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Idaho GOP Opens Primary Campaign In Burley
Idaho Republicans launched their primary season with governor and superintendent contests. Governor Don Samuelson won 266 delegate votes for nomination, facing Dick Smith who earned 87 votes. Whittaker failed to gain any votes and will not appear on the ballot. Assembly endorsements went to H Louis Hooban and Gilbert McKinlay. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Jack Murphy and other top officials were endorsed without opposition. The party platform endorsed limited campus violence concerns and a Nixon administration policy on Cambodia.
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Burley
Idaho
UPI
Don Samuelson
GOP
State Assembly
Dick Smith
Rexburg
Edward T. Whittaker
Marsing
James McClure
Orval Hansen
Central Committee
Roland Wilber
Lewiston
William C. Roden
Boise
Assembly
Samuelson-Smith
Samuelson
Whittaker
Smith
Boden
James D. McClary
Des Peters
McClary
Orriette Sinclair
Twin Falls
Elizabeth McReynolds
Kellogg
Freda Genarrusa
Cambodia