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Republican Party primaries in Idaho, 2022
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Primary Date |
May 17, 2022 |
Federal elections |
Republican primaries for U.S. House |
State party |
Republican Party of Idaho |
State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Idaho on May 17, 2022.
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.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
The 2022 U.S. Senate elections in Idaho took place on November 8, 2022. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Republican primary candidates
- Mike Crapo (Incumbent) ✔
- Brenda Bourn
- Natalie Fleming
- Scott Trotter
- Ramont Turnbull
Did not make the ballot:
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U.S. House
District 1

- Russ Fulcher (Incumbent) ✔

District 2


State elections
State Senate
- See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2022
Idaho State Senate elections, 2022 |
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District 1 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 2 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 3 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 4 |
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District 5 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 7 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
Carl G. Crabtree (i) |
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District 8 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 9 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 11 |
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District 12 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 13 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 14 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 20 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 21 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 23 |
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District 24 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 25 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 26 |
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District 27 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 28 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 29 |
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District 30 |
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District 31 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 32 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 33 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 34 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 35 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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House of Representatives
Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2022 |
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District 1A |
Spencer Hutchings |
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District 1B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 2A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 3A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 3B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 4A |
Jim Addis (i) |
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District 7A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 7B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 8A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 8B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 9A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 9B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 10A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 10B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 11A |
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District 11B |
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District 12A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 12B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 13A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 13B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
Tara Barling Did not make the ballot: |
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District 20A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 20B |
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District 21B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 22A |
Greg Ferch (i) |
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District 22B |
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District 23A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 23B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
Chris Bruce Did not make the ballot: |
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District 24A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 24B |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 25A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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District 33B |
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District 34A |
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District 35A |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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State executive offices
Seven state executive offices were up for election in Idaho in 2022:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Controller
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Governor

- Brad Little (Incumbent) ✔
- Steven Bradshaw
- Ben Cannady
- Ed Humphreys
- Ashley Jackson
- Lisa Marie
- Janice McGeachin
- Cody Usabel

