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+C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) i
 		235,405
 		53.52%
A.J. Balukoff (D)
 		169,556
 		38.55%
John T. Bujak (L)
 		17,884
 		4.07%
Jill Humble (I)
 		8,801
 		2.00%
Steve Pankey (C)
 		5,219
 		1.19%
Pro-Life (I)
 		2,870
 		0.65%
write-ins (5)
 		95

439,830
Registration: 793,709 (752,351 at cutoff plus 41,358 Election Day).
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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