2022 Idaho Secretary of State election

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2022 Idaho Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
 
Nominee Phil McGrane Shawn Keenan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote418,945159,189
Percentage72.47%27.53%

2022 Idaho Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
McGrane:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Keenan:     50–60%     60–70%

Secretary of State before election

Lawerence Denney
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Phil McGrane
Republican

The 2022 Idaho Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Lawerence Denney was eligible to seek re-election but declined to run for a third term.

Contents

Republican primary

Phil McGrane won the Republican primary for Idaho Secretary of State on May 17, 2022. [1]

GOP Primary results by county
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McGrane
40-50%
50-60%
Moon
40-50%
50-60%
60-70% 2022 Idaho Secretary of State Republican primary election results map by county.svg
GOP Primary results by county
  McGrane
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
  Moon
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
      60–70%

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

  • Chad Houck, chief deputy secretary of state [5] [6]

Endorsements

Phil McGrane
Statewide officials

Organizations

Debate

2022 Idaho Secretary of State republican primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Phil McGrane Dorothy Moon Mary Souza
1Apr. 26, 2022 Idaho Public Television Melissa Davlin YouTube PPP
1Apr. 28, 2022 KTVB Doug Petcash YouTube PPP

Results

2022 Idaho Secretary of State Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil McGrane 114,348 43.1%
Republican Dorothy Moon109,95241.4%
Republican Mary Souza41,20815.5%
Total votes265,508 100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Shawn Keenan, mortgage broker [10]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shawn Keenan 31,804 100.0
Total votes31,804 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe RDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [12] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Idaho Secretary of State Election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil McGrane 418,945 72.47
Democratic Shawn Keenan159,81927.53
Total votes578,764 100.00
Republican hold

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References

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