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The 2014 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Idaho, concurrently with the election to Idaho's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter ran for election to a third consecutive term in office. [1] In primary elections held on May 20, 2014, Otter was renominated and the Democrats nominated businessman and president of the Boise School District Board of Trustees A.J. Balukoff. Otter defeated Balukoff and four Independent and Third Party challengers in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Butch Otter (incumbent) | 79,786 | 51.36 | |
Republican | Russ Fulcher | 67,702 | 43.59 | |
Republican | Harley Brown | 5,084 | 3.27 | |
Republican | Walt Bayes | 2,761 | 1.78 | |
Total votes | 155,333 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | A.J. Balukoff | 16,753 | 65.33 | |
Democratic | Terry Kerr | 8,890 | 34.67 | |
Total votes | 25,643 | 100 |
A debate was held between Balukoff & Bujak. Gov. Otter chose not to participate.
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [18] | Solid R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [19] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [20] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [21] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Butch Otter (R) | A.J. Balukoff (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | October 30–November 2, 2014 | 1,001 | ± 3.1% | 49% | 37% | 10% [22] | 5% |
55% | 42% | — | 3% | ||||
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 575 | ± 6% | 53% | 35% | 2% | 10% |
Public Policy Polling | October 9–12, 2014 | 522 | ± 4.3% | 39% | 35% | 12% [23] | 14% |
47% | 38% | — | 15% | ||||
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 594 | ± 5% | 57% | 33% | 1% | 9% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 844 | ± 4% | 51% | 33% | 3% | 13% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 691 | ± 4.2% | 56% | 34% | 4% | 7% |
Rasmussen Reports | May 28–29, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 50% | 36% | 8% | 7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Butch Otter (incumbent) | 235,405 | 53.52% | -5.59% | |
Democratic | A.J. Balukoff | 169,556 | 38.55% | +5.70% | |
Libertarian | John Bujak | 17,884 | 4.07% | +2.77% | |
Independent | Jill Humble | 8,801 | 2.00% | N/A | |
Constitution | Steve Pankey | 5,219 | 1.19% | N/A | |
Independent | Pro-Life | 2,870 | 0.65% | -0.20% | |
n/a | Write-ins | 95 | 0.02% | N/A | |
Total votes | '439,830' | '100.0%' | N/A | ||
Republican hold | |||||
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