Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018

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Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018
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  2014 November 6, 20182022 
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Nominee Brad Little Paulette Jordan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote361,661231,081
Percentage59.8%38.2%

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018.svg
County Results
Little:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Jordan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Butch Otter
Republican

Elected Governor

Brad Little
Republican

The 2018 Idaho gubernatorial election took place on November 6 to elect the next Governor of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter chose not to run for a fourth term, [1] and the state's primaries were held on May 15. [2]

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.

Contents

Former state representative Paulette Jordan was the Democratic Party's nominee, who lost to incumbent lieutenant governor Brad Little by a wide margin for a seventh consecutive Republican victory.

Paulette Jordan American politician

Paulette Jordan is a Native American politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives as a member of the Idaho Democratic Party from December 1, 2014 until February 14, 2018. She previously served on the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council, its sovereign government. During her final term she was the only Democrat serving in the Idaho Legislature from North Idaho. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 election against Lieutenant Governor Brad Little.

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.

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.

A record 605,131 votes were cast for governor in 2018, a 37.6% increase over the previous election in 2014 (439,830 votes).The previous high was 452,535 votes in 2010.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Tommy Ahlquist

John Thomas "Tommy" Ahlquist III is an American business owner, commercial real-estate developer, and retired physician from the State of Idaho. He was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 Idaho gubernatorial election.

A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for an elected office but seldom wins. The term is not generally extended to incumbent politicians who successfully defend their seats repeatedly.

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.

Withdrew

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.

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.

Declined

Lori Otter First Lady of Idaho

Lori Otter is an American educator, author, and former beauty queen who served as First Lady of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. She was crowned Miss Idaho USA in 1991. Otter is married to the former Governor of Idaho, C. L. "Butch" Otter.

Lawrence G. Wasden is the current Attorney General of the state of Idaho serving since 2003, and is the longest serving Attorney General in Idaho history.

Idaho Attorney General

The Attorney General of Idaho is an elected office that assists local law enforcement agencies in the state of Idaho, provides legal representation for state agencies, and enforces consumer protection laws. The current attorney general, Lawrence Wasden, is the longest serving attorney general in Idaho's history.

Endorsements

Tommy Ahlquist
U.S. Governors (current and former)
Republican National Committee members
Mayors
Individuals
Celebrities
Raúl Labrador
U.S. Senators
State legislators (current and former)
Individuals
Political Action Committees
  • Protect Freedom PAC [19]
Trade Associations
  • Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (IPC-ABC) [25]
Organizations
  • Idaho Chooses Life [26]
  • Family Policy Alliance of Idaho [27]
Brad Little
U.S. Governors (current and former)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide elected officials (current and former)
State legislators (current and former)
Newspapers
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Tommy
Ahlquist
Raul
Labrador
Brad
Little
Lisa
Marie
Lawrence
Wasden*
OtherUndecided
Dan Jones & Associates February 26 – March 15, 201821%25%17%6%31%
Dan Jones & Associates November 8–15, 2017619± 3.9%14%17%21%4%4%5%36%
Magellan Strategies (R-Labrador) October 11–12, 2017714± 3.7%21%37%23%19%

*–Denotes candidates who did not enter the race.

Results

Results by county:
Little
50-60%
40-50%
30-40%
Labrador
40-50%
30-40%
Ahlquist
40-50%
30-40% Idaho gubernatorial Republican primary, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Little 72,51837.3
Republican Raúl Labrador 63,46032.6
Republican Tommy Ahlquist 50,97726.2
Republican Lisa Marie3,3901.7
Republican Steve Pankey2,7011.4
Republican Harley Brown8740.4
Republican Dalton Cannady5280.3
Total votes194,448100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

A. J. Balukoff
U.S. Representatives (current and former)
Statewide officials (current and former)
State legislators (current and former)
Democratic National Committee officials (current and former)
Local and municiapal officials (current and former)
Newspapers
Organizations
Paulette Jordan
State legislators (current and former)
Individuals
Organizations

Results

Results by county:
Jordan
Jordan--80-90%
Jordan--70-80%
Jordan--60-70%
Jordan--50-60%
Jordan--40-50%
Jordan/Balukoff tie
Balukoff
50-60%
60-70% Idaho gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paulette Jordan38,48358.4
Democratic A.J. Balukoff26,40340.1
Democratic Peter Dill9641.5
Total votes65,850100.0

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Adam Phillips [8]
  • Michael Richardson [4]
  • John Thomas Wiechec [8]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [78] Solid RAugust 7, 2017
The Washington Post [79] Safe ROctober 16, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [80] Solid ROctober 17, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [81] Solid RNovember 10, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball [82] Safe RNovember 14, 2017
RealClearPolitics [83] Safe ROctober 9, 2018
Daily Kos [84] Safe RJune 5, 2018
Fox News [85] [lower-alpha 1] Likely ROctober 9, 2018
Politico [86] Likely ROctober 9, 2018
Governing [87] Safe ROctober 2, 2018
Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Brad
Little (R)
Paulette
Jordan (D)
Bev
Boeck (L)
OtherUndecided
Change Research November 2–4, 201883855%39%3%2% [88]
Clarity Campaign Labs (D-Idaho Voices for Change Now) August 2–5, 2018826± 3.2%36%28%5%31%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D-Idaho Voices for Change Now) July 12–15, 20181,061± 2.8%38%28%7%26%
Dan Jones & Associates June 22 – July 9, 2018606± 4.0%43%31%5%8% [89] 13%

Results

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Brad Little 361,661 59.76% +6.25%
Democratic Paulette Jordan231,08138.19%-0.36%
Libertarian Bev "Angel" Boeck6,5511.08%-2.99%
Constitution Walter L. Bayes5,7870.96%-0.23%
Independent Lisa Marie (write-in)510.0%N/A
Total votes605,131100.0%N/A
Republican hold

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