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IDAHO |
Nov. 4,
2014 Governor
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Ballots cast: 445,307. Plurality: 65,849 votes (14.97 percentage points). ID
Secretary of State
Notes: Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) was elected to a third term, defeating A.J. Balukoff (D) and four other candidates. In the May 20 primaries, Otter fended off a challenge from conservative state Sen. Russell M. Fulcher by 79,779 votes (51.4%) to 67,694 (43.6%); also running were Harley Brown and Walt Bayes (1, 2). Democrats chose Balukoff, an accountant and businessman, who has also been a member of the Boise School District Board of Trustees since 1997, as their nominee. Balukoff defeated Terry Kerr, a former Republican from Idaho Falls who did not campaign, by 16,751 votes (65.3%) to 8,887 (34.7%). In the general election, candidates participated in debates around the state: Sept. 24 - Balukoff and Bujak, hosted by the Twin Falls Times-News in Twin Falls. > Oct. 3 - Otter, Balukoff, Bujak and Pro-Life in Coeur d'Alene. > Oct. 9 - Otter and Balukoff, hosted by the City Club of Idaho Falls in Idaho Falls. Oct. 14 - Otter, Balukoff and Pankey hosted by KTVB in Nampa. Oct. 30 - Otter, Balukoff and Bujak, at Iowa Public Television studios in Boise. > Campaign Managers: Butch Otter: Jayson Ronk (from Oct. 2013 - announced Aug.) Vice president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, Dec. 2007-Sept. 2013. Executive director of the Idaho Republican Party, 2006-07. Government affairs director of the Building Contractors Association of SW Idaho, 2004-06. Legal counsel assistant in the Office of Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, 2003-04. B.S. in political science from Idaho State University. A.J. Balukoff: ? |
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