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Republican Lt. Gov. Brad Little is projected to be Idaho鈥檚 next governor after securing 60 percent of the vote with 99 percent of precincts reporting, reported.

He succeeds retiring Republican Gov. Butch Otter, who has served since 2007.

鈥淚daho has been fairly successful, but we have more to do in taking back the authority that the federal government over the years has taken, whether it鈥檚 in the area of education, transportation, health care, public lands management and all the areas of regulation,鈥� Little said in his victory speech, .

Little had led Democratic state Rep. Paulette Jordan by a wide margin in the polls. But Jordan had received widespread as a young progressive who could have been the first Native American in the nation elected governor.

Little supported preparing Idaho students for the workforce through career and technical education and vocational training. He suggested that colleges should be able to keep sales taxes to help reduce tuition costs. And Little proposed raising teacher pay to $40,000 and basing salary increases on students鈥� academic growth.

Thank you to Snake River Elementary School in for hosting me and having me read to these bright minds. is important to me and my education plan makes teachers and students a top priority!

鈥� Brad Little (@LtGovBradLittle)

During debates, Little and Jordan over where Idaho fell in national education rankings; it has been referred to as the 鈥�scroll-down state鈥� because finding it on state-comparison lists of early education, school funding, and teacher salaries requires scrolling down to the very end. The candidates also debated how to expand access to early education in one of the few states that does not fund it.

Idaho鈥檚 test scores are slightly above the national average, though teacher pay ranks near the bottom. About 8 in 10 students in Idaho graduate from college, a few points below their national peers. The state has 50 charter schools, but moves toward tax-credit scholarships have stalled in the legislature.

Jordan campaigned on improving teacher pay, increasing funding for rural schools and developing a statewide preschool program.

鈥淣o one would have thought we would have got this far,” she said Tuesday night, according to “No one imagined an Idaho like this. Be proud of yourselves, thank yourselves, because we are here and we got here together.鈥�

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