NAMPA -- The end of the Republican primary leaves Canyon County voters with few choices in November.
In a state that consistently votes Republican, only a fraction of local races will be opposed in the Nov. 2 election.
But Jasper LiCalzi, chair of the Politics and Economics Department at Albertson College, explained that Idaho's de facto, one-party system doesn't eliminate voters' ability to choose.
A county Democratic Party official added that the shortage of opposition candidates is no indication of weakness in quality. Chuck Evans, county chairman for the Democratic Central Committee, said each of the party's three candidates in local races are strong enough to win.
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