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Davis keeps Senate majority leader post, defeats challenge from Mortimer

Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, has defeated a challenge from Sen. Dean Mortimer, also an Idaho Falls Republican, to keep his leadership post. Davis is an attorney and eighth-term senator. "I continue to be honored to serve," Davis said.

Also, Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, will continue in the top Senate leadership post.



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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