On his Idaho Statesman blog, opinionator Kevin Richert checks out the results in Idaho during the 1994 Republican uprising nationwide. Kevin writes: "Some national pundits are predicting that Tuesday's election will parallel the 1994 Republican rout. Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, a Republican, expects to see heavy traffic at the Idaho polls — 63 to 64 percent turnout, the largest for a non-presidential year since, well, 1994." Later, he spotlights the late Helen Chenoweth's big victory over incumbent Democrat Larry LaRocco, which put the 1st Congressional District seat in Republican hands until Walt Minnick's breakthrough win two years ago. I doubt that Labrador will reach 55 percent of the vote (if he scores a come-from-behind win) that Chenoweth did 16 years ago. LaRocco, after all, was hit with a sex scandal in the closing days of campaign, which caused, among other things, the Spokesman-Review to switch its endorsement to Chenoweth.

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Question: How do you think another Republican wave nationwide, similar to the one in 1994, will affect Idaho elections?