Horton wins by 285 votes
When all the votes were finally counted, Idaho Supreme Court Justice Joel Horton held his seat by just 285 votes. In unofficial final results, Horton had 74,665 votes to challenger Judge John Bradbury’s 74,380. Horton told the AP, “I’m pleased though I’d hoped it wouldn’t be this close, obviously.” Bradbury, who campaigned on a judicial reform platform, said, “I hope it’s a wake up call for some officials.”
In other final, unofficial results from last night’s election, Ron Paul got 24 percent against John McCain’s 70 percent in the GOP presidential primary; Larry LaRocco defeated opponent David Archuleta 72 percent to 28 percent to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Larry Craig; Jim Risch took 65 percent on the GOP side of that contest, with Scott Syme trailing at 13 percent, Richard Phenneger at 5 percent and the other challengers with smaller figures; U.S. Rep. Bill Sali defeated GOP primary challenger Matt Salisbury 60 percent to 40 percent; and Debbie Holmes defeated David Sneddon 70 percent to 30 percent in the 2nd District Democratic primary for Congress, while incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson took 85 percent against two challengers in the GOP primary.
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Five legislative incumbents lose in primary Incumbent Idaho legislators who lost their seats in yesterday’s primary election. Release Date: 5/28/2008 Horton wins by 285 votes When all the votes were finally counted, Idaho Supreme Court Justice Joel Horton held his seat by just 285 votes. In unofficial final results, Horton had 74,665 votes to challenger Judge John Bradbury’s 74,380. Release Date: 5/28/2008 Automakers view China as one of the top markets in BEIJING - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year - a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere. Release Date: 4/21/2008 Chrysler: Chery exports not ready for US BEIJING - Chrysler LLC's talks on a possible joint venture with China's Chery Automobile Co. are progressing, but a China-made car being produced by the alliance is not ready for the U.S. market, Chrysler executives said Sunday. Release Date: 4/21/2008 GARVEE bonding wins final passage The legislation to do the next round of GARVEE bonding for the “Connecting Idaho” highway construction program has passed the Senate, 29-6. Release Date: 3/24/2008 Local-option tax amendment passes House A constitutional amendment to impose new limits on future local-option sales taxes in Idaho, including requiring a two-thirds supermajority at a November general election and requiring the votes to be by county, just passed the House on a 51-19 vote Release Date: 3/24/2008 Personal property tax repeal clears Rev & Tax The IACI bill to phase in repeal of the personal property tax on business equipment – which would give Idaho businesses a $100 million-plus tax break when it’s fully implemented – passed the House Revenue & Taxation Committee this morning on an 11-7 vote, after two long days of hearings. Release Date: 3/12/2008 House introduces registration fee bills The House Ways & Means Committee met on short notice this afternoon, and introduced three new vehicle registration fee increase bills. These are much, much smaller than Gov. Butch Otter’s earlier proposal for funding a road maintenance backlog, however, and less than half the magnitude of a $70 million car registration fee increase proposal floated by the Idaho Transportation Department last year. Release Date: 3/11/2008 Big transportation proposals, big hearing There’s a full house for the joint transportation committee hearing this afternoon at which Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation funding package is being unveiled. The package includes a new, flat $150 registration fee for all passenger vehicles, regardless of age. Release Date: 2/27/2008 The numbers tell the story... Here’s proof that this year’s legislative session really did start off quicker and accomplish more in its earlier weeks than usual. Release Date: 2/25/2008
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