Keough Survives, Eskridge Doesn’t

When final results were tallied in the early hours of the morning, it was a mix of incumbents and challengers who claimed the win in unofficial results. In the Senate race, Sen. Shawn Keough held a 487-vote lead of 3,484 votes over challenger Dannielle Ahrens’ 2,997 votes for the GOP ticket. As for representative candidates, challenger Sage Dixon defeated longtime Rep. George Eskridge for legislative District 1 Seat B with 3,444 votes versus his challenger’s 2,995 votes. In the race for retiring Rep. Eric Anderson’s Seat A, Heather Scott took an early lead for the seat and ended the night with 4,128 votes to 2,343 for Stephen Snedden/ Cameron Rasmusson , Bonner County Bee. More here.

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