Darren Parry wins Democratic nomination in 1st Congressional District

After a week of counting by-mail ballots, Darren Parry — the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation — has won the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District race, where nine-term GOP Rep. Rob Bishop is retiring.His opponent, Jamie Cheek, a vocational rehabilitation manager for the state, conceded Wednesday in a tight race where Parry had 51% of the vote to her 49%. She trailed by 441 votes.Cheek said in a Facebook post, “It has become clea