Idaho's Fox Ousted; Eastin Re-Elected Calif. State Chief

By Anjetta McQueen

In Idaho, Democrat Marilyn Howard bet that voters had grown so concerned about Republican state schools Superintendent Anne C. Fox's controversies that they would replace her with a political novice. Ms. Howard won her bet last week, and the race--by 10 percentage points.

Meanwhile, in California, Superintendent Delaine Eastin, thought vulnerable as the incumbent in a state where student performance is lagging, held off Gloria Matta Tuchman's Election Day challenge by 7 percentage points and won re-election with 53.5 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results. The post is officially nonpartisan, though Ms. Eastin is a Democrat and...