Ben Pursley

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Ben Pursley

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

Ben Pursley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Idaho. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Idaho, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Idaho

Incumbent Mike Crapo defeated David Roth, Scott Cleveland, Ray Writz, and Idaho Law in the general election for U.S. Senate Idaho on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Crapo (R)	60.7	358,539
		David Roth (D)	28.7	169,808
		Scott Cleveland (Independent)	8.4	49,917
		Ray Writz (Constitution Party)	1.4	8,500
		Idaho Law (L)	0.7	4,126

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 590,890
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Idaho

David Roth defeated Ben Pursley in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Roth	57.8	19,160
		Ben Pursley	42.2	13,987

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,147
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Theodore Nichols (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Idaho

Incumbent Mike Crapo defeated Scott Trotter, Brenda Bourn, Ramont Turnbull, and Natalie Fleming in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Crapo	67.1	177,906
		Scott Trotter	10.5	27,699
		Brenda Bourn	8.2	21,612
		Ramont Turnbull	7.9	20,883
		Natalie Fleming	6.4	16,902

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 265,002
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mike Little (R)
• Jeremy Gilbert (R)

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Idaho

Ray Writz advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ray Writz	100.0	520

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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Idaho

Idaho Law advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Idaho Law	100.0	673

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 673
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Campaign themes

2022

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Footnotes

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Idaho's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Crapo (R)

Jim Risch (R)

Representatives

District 1

Russ Fulcher (R)

District 2

Michael Simpson (R)

Republican Party (4)