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Otter tells supporters he’ll seek a third term as governor in 2014

Here's a news item from the Associated Press:  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is telling supporters that he'll run for re-election in 2014. His former campaign manager, Debbie Field, told Boise television station KTVB that Otter made the announcement Wednesday night to a crowd of about 200 attending a governor's ball in northern Idaho. Otter, 69, was first elected governor in 2006. He's been in elected office for 29 years, as a state House member, lieutenant governor and U.S. representative.



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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