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The 2020 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Idaho, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican senator Jim Risch won reelection to a third term in office, defeating Democratic nominee Paulette Jordan, who, percentage wise, had the worst performance of a Democratic senatorial candidate for this seat since 2002. However, Risch also performed nearly three points worse than he did when he was reelected in 2014, and additionally, he slightly underperformed incumbent president Donald Trump's performance in the concurrent presidential election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Risch (incumbent) | 200,184 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 200,184 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 72,778 | 85.70% | |
Democratic | James Vandermaas | 12,145 | 14.30% | |
Total votes | 84,923 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [14] | Solid R | October 29, 2020 |
Inside Elections [15] | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos [17] | Safe R | October 30, 2020 |
Politico [18] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
RCP [19] | Safe R | October 23, 2020 |
DDHQ [20] | Safe R | November 3, 2020 |
538 [21] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
Economist [22] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Jim Risch (R) | Paulette Jordan (D) | Other | Undecided |
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[upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 2] | August 29 – September 1, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 53% | 28% | 8% [lower-alpha 2] | 11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jim Risch (incumbent) | 538,446 | 62.62% | -2.71% | |
Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 285,864 | 33.25% | -1.42% | |
Independent | Natalie Fleming | 25,329 | 2.95% | N/A | |
Constitution | Ray Writz | 10,188 | 1.18% | N/A | |
Total votes | 859,827 | 100.0% | |||
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James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter. He also served from May 2006 to January 2007 as the 31st governor of Idaho.
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