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The 2010 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter won re-election, defeating his Democratic opponent Keith G. Allred.
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Both Rammell and Ullman sought support from followers of the Tea Party movement by criticizing Otter's 2009 attempt to raise Idaho's gas tax. [5]
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Walt Bayes | Butch Otter | Ron"Pete" Peterson | Rex Rammell | Sharon Ullman | Tamara Wells | Un- decided |
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Mason-Dixon (report [ permanent dead link ]) | May 17–19, 2010 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 1% | 60% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 25% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Butch Otter (incumbent) | 89,117 | 54.6 | |
Republican | Rex Rammell | 42,436 | 26.0 | |
Republican | Sharon Ullman | 13,749 | 8.4 | |
Republican | Pete Peterson | 8,402 | 5.2 | |
Republican | Walt Bayes | 4,825 | 3.0 | |
Republican | Tamara Wells | 4,544 | 2.8 | |
Republican | Fred Nichols | 38 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 163,111 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Keith Allred | 22,386 | 81.7 | |
Democratic | Lee Chaney | 5,026 | 18.3 | |
Total votes | 27,412 | 100 |
Between January 1 and May 9, 2010, Allred led Otter in fundraising, having raised $241,000 to Otter's $193,000. Allred said, "We are picking up momentum and are right where we want to be." However, Otter limited his fundraising activity while the Idaho Legislature was in session. [12]
Allred has criticized Otter for backing cuts to public education spending, which led the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry to launch a website attacking Allred. [5]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Cook Political Report | Solid R [13] | September 30, 2010 |
Rothenberg | Safe R [14] | October 15, 2010 |
Swing State Project | Likely R[ citation needed ] | |
RealClearPolitics | Safe R [15] | October 16, 2010 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball | Likely R [16] | October 14, 2010 |
CQ Politics | Likely R [17] | October 16, 2010 |
Poll source | Dates administered | Butch Otter (R) | Keith Allred (D) |
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Rasmussen Reports | August 31, 2010 | 52% | 36% |
Rasmussen Reports | July 15, 2010 | 53% | 36% |
Rasmussen Reports | May 11, 2010 | 54% | 32% |
Rasmussen Reports | March 23, 2010 | 60% | 28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Butch Otter | 267,483 | 59.11% | +6.44% | |
Democratic | Keith G. Allred | 148,680 | 32.85% | -11.25% | |
Independent | Jana M. Kemp | 26,655 | 5.89% | ||
Libertarian | Ted Dunlap | 5,867 | 1.30% | -0.31% | |
Independent | Pro-Life | 3,850 | 0.85% | -0.77% | |
Majority | 118,803 | 26.25% | +17.69% | ||
Turnout | 452,535 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
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