Idaho Controller

	Idaho Controller
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$128,690
2024 FY Budget:	$24,618,900
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Idaho Constitution, Article IV, Section 1
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Idaho Controller Brandon Woolf; Republican Party; Assumed office: October 15, 2012
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
	Other Idaho Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Controller • Superintendent of Public Instruction • Agriculture Director • Insurance Director • Director of Lands • Labor Director • Public Utilities Commission

The Controller of the State of Idaho is the chief fiscal officer of Idaho, responsible for paying the state's bills, maintaining accounting and financial records, and preparing the state's annual financial report. The controller is a statewide constitutional office elected every four years during federal midterm election years (e.g. 2018) and is not restricted by term limits.

The controller's office oversees the division of statewide accounting, the division of computer services, and the division of statewide payroll. The controller is also the state's Social Security program administrator and is the ex-officio secretary of the State Board of Examiners.^[1]

Current officeholder

The current Idaho Controller is Brandon Woolf (R). Woolf assumed office in 2012.

Authority

The office of controller is established by the Idaho Constitution.

Idaho Constitution, Article IV, Section 1

The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall hold his office for four years

Qualifications

Per Article IV, Section 3 of the Idaho Constitution, a candidate for controller is required to be:

at least 25 years old
a United States citizen
a resident of Idaho at least two years prior to the election

Idaho Constitution, Article IV, Section 3

No person shall be eligible ... to the office of ... state treasurer, unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years, and have been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state or territory of Idaho, and be in good standing at the time of his election. In addition to the qualifications above described each of the officers named shall be a citizen of the United States and shall have resided within the state or territory two years next preceding his election.

Elections

Idaho state government organizational chart

Idaho elects controllers to four-year terms in federal midterm election years, that is, even years that are not presidential election years. Thus, 2018, 2022, 2026 and 2030 are all election years. Winners take office on the first Monday in the January following an election.

If two candidates ever tie in the general election, a joint session of the legislature chooses the winner by a majority vote.

Term limits

See also: State executives with term limits

There are no term limits for this office.

2022

See also: Idaho Controller election, 2022

General election

General election for Idaho Controller

Incumbent Brandon Woolf defeated Dianna David and Miste Gardner in the general election for Idaho Controller on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Woolf (R)	69.5	405,075
	Submit photo	Dianna David (D)	26.8	156,232
	Submit photo	Miste Gardner (Constitution Party)	3.7	21,298

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 582,605
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Idaho Controller

Dianna David advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho Controller on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dianna David	100.0	31,652

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,652
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Idaho Controller

Incumbent Brandon Woolf advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho Controller on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Woolf	100.0	220,254

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 220,254
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Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Idaho Controller

Miste Gardner advanced from the Constitution primary for Idaho Controller on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Miste Gardner	100.0	503

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 503
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