Template:Did you know nominations/1970 Idaho gubernatorial election

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:59, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

1970 Idaho gubernatorial election

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... that, when elected in the 1970 Idaho gubernatorial election, Cecil Andrus became the state's first Democratic governor in 24 years, and began 24 consecutive years of Democratic governors? Source: "Cecil Andrus, Idaho icon, dies at 85", The Idaho Post Register
- ALT1:... that the 1970 Idaho gubernatorial election saw some of the highest campaign spending in the state's history up to that point, but voter turnout was unusually low, at under 68 percent? Source: "The 1970 Election in Idaho," by Herbert S. Duncombe and Boyd A. Martin

Comment: The hooks aren't direct quotes; however, I did my best to model the wording after the originals. Thank you for your time!

Improved to Good Article status by MoreExtra (talk). Self-nominated at 17:15, 15 November 2019 (UTC).

Good work! New enough (as a recent Good Article), long enough, QPQ not needed, within policy, Earwig finds no copyvios. Hook facts check out (ALT1 on AGF), but each needs a wikilink to the main article in boldface. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antony-22 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Original hook and

ALT1, with the former being preferred. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:41, 18 November 2019 (UTC)