With 42% of the vote counted in the Bonner County portion of the 1st District, state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, appears to be cruising to another victory. She leads Constitutionalist Christian Fioravanti 61% to 39%. In the two House races, Republican Heather Scott is defeating…
See up-to-date posting of top ticket races here (62% of precincts counted).
73 of 73 precincts -- 100% (finished at 1:20 PM)
73 of 73 precincts -- 100%
73 of 73 precincts -- 100%
Text from Deputy County Clerk Pat Raffee: "Overall things are running smoothly. First results will be closer to 10 PM. But will include some precincts as well as absentees. Two machines running full speed."
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho speaks after winning another term during the Idaho GOP election night event at the Riverside Hotel in Boise, tonight. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
Actually, we would have been embarrassed by anything past 8:30...being both accurate and fast were not mutually exclusive -- Dan of the Community.
AP Tweet: BREAKING: GOP C.L. "Butch" Otter wins re-election as governor of Idaho. @AP race call at 12:25 a.m. EST. #Election2014 #APracecall
You can follow live election blog of Kevin Richert/IdahoED NEWS (who's operating on MST) here
Zoe Buck, 14 mos., holds on to the leg of her mother, Julie Buck, as Buck votes in a booth earlier today at the Alaska Zoo polling place in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The polls for two precincts (50 & 52) that are voting at my usual place (Assembly of God Church) were busy this morning. And I'm told by colleague Becky Kramer that her precinct was also busy. I know that a lot of residents have cast…
Republicans have notched two key Senate wins, with Fox News projecting Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell will win re-election to his Kentucky seat and Republican Shelley Moore Capito will beat Democrat Natalie Tennant for an open Senate seat in West Virginia -- marking the first…
Top Comment -- Anne Nesse (RE: St. Vinny's plans November events): I visited the Fresh Start warming center yesterday morning. It was so crowded it was obvious that the city or the state is not dealing with those who are struggling to find meaningful work,…
4:26 p.m. Driver of late 1990s Toyota Camri reckless, possibly DUI, @ e/b I-90/MP 8 (Huetter rest stop). 4:15 p.m. Disabled vehicle tagged for removal still hasn't been removed @ e/b I-90/MP 3 (McGuire Road/Post Falls). 3:54 p.m. Kootenai County Sheriff's Office property crimes report…
Tad Johnson, shown here with a curious voter, thought there would be more people out waiving signs today. He was surprised to learn that he was one of the few doing so in the Coeur d'Alene area. Johnson voted and then picked up signs from…
Duane Rasmussen tells Huckleberries that no one is standing at the intersections in Coeur d'Alene today, waving signs. I suppose that's another indication that there isn't high interest in today's general election. Yet the polls at Precincts 50/52 at the Assembly of God Church on…
Now this is the way to handle a newspaper correction. H/T: Coeur d'Alene Press.
Do you know how we say regularly that we're voting for the lesser of two evils. In this general election, who do you consider to be the lesser of two evils?
Voting by mail turned into family game night around here. I'd announce who/what I was voting for as I filled out my ballot and Ethan and Derek would say, "Me too!" or "Ha! Cancelled your vote!" It got a bit competitive, but the great thing…
Marc Eberlein, a Republican candidate for the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners, works in his Rathdrum area shop today, to pass the time on Election. Eberlein planned to attend a commissioner discussion this afternoon about the firing of Coeur d'Alene Airport manager Greg Delavan. (Photo:…
Food Porn: "This is how we do cheesecake here in Idaho," posts Idaho Dad. "Smothered with huckleberries, and really just looking too good to eat, although we get around to it after much admiring and photo-taking." Mmm-mmm good.
Marie Widmyer addresses the Chamber audience while her husband looks on. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson)
Marie Nail and her daughter, Emerson, were waving signs for Democratic candidates this morning near Fernan Elementary. Marie tells Huckleberries that she and her little one will return this afternoon to wave the signs for parents picking up their children. Few others are waving signs…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
