“Ready for Change”: Pocatello Mayoral candidates reflect on election and city’s future

Following the local elections, Pocatello is guaranteed a new mayor by December 2, 2025. Mark Dahlquist had 40% of the votes, and Greg Cates had 30%.
"I think the city was just ready for change. You know, they made one thing clear last night in the election is that they're they're ready for new leadership. And they just want things to change in our city. And I do believe, that over the last 16 years our city has been going backwards instead of forwards," Cates said.

"What I was hearing really quite often was that people were ready for a change, that they were yearning for a new direction, a new perspective, a new style of leadership," Dahlquist said.