On September 29 Pete Cenarrusa (pictured), died in Boise at the age of 95. The longest serving secretary of state not just in Idaho history but in all of American history, the former Speaker of the Idaho House and state legislator, a farmer-sheep rancher from Carey and a staunch conservative Republican, never lost an election. Blaine County voters first elected him to the House in 1951, and re-elected him seven more times until Governor Don Samuelson appointed him as Secretary of State on May 1, 1967, to fill a vacancy created by the death of Edson Deal. In November, 1970, he was elected in his own right and re-elected until he chose not to run again in 2002. That’s 35 years. Despite his conservative political views, he was well known for his fairness, honesty and decency. He worked well with the two Democratic governors that served during his tenure, Cecil Andrus and John Evans. It was this sense that a man’s word was his bond that leads to the many stories surrounding what was known as “the Little Wood River” list/Chris Carlson, Carlson Chronicles. More here.

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