Idaho 2018 General Election

The Green Papers: Idaho 2018 General Election

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Idaho
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 15 May 2018
✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

✓ Friday 9 March 2018 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
✓ Tuesday 15 May 2018 - Primary . Polling hours 8:00a-8:00p MDT (1400-0200 UTC) / 8:00a-8:00p PDT (1500-0300 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PT but, as the MT 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 MT.
✓ Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election . Polling hours 8:00a-8:00p MST (1500-0300 UTC) / 8:00a-8:00p PST (1600-0400 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PT but, as the MT 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 MT.

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.

2018 Primary and General Election Calendar from the Idaho Secretary Of State.

Primary Candidate List and
General Candidate List from the Idaho Secretary Of State.

15 May 2018 Primary: Returns from the Idaho Secretary of State.
Results from Politico.

6 November 2018:
2018 Official General Candidate List from the Idaho Secretary Of State.
Certified returns from the Idaho Secretary of State.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^th 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)

		*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)

		*Republican*			*Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo* • FEC S8ID00027

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

Open		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.
			Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 1 write-in)

		Republican	361,661	59.77%	Lieutenant Governor Brad Little • 29 June 2016: Candidate for Governor in 2018.

		Democratic	231,081	38.19%	former state Representative Paulette E. Jordan

		Libertarian	6,551	1.08%	Bev "Angel" Boeck

		Constitution	5,787	0.96%	Walter L.. Bayes

		Write-in; (Independent)	51	0.01%	Lisa Marie
Total			605,131	100.00%

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

Open		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.
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	356,507	59.73%	former state Representative Janice McGeachin

		Democratic	240,355	40.27%	Kristin Collum
Total			596,862	100.00%

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

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Open		Republican	Congressman Raúl Rafael Labrador • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - Ran for but lost his party's nomination for Governor in 2018.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (7, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress

		Republican	197,719	62.75%	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; 26 Nov 18; Tot $905,478; Dsb $882,965

		Democratic	96,922	30.76%	Cristina Ana McNeil • FEC H8ID01215; 31 Dec 18; Tot $22,975; Dsb $22,193

		Independent	6,188	1.96%	Natalie M. Fleming • FEC H8ID01223

		Libertarian	5,435	1.73%	William Scott "W. Scott" Howard • FEC H8ID01199; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,418; Dsb $2,371

		Independent	4,479	1.42%	Paul Farmer • FEC H8ID01231

		Constitution	3,181	1.01%	Marvin Thomas "Pro-Life" Richardson • Pro-Life (a person, formerly known as Marvin Richardson) • FEC H2ID01150

		Independent	1,054	0.33%	Gordon Joe Counsil • FEC H6ID01243

		Write-in; (Independent)	91	0.03%	Michael J. Rath • FEC H8ID01249
Total			315,069	100.00%

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Republican	170,274	60.67%	Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson • FEC H8ID02064; 31 Dec 18; Tot $1,107,701; Dsb $993,767

		Democratic	110,381	39.33%	Carlton Aaron "Aaron" Swisher • FEC H8ID02148; 31 Dec 18; Tot $133,277; Dsb $125,832
Total			280,655	100.00%

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

		Republican	Secretary of State Lawerence E. Denney • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	370,654	62.53%	Secretary of State Lawerence E. Denney

		Democratic	222,073	37.47%	Jill Humble
Total			592,727	100.00%

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

		Republican	Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	384,791	65.43%	Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden

		Democratic	203,283	34.57%	Bruce S. Bistline
Total			588,074	100.00%

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

Open		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
			Open Office (no incumbent) and Uncontested Race
	Candidate list (1)

		Republican	465,109	100.00%	former state Representative Julie A. Ellsworth
Total			465,109	100.00%

Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Controller Brandon D. Woolf • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • 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 • Renominated
			Uncontested Race
	Candidate list (1)

		Republican	465,105	100.00%	Controller Brandon D. Woolf
Total			465,105	100.00%

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

		Republican	Public Instruction Superintendent Sherri Ybarra • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	305,977	51.47%	Public Instruction Superintendent Sherri Ybarra

		Democratic	288,488	48.53%	Idaho Board of Correction Member Cindy Wilson
Total			594,465	100.00%

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, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 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 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.