Three-term incumbent Sen. Carl Crabtree, of Grangeville, was one of 19 House and Senate Republicans who lost their reelection bids in Tuesday’s primary election.
The 69-year-old Crabtree squared off against Riggins businesswoman Cindy Carlson in a four-way race for the 7th Legislative District Senate seat. Lewiston High School coach Keith Stuffle and Heather Rogers, of Lewiston, were also in the race. No Democrats or minor party candidates filed for the race, so Carlson is virtually assured of victory in November.
Former state Sen. Dan Foreman, of Viola, won a three-way primary against Kendrick farmer Robert Blair and Moscow family nurse practitioner Jennifer Seegmiller. He’ll now face two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. David Nelson and Constitution Party nominee James Hartley in the Nov. 8 general election. Foreman lost to Nelson in the last two elections. But they’re both now running in the newly redesigned 6th District, which includes all of Lewis and Latah counties, as well as the northern and eastern portion of Nez Perce County.
Incumbent Rep. Lori McCann won her Republican primary race against Claudia Dalby, of Viola 61% to 39%. She now faces Moscow Democrat Jamal Kingsley Lyksett in the general election race for the House A seat. (Lewiston Tribune)
