Out in Idaho, State Senator John McGee has found him in a little bit of trouble with the law after a late night excursion went awry. Talking Points Memo has the full story, but a fair summary would be to say that Mr. McGee had a bit too much to drink, decided stealing a Ford Excursion was a good idea, and wound up being found by the police asleep in the back of that car at 3:00 AM.
TPM also made mention to the fact that Sen. McGee is seen as a potential candidate for higher office. He currently serves as the Majority Leader in the Idaho State Senate, and prior to entering the Senate, he had worked closely alongside former Idaho Governor and Senator Dick Kempthorne.
That being said, for a relatively entrenched incumbent, his numbers weren't anything magical. Looking back at our Idaho numbers, Mr. McGee's 10th District is R+7, where you would expect a generic result to be 69 - 33 for the Republican. In the past two elections, McGee has averaged a 72-27 victory. He's outperforming his district slightly, but comparatively, Sen. Russel Fulcher in the 21st District (R+7) brought home nearly 75% of the vote last time out. He may have been an insider, but when you are not some otherworldly popular figure, and you find yourself in the position Mr. McGee is in (namely, in jail), then you can probably kiss the rest of your political career goodbye, no matter how strongly your territory leans in your favor.
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