The candidates

• Incumbent Ron Crane, 65, a Republican, is seeking a fifth four-year term. A state representative and founder of an alarm business, he has an associate’s degree in religious education from Bible Missionary Institute in Rock Island, Ill.

• Challenger Deborah Silver, 57, a Democrat, holds an accounting degree from Boise State University and has been a certified public accountant for nearly three decades. She is making her first run for public office.