Originally published by Laura Guido in the Idaho Press
After 18 years representing the Boise Bench, Rep. Sue Chew will retire from the Legislature at the end of her term. She is the longest-serving Democrat in the Idaho Legislature.
Chew is in her eighth term as a District 17 representative and said she felt ready to step down when the right person was ready to step up to run for her seat; that person, she decided, is Natalie MacLachlan. Chew announced her retirement and her endorsement of MacLachlan at an event at Cassia Park on Wednesday afternoon.
“I think that for quite a while I’d been looking to try and give an opportunity for someone that we need that has a lot of energy and passion, that cares, and for Natalie to want to come back home to District 17 and (is) ready to go right now, I think it’s perfect timing,” Chew said.