| The Green Papers: Idaho 2007 Off Year Election |
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Idaho
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Larry E. Craig • First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Announced his resignation on 1 September 2007. On 4 October 2007 Senator Craig announced he would retire at the end of his term and not run for re-election. |
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| On Thursday 4 October 2007 a Minnesota judge rejected Senator Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from his 11 June 2007 arrest in a sex sting at an airport men's room. Senator Craig now states that he will retire and not seek re-election at the end of his current term. Senator Larry E. Craig (Republican) announced his resignation on Saturday 1 September 2007 effective 30 September 2007. However, on Wednesday 26 September 2007, he said he would remain in Congress. The Senator was arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and charged with lewd conduct on On 11 June 2007. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct on 8 August 2007 but later filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. A ruling on that motion is expected in October 2007. On 15 September 2007 Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter issued a list individuals who have expressed interest in being appointed to the Idaho Class 2 Senate Seat to serve out the remainder of Senator Larry E. Craig's term (which expires in January 2009) should he resign. The list includes 24 names: state Representative Scott Bedke (Oakley), Bob Cox (Boise), Steve Coyle (Star), Lawrence Gardner (Meridian), Ben Jepson (Nampa), state Senator Mike Jorgensen (Coeur d'Alene), Thomas Kim (Island Park), David Leroy (Boise), state Representative Russ Mathews (Idaho Falls), state Senator John McGee (Caldwell), Christopher Patterson (Coeur d'Alene), Blaine Price (Malad), Steven Ranstrom (Burley), Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, state Representative Ken Roberts (Donnelly), state Senator Gary Schroeder (Moscow), Larry T. Smith (Nampa), Sheila Sorensen (Boise), Tom Stevenson (Gooding), Robert Vasquez (Caldwell), Jim Waite (Idaho Falls), Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden, Dane Watkins (Idaho Falls), and Jay Wilde (Glenns Ferry). | |||||
| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Mike Crapo • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected separately from Governor | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2007 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman William T. "Bill" Sali • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Ben Ysursa • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Ron G. Crane • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Controller Donna M. Jones • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Public Instruction Superintendent Tom Luna • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |