Coin toss decides tied race for Caribou County commissioner

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (KIFI) - A coin toss determined the winner of the Republican race for Caribou County Commissioner in District 2.

George Hulse won the toss over Tracy Davis.

The coin toss was used after the two candidates tied with 469 votes each in last Tuesday's primary election. A third candidate, Marty McCullough, also ran in the race received 405 votes.

The coin toss was held at the Caribou County Courthouse after the official results showed the race was tied.

Last week, we asked both Davis and Hulse if they would have preferred a runoff election instead.

"The only time I've ever seen anything decided by the flip of a coin that I thought was important? When I was in high school, I pole vaulted, and I tied with one of the other contestants," relates Hulse. "It was decided by the flip of a coin who had first. I just thought, that's quite a way to decide something like that or an election. But I don't think that's fair."

"I think runoff elections are probably the more better bet," says Davis. "I just feel like, you know, especially in a three-way race, it can change a lot of dynamics in the voting system."