C.L. "Butch" Otter
A candidate for Governor, State of Idaho in the 2010 Idaho General Election
Party: Republican
City: Star, Idaho
Occupation: Idaho governor
Incumbent governor, multimillionaire rancher, retired from J.R. Simplot Corp. Otter was first elected to the Idaho Legislature in 1972. He served 14 years as the state’s lieutenant governor, and three terms in Congress before being elected governor in 2006. He won his second term in 2010 with 59 percent of the vote. A rodeo enthusiast, Otter this year was named to the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Contact information
- Web: otter4idaho.com
Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) | 266,992 | 59.18% |
| Keith Allred (D) | 147,863 | 32.77% |
| Jana M. Kemp (I) | 26,601 | 5.90% |
| Ted Dunlap (L) | 5,864 | 1.30% |
| Pro-Life (I) | 3,841 | 0.85% |
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Idaho Public Television got its budget trimmed Tuesday, but the damage was far less than Gov. Butch Otter called for earlier - and Otter not only supported the plan, he’ll appear on IPTV tomorrow night to help with fundraising.
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BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter laid out a grim budget proposal for Idaho on Monday, calling for cutting public education both this year and next, slashing 400 state jobs, phasing out state funding for Idaho Public TV over the next four years and more. “To those folks who say, ‘Why are you cutting education?’ I say, where else would you have me cut?” a frustrated Otter said after his State of the State message to a joint session of the Legislature.
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BOISE - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Thursday declared his support for additional midyear budget cuts that would hit schools along with all other state operations. Otter said he’ll include further holdbacks, beyond the 4 percent he trimmed from the current year’s state budget in September, in the budget he proposes to a joint session of the Legislature on Monday. But he stopped short of imposing the cuts immediately – something GOP legislative leaders have urged him to do for the past month.