Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Otter
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided December 24, 1990No. 19035PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDEVITT, Justice.
In the 1990 Idaho general election, 21 members of the Republican party and 21 members of the Democratic party were elected as the 42 members of the Idaho State Senate in the 51st Idaho Legislature. For the first time in the history of this state, the members of the Senate were equally divided between two political parties.
Following the swearing-in of the Senators-elect on December 6, 1990, one of the first actions taken by the Senate was the selection of the President Pro Tempore. First, the Democrats placed in nomination for this position the name of Senator Bruce L.…
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