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Keith Allred testifies to an Idaho legislative committee earlier this year as a citizen lobbyist for The Common Interest, the good-government group he formed. Allred filed recently to run for governor as a Democrat, challenging GOP Gov. Butch Otter. (Betsy Russell)
Keith Allred testifies to an Idaho legislative committee earlier this year as a citizen lobbyist for The Common Interest, the good-government group he formed. Allred filed recently to run for governor as a Democrat, challenging GOP Gov. Butch Otter. (Betsy Russell)

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on Keith Allred's filing to run for governor today, which stunned Idaho's political establishment. Allred's been distinctly nonpartisan in his political activity to date. Now, he's filed as a Democrat to run against GOP Gov. Butch Otter.

Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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