2012 With incumbent Senate District 6 Republican Senator
Art Fryslie redistricted to District 2, Otten won the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary with 772 votes (58.5%) against Representative and former Senator
Gene Abdallah;[3] and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 6,011 votes (65.4%) against
Democratic nominee Richard Schriever.[4]
1996 To challenge incumbent Democratic Representative
Roland Chicoine, Otten and incumbent Republican Representative
Mike Broderick were unopposed for the 1996 Republican Primary,[5] but Otten lost the four-way November 5, 1996 General election, where Representative Broderick took the first seat and Representative Chicoine took the second seat ahead of Otten and Democratic nominee Richard Dubro.[6]