Top, Todd Tondee, standing, and his wife DeDe (cq) talk about the election returns that show him beating incumbent Kootenai County Commissioner Gus Johnson Tuesday night, May 23, 2006. Tondee and his supporters were meeting at the Sleep Inn in Post Falls. At right is Larry Spencer at the computer/Jesse Tinsley, Spokesman-Review. Bottom, Rich Piazza, right, who unseated Kootenai County Commissioner Katie Brodie, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, is congratulated by Dave Maiani during his election-night party in Hayden, Idaho/Jerome A. Pollos, AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press.

TODD TONDEE 6,852 58.73 %
S.J. (GUS) JOHNSON 4,814 41.27 %

and

RICH PIAZZA 7,412 62.28 %
KATIE BRODIE 4,490 37.72 %

DFO: Ouch!

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