Statehouse COVID infections rise, Senate president pro tem tests positive
BOISE — Idaho Senate President Pro-Tem Chuck Winder (R) announced Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19 late last week, making him the fourth state legislator to acknowledge testing positive since the legislative session started just a week earlier.
“I have had no significant symptoms, other than fatigue and stuffiness,” Winder, R-Boise, told the Idaho Press. He was isolating at home and had been since testing positive last week; Senate Majority Leader Kelly Anthon said he anticipates Winder will return on Wednesday.
Last week, the House and Senate Democratic caucuses announced that two of their members, Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking and Rep. John Gannon, both Boise Democrats, had tested positive and gone home to self-isolate. Ward-Engelking was back at work in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee Monday morning.
Also last week, Rep. James Holtzclaw, R-Meridian, announced last Tuesday that he was participating in a legislative hearing he was co-chairing via Zoom as he awaited test results; on Monday, he reported that his test came back positive, so he stayed out the rest of the week.
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