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	Idaho Lieutenant Governor
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$52,990
2024 FY Budget:	$296,000
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Idaho Constitution, Article IV, Section 1
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Scott Bedke; Republican Party; Assumed office: January 2, 2023
	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 Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Idaho. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and has no term limits.

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The current Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is Scott Bedke (R). Bedke assumed office in 2023.

Authority

The Idaho Constitution addresses the office of the lieutenant governor in Article IV, the Executive Department.

Idaho Constitution, Article IV, Section 1

The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor...

Qualifications

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

at least 30 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 governor or lieutenant governor unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years 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

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of governors

Idaho elects lieutenant governors to four-year terms in federal midterm election years, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (eg. 2018, 2022, 2026, and 2030). The lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for 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: States with gubernatorial term limits

There are no term limits for this office.

2022

See also: Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Scott Bedke defeated Terri Pickens Manweiler and Pro-Life in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Scott Bedke (R)	64.4	376,269
	Terri Pickens Manweiler (D)	30.5	178,147
	Pro-Life (Constitution Party)	5.1	29,989

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 584,405
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Terri Pickens Manweiler advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Terri Pickens Manweiler	100.0	32,312

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,312
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Scott Bedke defeated Priscilla Giddings and Daniel Gasiorowski in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Bedke	51.7	139,570
		Priscilla Giddings	42.5	114,874
	Submit photo	Daniel Gasiorowski	5.8	15,672

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,116
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Luke Malek (R)

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Pro-Life advanced from the Constitution primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pro-Life	100.0	376

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376
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