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Malloy: A race Fulcher could win

Former state Sen. Russ Fulcher's decision to drop out of the governor's race is a blow to supporters and friends who have worked years to help their man get elected to the state's highest office.

But here's the consolation prize: He's leaving a governor's race that he had practically no chance of winning, and running for the 1st Congressional District seat, where he has a fighting chance. The 1st District seat usually goes to the most conservative candidate in the field. Fulcher may not be the firebrand conservative that Congressman Raul Labrador is, and he doesn't regularly put his foot in his mouth as former Congressman Bill Sali did.

But Fulcher is as conservative as they get/Chuck Malloy, Idaho Politics Weekly. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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