Races Simmer After Heated Primary

The northernmost legislative district in Idaho, District 1, saw some of the hottest election contests in the state in May’s primary, with tea party challengers trying to knock off longtime Republican incumbents and lots of outside interests taking sides. But it’s a different story in the general election contest this fall. Although Democratic challengers originally had filed to challenge all three GOP incumbents, two of the three have withdrawn their names from the ballot, and the third isn’t actively campaigning. “I had only filed as a placeholder,” said former Democratic Senate candidate Laura Bry, of Sandpoint, adding that the idea was that she or someone else would run if the incumbent, Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, lost in the primary. “Shawn won the primary, so there you go,” said Bry, who is chair of the Bonner County Democrats. “If I am ever going to be a real candidate, the one person I’m not going to run against is Shawn Keough, because I’ve known her too long, she got me into local politics and our kids grew up together” /Betsy Russel l, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Which North Idaho legislative race will be the most hotly contested?