Onto Victory?

Sherri Ybarra, candidate for superintendent of education, is greeted by Gov. Butch Otter at the Republican election night party Tuesday at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. While other Republican candidates at the top of the ticket won their races easily, Ybarra held a slender 51% to 49% lead over Democrat Jana Jones in the race for superintendent of public instruction. (AP/Statesman photo: Darin Oswald)