Governor Butch

Republican Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter of the Idaho First Congressional District filed the necessary paperwork announcing his intention to run for Idaho Governor in 2006.

and so it begins...

So who will be the other Republican candidates I can vote against? Both Governor Kempthorne and Lt. Governor Risch said "ask me next year."

For those of you who don't know Butch, he was Lt. Gov. for 14 years and has been a congressman since 2000. Here is a Idaho Statesman file photo of him in 1977:

He's lost a little hair but I think he still owns...and wears...that coat. Women of the Idaho capital building, watch out!