Lieutenant Governor

Attorney General

- Lawrence Wasden (Incumbent)
- Raúl Labrador ✔
- Arthur B. Macomber

Secretary of State


Treasurer

- Julie Ellsworth (Incumbent) ✔
Controller

- Brandon Woolf (Incumbent) ✔
Superintendent of Schools

- Sherri Ybarra (Incumbent)
- Debbie Critchfield ✔
- Branden Durst

Primary election competitiveness
This section contains information about the primary election competitiveness of election in Idaho. For more information about this data, click here.
U.S. Senate competitiveness
U.S. House competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Idaho in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 28, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, nine candidates—two Democrats, six Republicans, and one Libertarian—filed to run for Idaho's two U.S. House districts. That's 4.5 candidates per district, less than the 5.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 9.0 in 2018.
Both incumbents filed for re-election: Reps. Russ Fulcher (R) in District 1 and Michael Simpson (R) in District 2. The only primary that drew more than one candidate was in District 2, where Simpson was set to face four challengers as of the candidate filing deadline. Of those four challengers, one was Bryan Smith, who Simpson defeated 62-38% in the 2014 Republican primary. According to Roll Call's Nathan Gonzales, Republicans won 27 of the 28 U.S. House elections between 1994 and 2022.[4] Walt Minnick (D) won election to District 1 in 2008 and lost to Raul Labrador (R) after serving one term.
State executive competitiveness
State legislative competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Idaho in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 29, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
More state legislative incumbents were set to face primary challenges in Idaho in 2022 than at any point since at least 2014 following the state's candidate filing deadline. Seventy-five incumbents filed for re-election in 2022, 61.3% of whom (46) entered contested primaries. From 2014 to 2020, the percentage of incumbents in contested primaries hovered at around half that rate ranging from 32 to 34%.
Of those 46 incumbents in contested primaries, there were 45 Republicans, and one Democrat: Rep. James Ruchti.
Redistricting was a partial cause of this increase. When states redraw district lines, they can change so that incumbents who previously represented one district find themselves living within the district lines of another. This can result in incumbents challenging other incumbents in contested primaries or general elections if they choose to seek re-election.
Four incumbent vs. incumbent primaries were scheduled in 2022:
- House District 9B: Rep. Scott Syme (R), first elected to District 11A in 2016, filed to run against Rep. Judy Boyle (R), first elected to District 9B in 2008.
- House District 22A: Rep. Greg Ferch (R), first elected to District 21B in 2020, filed to run against Rep. John Vander Woude (R), first elected to District 22A in 2010.
- Senate District 9: Sen. Jim Rice (R), first elected to District 10 in 2012, filed to run against Sen. Abby Lee (R), first elected to District 9 in 2014. Two other candidates also filed in this primary.
- Senate District 14: Sen. Steven Thayn (R), first elected to District 8 in 2012, filed to run against Sen. C. Scott Grow (R), first appointed to District 14 in 2018. One other candidate filed in this primary.
For the purposes of this analysis, all eight of these incumbents were considered incumbents in contested primaries.
Looking beyond incumbents in contested primaries, the total number of primaries also increased in 2022 to its highest level compared to previous cycles, driven entirely by an increase in Republican contests.
Other takeaways from Idaho's candidate filing deadline can be found below:
- Of the 105 seats up for election, 32.3% were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. This was the largest percentage of open seats since at least 2014. Newcomers are guaranteed to win open seats, meaning at least one-third of the Idaho State Legislature would be new to their seats in the 2023 legislative session.
- Republicans filed to run for all 105 seats for the first time since at least 2014. Democrats filed to run for 46 seats, the lowest number in that same time span. This effectively guaranteed Republicans a majority of state legislative seats due to a lack of major party competition.
- Overall, 259 major party candidates—212 Republicans and 47 Democrats—filed to run for the state legislature. This equals 2.5 candidates per seat, the largest figure since at least 2014.
Context of the 2022 elections
Idaho Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas • Thirty one years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party overview
Republican Party of Idaho
- See also: Republican Party of Idaho
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.
Voter information
How the primary works
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.[5][6][7]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Poll times
In Idaho, all polls are open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time. In some instances, polls may open at 7:00 a.m., at the discretion of the local clerk. Idaho is split between Mountain and Pacific time zones. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[8]
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
To register to vote in Idaho, an individual must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the Idaho county in which they are registering for at least 30 days before the election, and at least 18 years old on or before Election Day.[9][10]
Registration in advance of election day may be completed online, in person at the county clerk's office, or by mail. The deadline to register to vote online is the 11th day before the election. A registration application submitted by mail must be received by the 5:00 p.m. on the 11th day before the election. Voters may also register in-person at an early voting location or on Election Day.[9][11][12][13]
Idaho requires a photo ID and proof of residence to register to vote in person. According to the secretary of state's website, a valid photo ID is one of:[11]
- Idaho Driver’s License
- Idaho Identification Card
- Passport or Federal ID
- Tribal ID Card
- Concealed Weapons License issued by a county sheriff in Idaho
