Idaho's dominant Republican establishment appeared headed for a rare rebuke from voters Tuesday, as  school-reform measures pushed hard by state schools Superintendent Tom Luna and GOP Gov. Butch Otter trailed at the polls at press time. The three measures, Propositions 1, 2 and 3, became the hottest election issue in Idaho this year, eclipsing even the presidential race - which was a foregone conclusion for Idaho's four electoral votes in the heavily GOP state that strongly favored Mitt Romney.

Luna called the measures "by far the most important choice on education that many of us will make in our lifetime," and Otter called them "very important." On election night, Otter told The Spokesman-Review, "We'll go back, get our heads together in the Legislature, and see where we go from there." You can read my full story here at spokesman.com.