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Last updated: Oct. 16, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Idaho within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices for two U.S. Representatives, 70 state Representatives, 35 state Senators, one state Supreme Court Justice, and two Intermediate Appellate Court Justices. Additionally, there are two statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Idaho. On this page, you will also find information regarding:
- How to vote in Idaho
- The elected offices that Idaho voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Idaho that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Idaho will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Idaho's congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Idaho
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Idaho
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Idaho
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Idaho
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Idaho elections, 2024
At the federal level, Idaho voters will elect two U.S. Representatives. Both incumbents are running for re-election.
There are no state executive offices up for election.
All 70 seats in the state House and all 35 seats in the state Senate are up for election. There are five open seats in the state House and one in the state Senate.
One seat on the state supreme court and two on the intermediate appellate court are up for election. Idaho is one of 13 states that use nonpartisan elections at the state supreme court level and one of 19 states that use this selection method for at least one type of court below the supreme court level. No seats on the state supreme court or the intermediate appellate court are open.
Idaho voters will decide on a pair of ballot measures.
Municipal elections will be held in Ada County. Ada County is one of 80 counties included in Ballotpedia's coverage of municipal elections.
Below is a list of Idaho elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| Idaho elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | — | — |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | — | — |
| Other state executive | — | — |
| State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| State House | ✓ | Click here |
| Special state legislative | — | — |
| State Supreme Court | ✓ | Click here |
| Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ | Click here |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
| Recalls | ✓ | Click here |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | — | — |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Oct. 15, 2024, Ballotpedia did not identify any federal or state elections as battleground races. Those are the race that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling.
Ballot measures
- See also: Idaho 2024 ballot measures
There are two statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Idaho.
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 5 | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote |
|
572,865 (65%) |
309,456 (35%) |
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| Proposition 1 | Establish top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal, state, and certain local offices in Idaho |
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269,960 (30%) |
618,753 (70%) |
67 ballot measures were on the ballot in Idaho from 1985 to 2022. Voters approved 50 measures and defeated 17.
State analysis
Partisan balance
Both U.S. Senators and both U.S. Representatives from Idaho are Republicans. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
In the state Senate, Republicans have a 28-7 majority with no vacancies. In the state House, Republicans have a 59-11 majority with no vacancies. Because the Governor of Idaho is a Republican, Idaho is one of 23 states with a Republican trifecta. It has held this status since 1995. Idaho's attorney general and secretary of state are also Republicans. This makes Idaho one of 25 states with a Republican triplex.
Past presidential election results in Idaho
- See also: Presidential election in Idaho, 2024
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 95.9% of Idahoans lived in one of the state's 41 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 3.5% lived in the state's two Solid Democratic counties: Blaine and Latah. Overall, Idaho was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Idaho following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Idaho county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 41 | 95.9% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 2 | 3.5% | |||||
| New Democratic | 1 | 0.6% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 3 | 4.1% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 41 | 95.9% | |||||
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, Minnesota had a Competitiveness Index of 42.2, ranking it 11th of the 44 states that held elections.
- Six of the 105 seats up for election were open (6%).
- 49 of the 99 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (49%).
- 75 of the 105 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (71%).
2010-2024
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| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Idaho, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 8.6% | 27.1% | 51.4% | 29.0 | 28 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 34.3% | 48.6% | 74.3% | 52.4 | 3 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 10.5% | 31.9% | 52.4% | 31.6 | 16 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 8.6% | 32.3% | 59.0% | 33.3 | 18 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 15.2% | 34.8% | 54.3% | 34.8 | 24 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 17.1% | 32.2% | 49.5% | 32.9 | 22 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 34.3% | 60.8% | 42.9% | 46.0 | 9 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 5.7% | 49.5% | 71.4% | 42.2 | 11 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
In 2024
Hover over column headings to learn more about their contents. Click on headings for more state-specific information.
| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Idaho, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House | 7.1% | 49.2% | 71.4% | 42.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | 2.9% | 50.0% | 71.4% | 41.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 5.7% | 49.5% | 71.4% | 42.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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