Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018

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

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.

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

Withdrew

Declined

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, 2018––21%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, 2018838–55%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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