BOISE — Idaho has a most unusual campaign going this year for lieutenant governor, with the sitting governor facing a former congressman whom the governor has been doing his best to ignore.

Idaho Governor Jim Risch, used to be Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, is running for re-election…for Lieutenant Governor against former Democrat Congressman Larry Larocco.  He’s not the only former Lt. Governor running for his old post, but he’s the only one who’s running for the state’s second chair from the first!

(Risch) said his record in office as governor — he will go down in history as the state's shortest-serving governor, with a seven-month term — shows he can serve the state. Indeed, he's been a whirlwind of activity as governor, personally working out a complex plan for management of roadless forests, replacing several high-profile department heads, opening offices in Coeur d'Alene and Idaho Falls, and calling lawmakers back to town for a one-day special session to pass his far-reaching tax reform legislation, which lowers property taxes while raising the sales tax.

Risch's hard-charging approach has prompted many supporters to say they wish he were running for governor — but he's not. The widely expected GOP primary matchup between Risch and current Congressman Butch Otter for governor never happened, as Otter jumped into the gubernatorial race two years early and began piling up campaign cash, and Risch decided in March to seek a second term as lieutenant governor instead.

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