Idaho GOP Gov. Butch Otter won a rare third term Tuesday over Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff after a hard-fought race, while the race for state superintendent of schools was too close to call all night, before finally resulting in a razor-thin victory Wednesday morning for first-time Republican candidate Sherri Ybarra over Democrat Jana Jones, a former chief deputy state superintendent. Ybarra, a political unknown who won a four-way GOP primary with just 28.7 percent of the vote, ran a stumbling campaign that lurched from one gaffe to the next. She acknowledged that her campaign website plagiarized material from her opponent’s. When news surfaced that she’d never voted in an Idaho election since moving to the state in 1996, she said she’s running for state superintendent, in part, to “repay” Idaho for that lapse in civic participation/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here. (AP photo)