The Green Papers: Idaho 2017 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2017. Find 2018 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:1,573,499 (0.51% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
Capital:Boise
 

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Idaho State and Local Government


Constitution, Independent, and Libertarian candidates do not appear on the primary ballot.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator James E. "Jim" Risch
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator James E. "Jim" Risch
FEC S8ID00092

Class 3 Republican Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004, 2010, 2016.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo
FEC S8ID00027

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Chair - 14 October 2014: "Won't run for a fourth term" in 2018.
 Candidate list (12)
  Candidate Democratic     Boise School Board Trustee A.J. Balukoff
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Paulette E. Jordan
  Candidate Democratic     Troy Minton
  Candidate Republican     Tommy Ahlquist
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Raúl Rafael Labrador
9 May 2017: Announced he is a candidate for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Republican     HyDee Liebelt
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor Brad Little
29 June 2016: Candidate for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Republican     Lisa Marie
  Candidate Republican     Steve Pankey
  Candidate Independent     Adam Phillips
  Candidate Independent     Michael Richardson
  Candidate Independent     John Thomas Wiechec

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected separately from Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brad Little
First appointed: 6 January 2009 (upon the ascention of Lt. Governor Jim Risch to the U.S. Senate). First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 29 June 2016: Candidate for Governor in 2018.
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Marv Hagedorn
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Janice McGeachin
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Robert P. "Bob" Nonini
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Kelley Packer
  Candidate Republican     Steve Yates

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (1 Open, 1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman Raúl Rafael Labrador
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 9 May 2017: Announced he is a candidate for Governor in 2018.
 Candidate list (9) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Donald Roy Miller
FEC H8ID01116
  Candidate Democratic     Michael William Smith
FEC H8ID01108
  Candidate Democratic     James Vandermaas
FEC H8ID01165
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Russ Fulcher
25 August 2016: Announced he is a candidate for Governor.
15 June 2017: Announced that he is a candidate for the U.S. House CD 1.

FEC H8ID01124; 30 Sep 17; Tot $154,145; Dsb $52,030
  Candidate Republican     Nicholas "Nick" Henderson
FEC H8ID01157; 30 Sep 17; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     former Lieutenant Governor David H. "Dave" Leroy
FEC H4ID01065; 30 Sep 17; Tot $145,040; Dsb $75,215
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Lucas Todd "Luke" Malek
FEC H8ID01140; 30 Sep 17; Tot $82,814; Dsb $7,328
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Christy Perry
FEC H8ID01173
  Candidate Republican     Michael Snyder
FEC H8ID01132; 30 Sep 17; Tot $37,892; Dsb $13,517

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
First elected: 1998
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Carlton Aaron "Aaron" Swisher
FEC H8ID02148
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
FEC H8ID02064; 30 Sep 17; Tot $438,504; Dsb $253,876
  Candidate Independent     James D. "J.D." Wardell
FEC H8ID02130

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Secretary of State Lawerence E. Denney
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Treasurer Ron G. Crane
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - Retiring
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Republican     Kevin Jones
  Candidate Republican     Tom Kealey
  Candidate Republican     Ada County Treasurer Vicky J. Oleksey McIntyre

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Controller Brandon D. Woolf
Appointed: May 2012 (as temporary Controller, re: Controller Donna M. Jones' [Republican] car accident); re-appointed (for the remainder of the term, re: Controller Jones' retirement): 15 October 2012. First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Sherri Ybarra
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Wilder School Principle/Superintendent Jeff Dillon
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 7 candidates
  Republican: 11 incumbents, 25 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 4 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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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