Idaho gubernatorial election, 2014

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Idaho gubernatorial election, 2014
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Nominee Butch Otter A.J. Balukoff
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote235,405169,556
Percentage53.5%38.6%
Idaho Governor Election Results by County, 2014.svg
County Results
Otter:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Balukoff:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Butch Otter
Republican

Elected Governor

Butch Otter
Republican

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.

The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that senators in one of the groups are up for election every two years, rather than having all 100 seats up for election at once. For example, the 33 Senate seats of class 1 were up for election in 2018, the elections for the 33 seats of class 2 will take place in 2020, and the elections for the 34 seats of class 3 will be held in 2022.

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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.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Butch Otter American businessman and politician

Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter is an American businessman and politician, who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho, from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2006, and reelected in 2010, and 2014. Otter served as lieutenant governor from 1987 to 2001 and in U.S. Congress from the first district from 2001 to 2007.

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Idahos 1st congressional district

Idaho's 1st congressional district is one of two congressional districts in the U.S. state of Idaho. It comprises the western portion of the state.

Boise, Idaho State capital city in Idaho, United States

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, the population of Boise at the 2010 Census was 205,671, the 99th largest in the United States. Its estimated population in 2016 was 223,154.

Russ Fulcher American politician

Russell Mark Fulcher is an American politician, currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district. A Republican, he previously served in the Idaho Senate where he represented Legislative District 21 from 2005 to 2012 and Legislative District 22 from 2012 until 2014. Fulcher ran for the position of Governor of Idaho in 2014 but lost the nomination to incumbent Butch Otter. He was elected to the U.S. House in the 2018 elections and succeeded incumbent Raúl Labrador, who retired from Congress to run, unsuccessfully, for Governor of Idaho.

Declined

Raúl Labrador American politician

Raúl Rafael Labrador is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Labrador previously represented District 14B in the Idaho House of Representatives from 2006 to 2010. Labrador opted not to seek another term in Congress to run for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 election; he lost the Republican primary to Idaho Lieutenant Governor Brad Little.

Brad Little (politician) 33rd Governor of Idaho

Bradley Jay Little is an American politician serving as the 33rd Governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019. Little served in the Idaho Senate from 2001 to 2009 where he chaired the majority caucus and represented Legislative Districts 8 and 11. He won the 2018 gubernatorial election against Democratic nominee Paulette Jordan, the seventh straight for the Republican Party in Idaho.

Thomas Luna is the former Superintendent of Public Instruction in Idaho.

Endorsements

Russ Fulcher

Results

Results by county: Otter--70-80% Otter--60-70% Otter--50-60% Otter--40-50% Fulcher--40-50% Fulcher--50-60% Fulcher--60-70% Fulcher--70-80% Idaho gubernatorial Republican primary, 2014.svg
Results by county:
  Otter—70–80%
  Otter—60–70%
  Otter—50–60%
  Otter—40–50%
  Fulcher—40–50%
  Fulcher—50–60%
  Fulcher—60–70%
  Fulcher—70–80%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Butch Otter79,78651.36
Republican Russ Fulcher67,70243.59
Republican Harley Brown5,0843.27
Republican Walt Bayes2,7611.78
Total votes155,333100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • A.J. Balukoff, businessman and President of the Boise School District Board of Trustees [11]
  • Terry Kerr, former Republican candidate for local office [2]

The Boise School District #1, is a comprehensive public school district in Boise, Idaho. The district was founded in 1865 under the auspices of Idaho Territory. Formerly the largest school district in the state, it now ranks second to the adjacent West Ada School District #2, which administers several schools in western Boise. Peak enrollment in the Boise School District was reached in 1997 at 27,070.

Declined

United States Secretary of the Interior head of the Department of the Interior in the United States government

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior in the United States is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources; it oversees such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The Secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation board. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The U.S. Department of the Interior should not be confused with the Ministries of the Interior as used in many other countries. Ministries of the Interior in these other countries correspond primarily to the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. Cabinet and secondarily to the Department of Justice.

Jerry Michael Brady is an American businessman, explorer and politician from Idaho. He owns an Idaho Falls newspaper that is distributed in southeast Idaho and is a member of the Democratic Party.

Endorsements

A.J. Balukoff

Results

Results by county: Balukoff--70-80% Balukoff--60-70% Balukoff--50-60% Kerr--50-60% Kerr--60-70% Idaho gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2014.svg
Results by county:
  Balukoff—70–80%
  Balukoff—60–70%
  Balukoff—50–60%
  Kerr—50–60%
  Kerr—60–70%
Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic A.J. Balukoff16,75365.33
Democratic Terry Kerr8,89034.67
Total votes25,643100

Constitution nomination

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Jill Humble, retired nurse educator and candidate for Boise City Council in 2013 [2]
  • Pro-Life (formerly known as Marvin Richardson), organic strawberry farmer, pro-life activist and perennial candidate [19]

General election

Debates

A debate was held between Bujak and Balukoff. Otter chose not to participate.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [20] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [21] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [22] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [23] Likely RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Butch
Otter (R)		A.J.
Balukoff (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling October 30–November 2, 20141,001± 3.1%49%37%10% [24] 5%
55%42%—3%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014575± 6%53%35%2%10%
Public Policy Polling October 9–12, 2014522± 4.3%39%35%12% [25] 14%
47%38%—15%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014594± 5%57%33%1%9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014844± 4%51%33%3%13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014691± 4.2%56%34%4%7%
Rasmussen Reports May 28–29, 2014750± 4%50%36%8%7%

Results

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2014 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Butch Otter (Incumbent)235,40553.52
Democratic A.J. Balukoff169,55638.55
Libertarian John Bujak17,8844.07
Independent Jill Humble8,8012.00
Constitution Steve Pankey5,2191.19
Independent Pro-Life 2,8700.65
OtherWrite-in950.02
Majority65,84914.97%
Total votes439,830100
Republican hold

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