2022 Idaho Attorney General election

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2022 Idaho Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
  Raul Labrador 115th (cropped).jpg Tom Arkoosh (cropped).jpg
Nominee Raúl Labrador Tom Arkoosh
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote367,570219,401
Percentage62.6%37.4%

2022 Idaho Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Labrador:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Arkoosh:     50–60%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Lawrence Wasden
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Raúl Labrador
Republican

The 2022 Idaho Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden sought a sixth term in office, [1] but was defeated in the Republican primary on May 17. [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Failed to file

  • Dennis Boyles, attorney [5]

Endorsements

Raúl Labrador
Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Senators
Organizations
Lawerence Wasden
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Attorneys general
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Raul
Labrador
Art
Macomber
Lawrence
Wasden
Undecided
Remington Research Group (R) May 2–3, 20221,033 (LV)± 3.0%43%6%34%17%
Zoldak Research (R) April 9–12, 2022549 (LV)± 4.0%36%4%33%27%
WPA Intelligence (R) [upper-alpha 1] March 7–9, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%35%2%14%49%

Results

Results by county
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Labrador
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Wasden
40-50%
50-60% 2022 Idaho Attorney General Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Labrador
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Wasden
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador 140,576 51.6
Republican Lawrence Wasden (incumbent)103,39037.9
Republican Arthur Macomber28,75710.5
Total votes272,723 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Replacement nominee

  • Tom Arkoosh, attorney

Withdrew after nomination

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steven Scanlin 31,620 100.0
Total votes31,620 100.0

On July 18, Scanlin withdrew from the race. Boise attorney Tom Arkoosh took his place on the general election ballot for November. [15]

General election

Debate

2022 Idaho Attorney General debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Raúl Labrador Tom Arkoosh
1Oct. 25, 2022 Boise State University School of Public Service
Idaho Press Club
Idaho State University Department of Public Service
League of Women Voters
University of Idaho McClure Center for Public Policy Research
Melissa Davlin YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Lean RNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [17] Safe RNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Raúl Labrador
Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Senators
State officials
Organizations
Tom Arkoosh
State officials
State legislators
Organizations
  • Idaho Education Association [26]
Individuals

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by Club for Growth Action

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