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Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

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Elections in Idaho, 2018

General election: Nov. 6
Voter registration deadline: Oct. 12
Early voting: Oct. 22 - Nov. 2
Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6

Online registration:Yes
Same-day registration: Yes
Voter ID: Photo ID required
Poll times: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

On the ballot:U.S. House • Governor • Lt. Gov • Attorney General • Secretary of State • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Appellate courts • Local judges • State ballot measures • Local ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • Recalls • Democratic primaries •Republican primaries

Idaho Lieutenant Governor
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline:March 9, 2018
Primary: May 15, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Brad Little (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Idaho
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Idaho held an election forlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was March 9, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
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For more information on lieutenant gubernatorial elections in 2018,click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the sittinglieutenant governor wasBrad Little (R), who was first appointed to the office in 2009 and was re-elected in2010 and2014. On June 28, 2016, Little announced that he would not seek re-election to a third full term, instead running forgovernor.
At the time of the 2018 election,Idaho was aRepublican trifecta. It gained this status whenGov. Phil Batt (R) took office in 1995. Idaho was aRepublican triplex in 2018.
Idaho had been won by theRepublican candidate in each of the five presidential elections leading up to the 2018 election. The widest margin of victory wasGeorge W. Bush's 40 percent margin in 2000 while the narrowest wasJohn McCain's 25 percent margin in 2008.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Janice McGeachin defeatedKristin Collum in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Janice McGeachin (R)	59.7	356,507
	Kristin Collum (D)	40.3	240,355

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 596,862
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Kristin Collum defeatedJim Fabe in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kristin Collum	88.2	52,417
	Submit photo	Jim Fabe	11.8	6,987

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 59,404
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Janice McGeachin defeatedSteve Yates,Marv Hagedorn,Robert Nonini, andKelley Packer in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Janice McGeachin	28.9	51,098
	Steve Yates	27.3	48,269
	Marv Hagedorn	15.1	26,653
	Robert Nonini	15.0	26,556
	Kelley Packer	13.8	24,513

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 177,089
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Idaho heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Republicans heldboth U.S. Senate seats in Idaho.
Republicans heldtwo of the two U.S. House seats in Idaho.

State executives

As of May 2018, Republicans held seven of 14state executive positions; the other seven were nonpartisan offices.
Heading into the 2018 election, the sitting governor of Idaho wasButch Otter (R).

State legislature

Republicans controlled both chambers of theIdaho State Legislature. They had a 59-11 majority in the state House and a 29-6 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

Idaho was a Republicantrifecta, meaning that the Republican Party held the governorship, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House.

2018 elections

See also:Idaho elections, 2018

Idaho held elections for the following offices in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Idaho
	Idaho	U.S.
Total population:	1,652,828	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	82,643	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	91.7%	73.6%
Black/African American:	0.6%	12.6%
Asian:	1.3%	5.1%
Native American:	1.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.6%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	11.8%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	89.5%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	25.9%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$47,583	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	16.9%	11.3%
Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Idaho. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

As of July 2017, Idaho had a population of approximately 1,716,943 people, and its three largest cities wereBoise (pop. est. 223,154),Meridian (pop. est. 95,623), andNampa (pop. est. 91,382).^[1]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Idaho from 2000 to 2016.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Idaho every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Idaho 2000-2016^[2]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Donald Trump	59.26%	Hillary Clinton	27.49%	31.77%
2012	Mitt Romney	64.53%	Barack Obama	32.62%	31.91%
2008	John McCain	61.52%	Barack Obama	36.09%	25.43%
2004	George W. Bush	68.38%	John Kerry	30.26%	38.12%
2000	George W. Bush	67.17%	Al Gore	27.64%	39.53%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Idaho from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Idaho 2000-2016^[2]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Mike Crapo	66.13%	Jerry Sturgill	27.73%	38.40%
2014	Jim Risch	65.33%	Nels Mitchell	34.67%	30.66%
2010	Mike Crapo	71.18%	Tom Sullivan	24.93%	46.25%
2008	Jim Risch	57.65%	Larry LaRocco	34.11%	23.54%
2004	Mike Crapo	99.18%	Scott McClure	0.82%	98.36%
2002	Larry Craig	65.16%	Allan Blinken	32.55%	32.61%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2014

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2014. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Idaho.

