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State controller, treasurer candidates face off in televised debates

Candidates in contested primary races for state controller and state treasurer debated Friday night on statewide TV; you can watch here. In the controller’s race, GOP incumbent Brandon Woolf faces a challenge from log home company owner Todd Hatfield. In the treasurer’s race, two Democrats, Deborah Silver, a CPA, and W. Lane Startin, a freelance writer and editor, are facing off in the primary; the victor will take on GOP incumbent Ron Crane in November. The Idaho Debates, co-sponsored by the Idaho Press Club and the League of Women Voters of Idaho, continue this Thursday with the GOP candidates for state Superintendent of Schools.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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