5 questions Tuesday night’s primaries will answer

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Sandwiched between two weeks of high-profile primary contests, Tuesday night’s elections are relatively low-key. But even without a Don Blankenship on the ballot, there are still a few things worth watching.

Can Raul Labrador win the Republican nomination for governor of Idaho? Idaho Republicans have the opportunity to help put a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus on a path to the governorship, a position of doing rather than obstructing and running the executive branch rather than legislating. But Labrador faces the more establishment-friendly Lt. Gov. Brad Little and businessman Tommy Ahlquist in the primary.

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