This article was published in the Nov. 6, 1974, edition of the Lewiston Tribune.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Gov. Cecil D. Andrus swept to re-election for a second term by one of the widest margins in Idaho history Tuesday, pulling State Sen. John Evans of Malad into the lieutenant governorship on his coattails.
But Incumbent Democrat W. Anthony Park trailed Wayne Kidwell, a Boise lawyer and former state senator, for the attorney general post.
Dr. Roy Truby, administrative assistant to retiring State Supt. of Public Instruction D. F. Engelking, was elected to succeed his boss. He defeated Ezra Moore, administrative and finance officer for the department.
As expected, Secretary of State Pete T. Cenarrusa, State Auditor Joe R. Williams and State Treasurer Majorie Ruth Moon were re-elected by wide margins.
Andrus piled up more than 70 percent of the vote in, crushing Lt. Gov. Jack Murphy.
Returns from 427 of 805 precincts gave Andrus 81,310 votes and Murphy 30,927.
The big Andrus margin of victory and his crash campaigning for an "Andrus-Evans team" in the final weeks before the election enabled Evans to defeat State Rep. Vernon F. Ravenscroft of Tuttle.
Returns from 732 precincts gave Evans 116,417 votes and Ravenscroft 107,731.
Kidwell led Park most of the evening by a slight margin and returns from 732 precincts gave Kidwell 117,917 and Park 112,236.
Returns from 732 precincts gave Truby, a former, college boxer and onetime high school dropout, a 124,553 to 99,553 lead over Moore.
Cenarrusa led Daniel Daniels, a Pocatello hotel operator, 147,508 to 79,223, also with 732 precincts reporting.
Other figures from the same number of precincts showed Moon with 180,582 votes to 30,891 for Wayne Hunsaker, the American party nominee, and Williams with 141,246 to 82,719 for Harmon Groesbeck, business manager of the Idaho Falls School District. Andrus was so confident of victory that nearly a month ago he scaled down his projected advertising campaign from about $250,000 to $206,000. Murphy's backers said he had a campaign budget of about $50,000, half of which he put up personally.
Andrus pegged his re-election campaign to his record in office the past four years, contending he had brought tax relief to the elderly and needy, provided more state funds for education, sponsored the first massive governmental reorganization program since 1914 and improved governmental services through regionalization of the health and welfare programs.
Murphy's efforts to attack the governor's programs didn't draw much attention and he was balked in an attempt to get Andrus into a face-to-face debate on the issues. The governor said he had taken his programs to the voters in a series of "Capital for a Day" appearances throughout the state and didn't want to share his podium with anyone.
Andrus, 43, was elected four years ago over Former Gov. Don Samuelson and became the first Idaho Democratic governor in 26 years. Andrus, a tall, slender former insurance man, got his start in politics as a state legislator from Clearwater County.