Election results (Governor), Idaho 2000-2016^[3]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	C. L. 'Butch' Otter	53.52%	A. J. Balukoff	38.55%	14.97%
2010	C. L. 'Butch' Otter	59.11%	Keith Allred	32.85%	26.26%
2006	C. L. 'Butch' Otter	52.67%	Jerry Brady	44.11%	8.56%
2002	C. Dirk Kempthorne	56.28%	Jerry Brady	41.73%	14.55%

Trifectas, 1992-2017

Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Idaho Party Control: 1992-2026
No Democratic trifectas • Thirty-two years of Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

No counties in Idaho are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Idaho with 59.3 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidateEvan McMullin received 6.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican 70 percent of the time and Democratic 30 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican all five times.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Idaho. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.^[4]^[5]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 13.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 17 points.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 38.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 39 points. Trump won three seats controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin
1	33.87%	62.34%	R+28.5	26.01%	65.46%	R+39.5
2	26.93%	70.62%	R+43.7	20.64%	71.95%	R+51.3
3	29.14%	68.14%	R+39	21.06%	70.57%	R+49.5
4	39.16%	57.97%	R+18.8	32.30%	58.13%	R+25.8
5	45.88%	49.34%	R+3.5	39.67%	46.41%	R+6.7
6	37.09%	60.34%	R+23.3	27.14%	63.35%	R+36.2
7	30.10%	66.90%	R+36.8	19.98%	72.55%	R+52.6
8	29.55%	67.36%	R+37.8	21.50%	69.20%	R+47.7
9	25.68%	71.70%	R+46	17.21%	74.09%	R+56.9
10	38.47%	58.37%	R+19.9	29.81%	58.12%	R+28.3
11	23.55%	73.82%	R+50.3	17.04%	72.09%	R+55.1
12	31.70%	65.46%	R+33.8	24.33%	62.75%	R+38.4
13	30.45%	66.85%	R+36.4	25.08%	62.48%	R+37.4
14	28.40%	69.37%	R+41	25.20%	62.69%	R+37.5
15	40.27%	56.38%	R+16.1	36.12%	49.48%	R+13.4
16	51.36%	45.03%	D+6.3	47.20%	39.26%	D+7.9
17	54.87%	40.25%	D+14.6	48.92%	35.61%	D+13.3
18	50.74%	45.74%	D+5	49.32%	37.45%	D+11.9
19	62.17%	34.02%	D+28.2	61.76%	27.06%	D+34.7
20	31.96%	65.66%	R+33.7	27.79%	57.58%	R+29.8
21	33.56%	63.72%	R+30.2	29.26%	57.07%	R+27.8
22	28.40%	68.66%	R+40.3	21.33%	65.07%	R+43.7
23	27.41%	69.63%	R+42.2	18.40%	72.24%	R+53.8
24	30.28%	66.54%	R+36.3	24.58%	61.74%	R+37.2
25	23.52%	73.82%	R+50.3	17.71%	70.40%	R+52.7
26	45.05%	52.29%	R+7.2	42.82%	47.54%	R+4.7
27	16.19%	81.96%	R+65.8	14.64%	72.01%	R+57.4
28	31.76%	66.06%	R+34.3	25.38%	57.30%	R+31.9
29	43.30%	53.10%	R+9.8	36.52%	46.08%	R+9.6
30	19.06%	78.92%	R+59.9	17.63%	62.15%	R+44.5
31	21.71%	76.35%	R+54.6	17.59%	65.61%	R+48
32	17.05%	81.10%	R+64.1	17.13%	65.98%	R+48.9
33	30.56%	66.37%	R+35.8	26.72%	54.03%	R+27.3
34	6.92%	92.00%	R+85.1	8.01%	59.90%	R+51.9
35	12.96%	85.32%	R+72.4	9.79%	72.97%	R+63.2
Total	32.62%	64.53%	R+31.9	27.49%	59.26%	R+31.8
Source:Daily Kos

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External links

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