A valid proof of residence is one of:[11]
- Above photo ID with the correct address
- Proof of insurance
- Mortgage, lease, or rental agreement
- Property tax assessment, bill
- Utility bill (no cell bills)
- Bank/credit card statement
- Paystub/paycheck
- Intake document to a care facility
- Enrollment letter from an Idaho high school or university
- Letter from a social service agency
A voter registering to vote by a mail application must provide their Idaho driver's license number or their social security number. If the voter is registering for the first time they must also include a copy of a photo ID and proof of residence. Eligible documents are listed above.[9]
Automatic registration
- See also: Automatic voter registration
Idaho does not practice automatic voter registration.
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Idaho has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Same-day registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Idaho allows same-day voter registration.
Residency requirements
Idaho law requires 30 days of residency in one of the state’s counties before a person may vote.
Verification of citizenship
Idaho does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury.
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[14] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The page Voter Information Look-Up, run by the Idaho Secretary of State's office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.
Voter ID requirements
Early voting
Idaho permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
Early voting in Idaho varies by county, but may begin no earlier than the fourth Monday before Election Day.[15][13] To find dates and times in your county, check with your county elections office here.
Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.
Absentee voting
All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Idaho. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee. To vote absentee, an application must be received by election officials no later than the 11th day preceding the election.[16][17][18]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
No counties in Idaho are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Idaho with 59.3 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate Evan McMullin received 6.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican 70 percent of the time and Democratic 30 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican all five times.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Idaho. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[19][20]
In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 13.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 17 points. |
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 38.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 39 points. Trump won three seats controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections. |
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1 | 33.87% | 62.34% | R+28.5 | 26.01% | 65.46% | R+39.5 | |
2 | 26.93% | 70.62% | R+43.7 | 20.64% | 71.95% | R+51.3 | |
3 | 29.14% | 68.14% | R+39 | 21.06% | 70.57% | R+49.5 | |
4 | 39.16% | 57.97% | R+18.8 | 32.30% | 58.13% | R+25.8 | |
5 | 45.88% | 49.34% | R+3.5 | 39.67% | 46.41% | R+6.7 | |
6 | 37.09% | 60.34% | R+23.3 | 27.14% | 63.35% | R+36.2 | |
7 | 30.10% | 66.90% | R+36.8 | 19.98% | 72.55% | R+52.6 | |
8 | 29.55% | 67.36% | R+37.8 | 21.50% | 69.20% | R+47.7 | |
9 | 25.68% | 71.70% | R+46 | 17.21% | 74.09% | R+56.9 | |
10 | 38.47% | 58.37% | R+19.9 | 29.81% | 58.12% | R+28.3 | |
11 | 23.55% | 73.82% | R+50.3 | 17.04% | 72.09% | R+55.1 | |
12 | 31.70% | 65.46% | R+33.8 | 24.33% | 62.75% | R+38.4 | |
13 | 30.45% | 66.85% | R+36.4 | 25.08% | 62.48% | R+37.4 | |
14 | 28.40% | 69.37% | R+41 | 25.20% | 62.69% | R+37.5 | |
15 | 40.27% | 56.38% | R+16.1 | 36.12% | 49.48% | R+13.4 | |
16 | 51.36% | 45.03% | D+6.3 | 47.20% | 39.26% | D+7.9 | |
17 | 54.87% | 40.25% | D+14.6 | 48.92% | 35.61% | D+13.3 | |
18 | 50.74% | 45.74% | D+5 | 49.32% | 37.45% | D+11.9 | |
19 | 62.17% | 34.02% | D+28.2 | 61.76% | 27.06% | D+34.7 | |
20 | 31.96% | 65.66% | R+33.7 | 27.79% | 57.58% | R+29.8 | |
21 | 33.56% | 63.72% | R+30.2 | 29.26% | 57.07% | R+27.8 | |
22 | 28.40% | 68.66% | R+40.3 | 21.33% | 65.07% | R+43.7 | |
23 | 27.41% | 69.63% | R+42.2 | 18.40% | 72.24% | R+53.8 | |
24 | 30.28% | 66.54% | R+36.3 | 24.58% | 61.74% | R+37.2 | |
25 | 23.52% | 73.82% | R+50.3 | 17.71% | 70.40% | R+52.7 | |
26 | 45.05% | 52.29% | R+7.2 | 42.82% | 47.54% | R+4.7 | |
27 | 16.19% | 81.96% | R+65.8 | 14.64% | 72.01% | R+57.4 | |
28 | 31.76% | 66.06% | R+34.3 | 25.38% | 57.30% | R+31.9 | |
29 | 43.30% | 53.10% | R+9.8 | 36.52% | 46.08% | R+9.6 | |
30 | 19.06% | 78.92% | R+59.9 | 17.63% | 62.15% | R+44.5 | |
31 | 21.71% | 76.35% | R+54.6 | 17.59% | 65.61% | R+48 | |
32 | 17.05% | 81.10% | R+64.1 | 17.13% | 65.98% | R+48.9 | |
33 | 30.56% | 66.37% | R+35.8 | 26.72% | 54.03% | R+27.3 | |
34 | 6.92% | 92.00% | R+85.1 | 8.01% | 59.90% | R+51.9 | |
35 | 12.96% | 85.32% | R+72.4 | 9.79% | 72.97% | R+63.2 | |
Total | 32.62% | 64.53% | R+31.9 | 27.49% | 59.26% | R+31.8 | |
Source: Daily Kos |
See also
2022 Elections
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
- ↑ Roll Call, "Bleak streak for Idaho Democrats likely to continue," Feb. 28, 2022
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Idaho Statutes, "Section 34-1101," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Idaho Secretary of State, "Idaho Voter Registration Form," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State, "Citizenship & Voting," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Idaho Secretary of State - Vote Idaho, "Registering To Vote," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ Idaho Legislature, "Idaho Statutes § 34-408," accessed June 26, 2025
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Idaho Legislature, "2025 Legislation - House Bill 278," accessed June 26, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Idaho Legislature, "Idaho Statutes § 34-1012," accessed June 25, 2025
- ↑ Idaho State Legislature, "Idaho Statutes 34-1001," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ Idaho State Legislature, "Idaho Statutes 34-1002," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ Ada County Elections, "Absentee Voting," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017