Palin dads to campaign for Vaughn Ward in Idaho

About a week ago Jim Geraghty noted a tweet from Vaughn Ward, a candidate for the U.S. House in Idaho's 1st Congressional District, and we passed along the information. What captured Geraghty's attention was Ward's Twitter message that "two Alaskans" would be coming to Idaho to stump the district for him. Now we know which two Alaskans he was Twittering about:

The fathers of Sarah and Todd Palin will be joining forces this month to help an Idaho congressional candidate who's getting an early start on his 2010 election bid.

Both Chuck Heath and Jim Palin will be in Idaho later on this month to help out Vaughn Ward, a Republican candidate for Congress. They’ll be attending events for Ward at the end of the month in Boise and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Ward's campaign spokesman said.

The former Alaska governor's father is an Idaho native who graduated from Sandpoint High School in northern Idaho. Palin, Sen. John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate last year, is herself is a 1987 graduate of the University of Idaho.

As we mentioned in our August 3 post, Todd Palin's parents have contributed to Ward's campaign. We also expressed our curiosity about whether Ward would be one of those conservative candidates that former Governor Sarah Palin said she would campaign for. No confirmation on that yet, but it wouldn't surprise us at all. Ward fits the bill.

- JP