Mayor, incumbents win in Boise
Results from yesterday’s local elections around the state saw Boise Mayor Dave Bieter and three incumbent city councilors re-elected; school bond and levy measures pass from the West Ada School District to the Bonneville School District in Idaho Falls; former Kootenai County Clerk Dan English elected to the Coeur d’Alene City Council, defeating incumbent Steve Adams; and Salmon voters defeating a measure to make it a crime to develop a whitewater park on city property by 62 percent to 38 percent. Boise’s voter turnout topped 30 percent, which is high for a city election; Kootenai County had just 18.6 percent of registered voters turn out/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.