Idaho businessman brings Romney into education reform fight | OregonLive.com

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Idaho businessman brings Romney into education reform fight

by The Associated Press

BOISE -- Eastern Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot is employing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to criticize unions and promote Tom Luna's education overhaul at the ballot box on Nov. 6. 

VanderSloot, an overhaul supporter, is paying for TV commercials showing Romney criticizing the teachers union. 

The National Education Association gave nearly $1.1 million to the campaign against Luna's education changes, which include limiting union bargaining power and requiring online classes. 

The VanderSloot-backed campaign commercial uses Romney, who is popular in Idaho,