| Office
|
Candidates |
Comment |
| President |
George W Bush
(R)
John Kerry (D)
|
No
comment necessary. |
| US
Senate |
Mike
Crapo (R)
Scott McClure (wi) |
Or
would be here, either, even if McClure had been on the ballot. |
| US
House 1 |
C.L.
"Butch" Otter (R)
Naomi Preston (D) |
Another
major win, and a good setup for the 06 gubernatorial. |
| US
House 2 |
Mike
Simpson (R)
Lin Whitworth (D) |
Another
solid win, no surprises. |
| House
1A |
Eric
Anderson (R)
Steve Elgar (D) |
Democrats
had put a lot of hope (and money) into the idea that Elgar could
crack open this former D stronghold. Didn't happen. |
| House
2B |
Dick
Harwood (R)
George Currier (D) |
|
| House
5B |
Shirley
Ringo (D)
Earl Bennett (R) |
A close
challenge, but Ringo apparently survived. |
| Senate
7 |
Joe
Stegner (R)
Mike Naccarato (D) |
Stegner
appears to have decisively turned back the Democrats' best hope
for capturing a non-Boise Senate seat this year. Naccarato's
old House seat was riding on the edge. |
| Senate
9 |
Monty
Pearce (R)
Bob Barowsky (D) |
It
was an interesting idea, running the veteran and very popular
D sheriff for the Senate - no D in the area could have done
remotely as well. And he still didn't come close. |
| Senate
16 |
Graham
Paterson (R)
David Langhorst (D) |
|
| House
16B |
Gino
White (D)
Jana Kemp (R) |
|
| Senate
17 |
Elliot
Werk (D)
Heather Cunningham (R) |
Some
thought Werk would have an easy re-elect: It wasn't, Cunningham's
campaign was powerful. But he did survive. |
| House
17A |
Kathie
Garrett (R)
Sean Spence (D) |
|
| House
17B |
Janet
Miller (R)
Deborah Spindler (D) |
Speculation
was that Werk's coattails and Statesman endorsement would help
Spindler here. Not enough. |
| Senate
18 |
Dave
Baumann (R)
Kate Kelly (D) |
A
moderate D or a very conservative R minister? Southeast Boise
chose the D, under those conditions. Not by a lot. A rare D
pickup. |
| House
19B |
Nicole
LeFavour (D)
Alicia Cassarino (R) |
Marks
the election of Idaho's first openly gay legislator. |
| Senate
22 |
James
Alexander (D)
Tim Corder (R) |
All
the talk about Corder running afoul of the NRA notwithstanding,
this district voted hard R and gave him a convincing win. Another
D seat lost. |
| Senate
29 |
Bert
Marley (D)
Evan Frasure (R) |
Marley
survives, barely. The first legislative race Frasure has lost
in 14 years. Note the D loss in Bannock, though: Allen Anderson. |
| Ada
Co Comm |
Rick
Yzaguirre (R)
Michael Wilson (D) |
Each
has led, but only a third of the vote in at last check. |
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