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Idaho Attorney General election, 2014
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The Idaho Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Lawrence Wasden (R) was first elected in 2002 and won re-election to another four-year term against Democratic candidate Bruce Bistline.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Idaho, parties decide who may vote in their primaries. As of July 2025, the Democratic Party allows unaffiliated voters to vote in its primary, while the Republican Party only allows voters registered with its party to vote in its primary. Unaffiliated voters can choose to affiliate with a party on Election Day.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Lawrence Wasden - Incumbent 
[4][5]
Bruce Bistline[6]
Lost in the primary
C.T. "Chris" Troupis - Boise lawyer[6]
Results
General election
| Attorney General of Idaho, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lawrence Wasden Incumbent |
68% | 289,762 | |
| Democratic | Bruce Bistline | 32% | 136,081 | |
| Total Votes | 425,843 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State | ||||
Republican primary
| Idaho Attorney General, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Lawrence Wasden Incumbent |
59.1% | 83,850 | ||
| C.T. "Chris" Troupis | 40.9% | 58,025 | ||
| Total Votes | 141,875 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State. | ||||
Democratic primary
- Uncontested
Polls
| Idaho Attorney General - All candidates | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Lawrence Wasden * (R) | Bruce Bistline (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling October 9-12, 2014 | 52% | 26% | 22% | +/-4.3 | 522 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes incumbent status.
Past elections
2010
| Idaho Attorney General, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lawrence Wasden Incumbent |
100% | 367,737 | |
| Total Votes | 367,737 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State | ||||
2006
| Idaho Attorney General, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lawrence Wasden Incumbent |
61.7% | 267,700 | |
| Democratic | Robert A. "Bob" Wallace | 38.3% | 165,857 | |
| Total Votes | 433,557 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State | ||||
2002
| Idaho Attorney General, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lawrence Wasden |
58.1% | 231,851 | |
| Democratic | R. Keith Roark | 41.9% | 167,353 | |
| Total Votes | 399,204 | |||
| Election results via Idaho Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $264,447 during the election. This information was last updated on May 12, 2015.[7]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Lawrence Wasden |
Idaho Attorney General |  |
$169,867 | |
| C.T. "Chris" Troupis |
Idaho Attorney General |  |
$93,711 | |
| Bruce Bistline |
Idaho Attorney General | |
$869 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $264,447 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
|---|---|
| May 20, 2014 | Primary election |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| November 19, 2014 | Last day for State Board of Canvassers to meet to canvass the general election |
| January 5, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Idaho + Attorney + General + Election + 2014"
See also
- Idaho Attorney General
- Idaho state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State's Office, "Primary Elections in Idaho," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 2, 2024
- ↑ ACLU Idaho, "2024 Your Rights as an Idaho Voter," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ The Idaho Statesman, "Wasden says he'll seek record fourth term as Idaho attorney general," September 16, 2013
- ↑ The Republic, Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden says he'll run again in 2014, September 16, 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Idaho Secretary of State, "List of All Candidate Declarations for 2014," accessed March 15, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Idaho 2014 elections," accessed May 12, 2015
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