Deborah Silver
A candidate for Idaho State Treasurer, State of Idaho in the 2014 Nov. 4 Idaho General Election
Party: Democratic
City: Twin Falls, Idaho
Occupation: Accountant
Certified public accountant. Silver has operated an accounting business in Twin Falls with her husband for the past 28 years. She also taught accounting at the College of Southern Idaho for five years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Boise State University. She has served as Twin Falls County Democratic Party chair since 2007.
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Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Crane (R) | 259,821 | 60.96% |
| Deborah Silver (D) | 166,375 | 39.04% |
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Idaho state treasurer’s transactions under scrutiny
BOISE – Deborah Silver, the Twin Falls accountant who’s challenging four-term Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane, is calling on Crane to release a full review of questioned investment transactions. “What else does he have to hide?” Silver asked. “Idaho taxpayers deserve the truth from their state treasurer.”
Silver calls on Crane to release Idaho investment review info
Deborah Silver, the Twin Falls accountant who’s challenging four-term Idaho state Treasurer Ron Crane, is calling on Crane to release a full review of questioned investment transactions to state auditors. “What else does he have to hide?” Silver asked. “Idaho taxpayers deserve the truth from their state treasurer.” Crane maintains he’s released all the information he can, but Idaho’s state auditor’s office, in an audit report released at the end of June, said it still hadn’t received documentation showing that Crane’s office has reviewed all potentially problematic transactions, after news of one surfaced in which a state investment pool lost millions when Crane’s office reallocated assets between it and a local government investment pool.
Recent audit findings drive challenger in Idaho treasurer race
BOISE – In his 16 years as Idaho’s state treasurer, Ron Crane has built up the state’s credit rating, launched a popular college savings program and a free annual control-your-finances conference for women, and helped create a bond bank that lets schools and local governments take advantage of the state’s favorable interest rates. But he’s best known for a series of critical state audits over the past five years, the most recent suggesting that Crane made an inappropriate transfer between two funds that cost state taxpayers more than $10 million.