United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 12
- Early voting: Oct. 22 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Idaho took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's two congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held both of the two congressional seats from Idaho.
| Members of the U.S. House from Idaho -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the two congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Raul Labrador |  Republican |
1 |
| Michael Simpson | Republican |
2 |
Candidates
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District 1
General election
General election candidates
- Cristina McNeil (Democratic Party)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican Party) ✔
- Pro-Life (Constitution Party)
- W. Scott Howard (Libertarian Party)
- Gordon Counsil (Independent)
- Paul Farmer (Independent)
- Natalie Fleming (Independent)
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Write-in candidates
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
Constitution Party
Libertarians
District 2
General election
General election candidates
- Michael K. Simpson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Aaron Swisher (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Michael K. Simpson (Incumbent) ✔
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[2] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[3] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[4] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Idaho Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Candidate List," accessed March 12, 2018
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
