The Green Papers: Idaho 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 27 May 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,297,274 (0.46% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):921,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):728,085
Capital:Boise
Tuesday 27 May 2008 polling hours 8:00a MDT (1400 UTC) / 8:00a PDT (1500 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC) / 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PDT but, as the MDT section is the much more populated portion of the state, the networks consider that "most of the polls in IDAHO" are closed by 8 PM MDT.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 8:00a MST (1500 UTC) / 8:00a PST (1600 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC) / 8:00p PST (0400 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PST but, as the MST section is the much more populated portion of the state, the networks consider that "most of the polls in IDAHO" are closed by 8 PM MST.
 

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Idaho State and Local Government

Idaho 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

27 May 2008 Primary returns from an official source.

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Senator Larry E. Craig
• First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996; 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - Announced his resignation on 1 September 2007. On 4 October 2007 Senator Craig announced he would retire at the end of his term and not run for re-election.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
    Democratic     David J. Archuleta - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00167: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Larry LaRocco
• FEC S8ID00076: $591,375
    Republican     Fred M. Adams - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00134: Financial report not available
    Republican     Brian Eugene Hefner - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00159: Financial report not available
    Republican     William E. "Bill" Hunter, III - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00175: $10,000
    Republican     Richard E. Phenneger - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00118: $69,905
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch
• FEC S8ID00092: $1,899,747
    Republican     Hal James Styles, Jr. - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00183: Financial report not available
    Republican     Scott Alan Syme - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00126: $67,395
    Republican     Donald Neal "Neal" Thompson - lost primary
• FEC S8ID00142: $11,600
  Candidate Libertarian     Kent A. Marmon
• FEC S8ID00209: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent; (Republican)     Rex Floyd Rammell
• FEC S8ID00100: $410,352
  Candidate Independent; (Constitution)     Pro-Life, Formerly Known as Marvin Richardson
• Marvin Richardson changed his legal name to "Pro-Life" in 2007.
• FEC S8ID00191: Financial report not available
  

On Thursday 4 October 2007 a Minnesota judge rejected Senator Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from his 11 June 2007 arrest in a sex sting at an airport men's room. Senator Craig now states that he will retire and not seek re-election at the end of his current term.

Senator Larry E. Craig (Republican) announced his resignation on Saturday 1 September 2007 effective 30 September 2007. However, on Wednesday 26 September 2007, he said he would remain in Congress.

The Senator was arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and charged with lewd conduct on On 11 June 2007. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct on 8 August 2007 but later filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. A ruling on that motion is expected in October 2007.

Class 3 Republican Senator Mike Crapo
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Republican Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter
• First elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     W. Lane Startin
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected separately from Governor
  Republican Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2007
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman William T. "Bill" Sali
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 27 May 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Larry L. Grant - apparently not a candidate
• Dropped out 10 April 2008 endorsing Walt Minnick.
• FEC H6ID01185: $138,778
  Candidate Democratic     Walter Clifford "Walt" Minnick
• FEC H8ID01090: $1,004,571
  Candidate Republican     Congressman William T. "Bill" Sali
• FEC H6ID01177: $495,446
    Republican     Matthew C. "Matt" Salisbury - lost primary
• FEC H8ID01082: $70,288
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 27 May 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Deborah "Debbie" Holmes
• FEC H8ID02106: $8,003
    Democratic     David Sneddon - lost primary
• FEC H8ID02114: Financial report not available
    Republican     Jack Wayne Chappell - lost primary
• FEC H0ID02053: Financial report not available
    Republican     Gregory Nemitz - lost primary
• FEC H8ID02122: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
• FEC H8ID02064: $392,937
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Secretary of State Ben Ysursa
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Treasurer Ron G. Crane
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Controller Donna M. Jones
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Tom Luna
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 4 candidates
 • Republican: 11 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • America First
 • Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/const/constTOC.html
Election Authority
 • Idaho Secretary of State Election Division
 • IdahoVotes.gov
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Idaho Legislature
Democratic
 • Idaho Democratic Party
Republican
 • The Idaho Republican Party
Third Party
 • America First Party of Idaho
 • Libertarian Party of Idaho
 • Right to Life of Idaho
 • The Constitution Party of Idaho
Media & others
 • Coeur d'Alene Press
 • DC's Political Report - Idaho
 • Idaho Press-Tribune
 • Idaho Public Television
 • KBCI TV - CBS - Boise
 • KIDK TV - CBS - Idaho Falls - Pocatello
 • KTVB TV - NBC - Boise
 • Moscow-Pullman Daily News
 • New West Boise
 • PaleoMedia.org - Boise
 • Pocatello Idaho State Journal
 • Politics1.com - Idaho
 • Post Register - Idaho Falls
 • South Idaho Press
 • The Challis Messenger
 • The Idaho Statesman - Boise
 • The Lewiston Tribune
 • The MountainGoat Report
 • The Times-News - Twin Falls
 • Wood River Journal - Hailey
 

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