Popkey: Kempthorne Reflects
Item: Catching up with Idaho's former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne: The former governor and Cabinet member reflects on 23 years in public office and what to do next/Dan Popkey, Statesman
More Info: Kempthorne reminisced about his 1974 election as student body president at the University of Idaho, the first step on a long journey. Elected Boise mayor in 1985, he went on to serve six years as a U.S. senator, 7 1/2 years as governor and 2 1/2 years as U.S. secretary of the interior, a post he left in January.
Question: How would you rank Kempthorne in terms of the governors who have served Idaho over the last 25 years (John Evans, Cecil Andrus, Phil Batt, Kempthorne, Jim Risch, and Butch Otter)?