Kevin Richert

• Boise elections: When a vote isn't a mandate

  I'm not sure 17.6 percent of the voters can deliver a mandate.

  This sliver of the Boise electorate resoundingly re-elected City Council incumbents Vern Bisterfeldt and Maryanne Jordan and gave TJ Thomson a comfortable win in an open council race. And I suppose the 82.4 percent who stayed home offered a' [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  by Kevin Richert

• Losing elections, with and without grace

  Sitting in on election night with Nate Shelman on KBOI 670, we got to hear from several candidates on the losing side of the polls.

  These are never easy interviews — and because of that, they tend to tell you a lot about the politico taking the questions.

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Kevin Richert