12:17 a.m. That's it for the night. We'll have more detailed analysis here later today and in the Thursday paper. Thanks.

11:43 p.m. With the final numbers in for Ada and Canyon County, we can tally up who won, and how these results compared to Statesman endorsements.

Overall, the Statesman endorsed in 15 city races. Eleven of these candidates won, a 73 percent rate.

• Boise: Winners were Dave Bieter (mayor) and Ben Quintana and David Eberle (City Council). Statesman endorsed Bieter, Quintana and Eberle.

• Meridian: Winners were Tammy de Weerd (mayor) and David Zaremba and Charles Rountree (City Council). Statesman endorsed de Weerd, Zaremba and Rountree.

• Nampa: City Council winners were Stephen Kren and Bob Henry. Statesman endorsed Lance McGrath and Curtis Homer.

• Eagle: Winners were James Reynolds (mayor) and Mark Butler and Mary Defayette (City Council). Statesman endorsed Reynolds and Butler, and Gary Tanner for the second council seat.

• Kuna: Winners were Greg Nelson (mayor) and Briana Buban-Vonder Haar and Joe Stear (City Council). Statesman endorsed Nelson and Buban-Vonder Haar, and David Szplett for the second council seat.

• Star: City Council winners were Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell. Statesman endorsed Erlebach, and made no endorsement in the race won by Bell.

11:22 p.m. We'll get a better read on voter turnout Wednesday, but I think it's safe to say that it will be about as low as expected.

Or even lower.

One hint: On Facebook tonight, Jason Denizac from the Ben Quintana for Boise City Council campaign said he is expecting a total of about 16,000 ballots cast. The campaign had been running models based on 18,000 to 20,000 ballots cast.

The final results, just posted, showed 16,403 ballots cast in this council race. Quintana captured the open seat with 56 percent of the vote, trouncing Michael Cunningham (30 percent) and L.W. Johnson (14 percent).

11:06 p.m. It's a final in Nampa.

Stephen Kren was re-elected to a fifth council term, with 55 percent to repeat candidate Lance McGrath's 45 percent. And, after two unsuccessful council runs, Bob Henry broke through Tuesday with nearly 49 percent of the vote in a four-way race. Henry unseated former Nampa police chief Curtis Homer, who came in second at 35 percent.

As I said before, I think this race comes down to the Bujak contract debacle. It's interesting: the Meridian City Hall controversy resulted in no changing of the guard there, and a council seat will change hands in Nampa.

10:32 p.m. Eagle mayor is the surprise of the night so far, but the race for Meridian mayor is a mild surprise as well.

I thought incumbent Tammy de Weerd would get re-elected, partly because a five-way field tends to favor the incumbent and splinter the opposition. But de Weerd has held a majority all night.

The latest: de Weerd, 51 percent; Gerry Sweet, 27 percent; Jason Monks, 20 percent; Lisa Paternoster, 2 percent; Randy Pew, .49 percent.

10:17 p.m. The surprise of the night? For me, it's Eagle mayor, and incumbent James Reynolds' landslide lead over City Council member (and state GOP chairman) Norm Semanko.

The numbers: Reynolds, 77 percent. Semanko, 23 percent.

10:09 p.m. Also on the "incumbents-in-trouble" list: Nampa City Council member Curtis Homer.

The former police chief is running second, with 36 percent of the vote, as former Nampa School Board member Bob Henry leads with 48 percent.

I've got to think a factor is the flap over Nampa's ill-advised contract with former county Prosecutor John Bujak. Homer defended the deal, while Henry went to court to seek financial records pertaining to the contract.

In Nampa's other council race, incumbent Stephen Kren leads Lance McGrath, 54 percent to 46 percent. Kren opposed the Bujak contract.

9:56 p.m. Which incumbents are in trouble in Ada County?

Here's the list so far:

• Eagle City Council: Al Shoushtarian is running third in an eight-person field. Mark Butler and Mary Defayette are leading the race for the two council seats.

• Kuna mayor: Scott Dowdy is running a distant third, trailing former Mayor Greg Nelson and Richard Cardoza, who is halfway into a four-year council term.

• Kuna City Council: Jeff Lang is running third, as nine candidates are seeking two council seats. Joe Stear and Briana Buban-Vonder Haar are leading.

• Star City Council, Seat 1: Chad Bell is trailing a three-way race, led at this point by Richard Lockett.

• Star City Council, Seat 2: Incumbent Tom Erlebach and Ulysses Mori are tied.

9:45 p.m. So, can the closest council race in the area get closer? Looks like it.

The Star city election results actually will include a smattering of votes from Canyon County — where, so far, Ulysses Mori has one vote to incumbent Tom Erlebach's zero votes.

That brings it, by my rudimentary math, to a 19-19 deadlock.

9:34 p.m. Looks, so far, like a bunch of one-sided races in Boise. The latest election numbers:

• Mayor: Dave Bieter (incumbent), 4,362, 75.1 percent; David Hall, 1,448, 24.9 percent.

• City Council, Seat 2: Ben Quintana, 3,115, 55.9 percent; Michael Cunningham, 1,660, 29.8 percent; L.W. Johnon, 793, 14.2 percent.

• City Council, Seat 3: David Eberle (incumbent) 4,355, 79.1 percent; David "Pappy" Honey, 1,151, 20.9 percent.

9:28 p.m. And the early leader for the closest race of the night is ... Star.

With the earliest of the Ada County numbers in, council incumbent Tom Erlebach leads challenger Ulysses Mori, 19-18. But, as the numbers would indicate, it's early.

The backstory behind this race is, to say the least, interesting. Cynthia Sewell wrote last week about an alleged blackmail campaign targeting Erlebach.

Based on the other early numbers, incumbent mayors Dave Bieter (Boise), Tammy de Weerd (Meridian) and James Reynolds (Eagle) are winning big. Former mayor Greg Nelson is leading in Kuna.

9:14 p.m. First round of numbers in the Nampa City Council elections:

• Seat 2: Stephen A. Kren (incumbent), 583, 55.8 percent; Lance McGrath, 461, 44.2 percent.

• Seat 4: Bob Henry, 464, 44.1 percent; Curtis Homer (incumbent), 419, 39.8 percent; Justin Harrison, 94, 8.9 percent; Charles Harris, Jr., 75, 7.1 percent.

9:08 p.m. Welcome. We should be starting to get election results shortly. I'll roll in results and analysis as we go, and if you have questions, just post them.

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