Paulette

Synopsis

Coeur d’Alene tribal member Paulette Jordan comes from a long line of ancestral leadership deeply connected to the land of Idaho. She ran for Governor in 2018, winning the Democratic Primary by a landslide. A victory in November would have made her the first woman to serve as governor in the state, and would have marked the first time in U.S. history that a Native American has been governor of any state. Despite a hard-hitting loss in the general election to a Republican opponent, Jordan’s groundbreaking bid for Governor represented a growing movement for Native people, people of color, and women fighting to have a voice in American politics.