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Nominee | Brad Little | Paulette Jordan | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic | |
Popular vote | 361,661 | 231,081 | |
Percentage | 59.8% | 38.2% |
Governor before election | Elected Governor |
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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]
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.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Tommy Ahlquist | Raul Labrador | Brad Little | Lisa Marie | Lawrence Wasden* | Other | Undecided |
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Dan Jones & Associates | February 26 – March 15, 2018 | – | – | 21% | 25% | 17% | – | – | 6% | 31% |
Dan Jones & Associates | November 8–15, 2017 | 619 | ± 3.9% | 14% | 17% | 21% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 36% |
Magellan Strategies (R-Labrador) | October 11–12, 2017 | 714 | ± 3.7% | 21% | 37% | 23% | – | – | – | 19% |
*–Denotes candidates who did not enter the race.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brad Little | 72,518 | 37.3 | |
Republican | Raúl Labrador | 63,460 | 32.6 | |
Republican | Tommy Ahlquist | 50,977 | 26.2 | |
Republican | Lisa Marie | 3,390 | 1.7 | |
Republican | Steve Pankey | 2,701 | 1.4 | |
Republican | Harley Brown | 874 | 0.4 | |
Republican | Dalton Cannady | 528 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 194,448 | 100.0 |
A. J. Balukoff |
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Paulette Jordan |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 38,483 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | A.J. Balukoff | 26,403 | 40.1 | |
Democratic | Peter Dill | 964 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 65,850 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [78] | Solid R | August 7, 2017 |
The Washington Post [79] | Safe R | October 16, 2018 |
FiveThirtyEight [80] | Solid R | October 17, 2018 |
Rothenberg Political Report [81] | Solid R | November 10, 2017 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [82] | Safe R | November 14, 2017 |
RealClearPolitics [83] | Safe R | October 9, 2018 |
Daily Kos [84] | Safe R | June 5, 2018 |
Fox News [85] [lower-alpha 1] | Likely R | October 9, 2018 |
Politico [86] | Likely R | October 9, 2018 |
Governing [87] | Safe R | October 2, 2018 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Brad Little (R) | Paulette Jordan (D) | Bev Boeck (L) | Other | Undecided |
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Change Research | November 2–4, 2018 | 838 | – | 55% | 39% | 3% | 2% [88] | – |
Clarity Campaign Labs (D-Idaho Voices for Change Now) | August 2–5, 2018 | 826 | ± 3.2% | 36% | 28% | – | 5% | 31% |
Clarity Campaign Labs (D-Idaho Voices for Change Now) | July 12–15, 2018 | 1,061 | ± 2.8% | 38% | 28% | – | 7% | 26% |
Dan Jones & Associates | June 22 – July 9, 2018 | 606 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 31% | 5% | 8% [89] | 13% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Brad Little | 361,661 | 59.76% | +6.25% | |
Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 231,081 | 38.19% | -0.36% | |
Libertarian | Bev "Angel" Boeck | 6,551 | 1.08% | -2.99% | |
Constitution | Walter L. Bayes | 5,787 | 0.96% | -0.23% | |
Independent | Lisa Marie (write-in) | 51 | 0.0% | N/A | |
Total votes | 605,131 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
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