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Eye On Boise

Sen. Abby Lee holds her seat by 28-vote margin

Wow, that’s close: With 31 of 31 precincts reporting, Sen. Abby Lee, R-Fruitland, has defeated her GOP primary challenger, Viki Purdy, but only by 28 votes. The AP reports that Lee got 2,949 votes, or 50 percent; Purdy got 2,921, also 50 percent.



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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