk is a Master carpenter and a former member of the Idaho House of Representatives. He is a founding member of a number of state and local organizations, including Idaho Chooses Life and the Rolling Hills Charter School. He is currently president of the Ada County Property Owners Association. In his spare time he likes to ride motorcycles, and collect and shoot guns.

Betty Richardson: Betty Richardson is the former US Attorney for the district of Idaho (1993-2001) and Democratic candidate for Congress from Idaho's 1st Congressional Distric (2002). She's currently in private legal practice.

Betsy Russell: Betsy Z. Russell works as staff writer for The Spokesman-Review. In that position, Russell covers Idaho news from its bureau in Boise. Her "Eye on Boise" blog offers up-to-the-minute news and happenings from the state capital.

Jim Weatherby: Dr. James B. Weatherby is a public policy consultant, political analyst, and a Boise State University emeritus professor. He is co-author of The Urban West: Managing Growth and Decline and Governing Idaho: Politics, People, and Power. He is a former executive director of the Association of Idaho Cities and served on the faculty at the University of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University.