A general election was held in the U.S. state of Idaho on November 6, 2018. All of Idaho's executive officers were up for election as well as both of Idaho's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.
See main article: 2018 Idaho gubernatorial election. Republican governor Butch Otter was succeeded by businessman Brad Little.[1]
See main article: article and 2018 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial primary election.
Election Name: | 2018 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | Idaho |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Idaho elections#Lieutenant Governor |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Image1: | Janice McGeachin by Gage Skidmore.jpg |
Nominee1: | Janice McGeachin |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 356,507 |
Percentage1: | 59.7% |
Nominee2: | Kristin Collum |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 240,355 |
Percentage2: | 40.3% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Brad Little |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Janice McGeachin |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Brad Little did not run for re-election to a third full term, and instead ran for governor.[2] Janice McGeachin won the election for lieutenant governor by nearly 60% following a highly contested primary.
Declared
Incumbent Republican attorney general Lawrence Wasden won re-election to a fifth term.[7]
Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".[8]
Election Name: | 2018 Idaho Secretary of State election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
Country: | Idaho |
Previous Election: | 2014 Idaho elections#Secretary of State |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Idaho Secretary of State election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Nominee1: | Lawerence Denney |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 370,654 |
Percentage1: | 62.5% |
Nominee2: | Jill Humble |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 222,073 |
Percentage2: | 37.5% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Secretary of State | |
Before Election: | Lawerence Denney |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Lawerence Denney |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican secretary of state Lawerence Denney won re-election to a second term.[9]
Incumbent Republican state treasurer Ron Crane did not run for re-election to a sixth term.[10] No Democrats filed to run for this race. Julie Ellsworth won the election unopposed.
Declared
Incumbent Republican Controller Brandon D. Woolf won re-election to a second full term. He was unopposed in the general election because no Democrats filed to challenge him.
Election Name: | 2018 Idaho Superintendent of public instruction election |
Country: | Idaho |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Idaho Superintendent of public instruction election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Idaho Superintendent of public instruction election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
Nominee1: | Sherri Ybarra |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 305,977 |
Percentage1: | 51.5% |
Nominee2: | Cindy Wilson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 288,488 |
Percentage2: | 48.5% |
Map Size: | 160px |
Superintendent | |
Before Election: | Sherri Ybarra |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Sherri Ybarra |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican superintendent of public instruction Sherri Ybarra narrowly won re-election to a second term.[13]
Wilder School Superintendent Jeff Dillon filed to run in the Republican primary on April 29, 2017.[14]
See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho. Both of Idaho's two seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.
Raúl Labrador did not seek reelection for his congressional seat (CD1); he instead ran for governor.
Mike Simpson ran for reelection in 2018.
Official Lieutenant Governor campaign websites
Official Attorney General campaign websites
Official Secretary of State campaign websites
Official Treasurer campaign websites
Official Controller campaign websites
Official Superintendent of Public Instruction campaign websites