The Spokesman-Review

Excerpt from The Spokesman-Review

July 15, 2026

Ahead of the 2024 election, Bloom cited his life and legal experience as making him the best qualified for a seat on the court. Bloom served in the Navy for a decade after 9/11 before starting at one of the “big four” accounting firms.

In an interview Thursday, Bloom said he didn’t know “what could possibly prepare somebody for this role, quite frankly,” but “really it’s a combination of almost everything I’ve done up to this point, really, is what I view as being the formative experience over the course of my life, and particularly my adult life as a lawyer and a licensed professional.”

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