# Idaho gubernatorial elections

Elections in Idaho :
Federal government
Presidential elections
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1890
1895
1897
1901
1902
1903
1907
1909
1913
1913 sp
1914
1918
1918 sp
1920
1924
1926
1928 sp
1930
1932
1936
1938
1940 sp
1942
1944
1946 sp
1948
1950
1950 sp
1954
1956
1960
1962 sp
1962
1966
1968
1972
1974
1978
1980
1984
1986
1990
1992
1996
1998
2002
2004
2008
2010
2014
2016
2020
2022
2026
2028
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
State government
General elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Gubernatorial elections
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Lieutenant gubernatorial elections
2022
Secretary of State elections
2022
Attorney General elections
2022
Senate elections
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022 *2024 :
Ballot measures
Ballot measures
1994
Proposition 1
2006
Amendment 2
Proposition 2
2018
Proposition 1
Proposition 2 :
Boise
Mayoral elections
2015
2019
2023 :
Meridian
Mayoral elections
2015
2019
2023 :
vte :
Idaho gubernatorial elections have been held since statehood in 1890 to directly elect the Governor of Idaho. After the initial election was held in October 1890, each subsequent election was held every two years in November until 1946. Elections after 1946 were held in November every four years.

## Results

| Year | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
| 1890 | George L. Shoup Republican 10,262 56.35% | B. Wilson Democratic 7,948 43.65% | | | |
| 1892 | William J. McConnell Republican 8,178 40.21% | John M. Burke Democratic 6,769 33.28% | Abraham J. Crook Populist 4,865 24.23% | J. A. Clark Prohibition 264 1.32% |
| 1894 | William J. McConnell Republican 10,208 41.51% | James W. Ballantine Populist 7,121 28.96% | Edward A. Stevenson Democratic 7,057 28.70% | Other candidates various 205 0.83% |
| 1896 | Frank Steunenberg Democratic–Populist 22,096 76.79% | David H. Budlong Republican 6,441 22.38% | Other candidates various 239 0.83% | |
| 1898 | Frank Steunenberg Democratic 19,407 48.83% | A. B. Moss Republican 13,794 34.71% | J. H. Anderson Populist 5,371 13.51% | Other candidates various 1,175 2.96% |
| 1900 | Frank W. Hunt Democratic 28,628 50.78% | D. W. Standrod Republican 26,468 46.95% | Other candidates various 1,227 2.27% | |
| 1902 | John T. Morrison Republican 31,874 52.90% | Frank W. Hunt Democratic 26,021 43.18% | Other candidates various 2,362 3.92% | |
| 1904 | Frank R. Gooding Republican 41,877 58.74% | Henry Heitfeld Democratic 24,252 34.02% | Theodore B. Shaw Socialist 4,000 5.61% | Other candidates various 1,169 1.64% |
| 1906 | Frank R. Gooding Republican 38,386 52.18% | Charles O. Stockslager Democratic 29,496 40.09% | Thomas F. Kelley Socialist 4,650 6.32% | Other candidates various 1,169 1.64% |
| 1908 | James H. Brady Republican 47,864 49.61% | Moses Alexander Democratic 40,145 41.61% | Ernest Unterman Socialist 6,155 6.38% | Other candidates various 2,310 2.39% |
| 1910 | James H. Hawley Democratic 40,856 47.42% | James H. Brady Republican 39,961 46.38% | S. W. Motley Socialist 5,342 6.20% | | |
| 1912 | John M. Haines Republican 35,074 33.24% | James H. Hawley Democratic 33,992 32.22% | G. H. Martin Progressive 24,325 23.05% | L. A. Coblentz Socialist 11,094 10.51% |
| 1914 | Moses Alexander Democratic 47,618 44.13% | John M. Haines Republican 40,349 37.39% | Hugh E. McElroy Progressive 10,583 9.81% | L. A. Coblentz Socialist 7,967 7.38% |
| 1916 | Moses Alexander Democratic 63,877 47.49% | D. W. Davis Republican 63,305 47.07% | Annie E. Triplow Socialist 7,321 5.44% | | |
| 1918 | D. W. Davis Republican 57,626 59.95% | H. F. Samuels Democratic 38,499 40.05% | | | |
| 1920 | D. W. Davis Republican 75,748 52.97% | Ted A. Walters Democratic 38,509 26.93% | Sherman D. Fairchild Independent 28,752 20.11% | | |
| 1922 | Charles C. Moore Republican 50,538 39.53% | H. F. Samuels Progressive 40,516 31.69% | Moses Alexander Democratic 36,810 28.79% | | |
| 1924 | Charles C. Moore Republican 65,408 43.91% | H. F. Samuels Progressive 58,163 39.04% | A. L. Freehafer Democratic 25,081 16.84% | Other candidates various 321 0.22% | |
| 1926 | H. C. Baldridge Republican 61,575 51.05% | W. Scott Hall Progressive 34,208 28.36% | Asher B. Wilson Democratic 24,837 20.59% | | |
| 1928 | H. C. Baldridge Republican 87,681 57.82% | C. Ben Ross Democratic 63,046 41.58% | Other candidates various 908 0.60% | | |
| 1930 | C. Ben Ross Democratic 73,896 56.03% | John McMurray Republican 58,002 43.98% | | | |
| 1932 | C. Ben Ross Democratic 116,663 61.73% | B. Defenbach Republican 68,863 36.44% | Other candidates various 3,476 1.84% | | |
| 1934 | C. Ben Ross Democratic 93,313 54.58% | Frank L. Stephan Republican 76,659 44.25% | Other candidates various 2,001 1.17% | | |
| 1936 | Barzilla W. Clark Democratic 115,098 57.19% | Frank L. Stephan Republican 83,430 41.46% | Other candidates various 2,716 1.35% | | |
| 1938 | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 106,268 57.30% | C. Ben Ross Democratic 77,697 41.89% | Other candidates various 1,494 0.81% | | |
| 1940 | Chase A. Clark Democratic 120,420 50.48% | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 118,117 49.52% | | | |
| 1942 | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 72,260 50.15% | Chase A. Clark Democratic 71,826 49.85% | | | |
| 1944 | Charles C. Gossett Democratic 109,527 52.64% | W. H. Detweiler Republican 98,532 47.36% | | | |
| 1946 | C. A. Robins Republican 102,233 56.37% | Arnold Williams Democratic 79,131 43.63% | | | |
| 1950 | Len Jordan Republican 107,642 52.56% | Calvin Wright Democratic 97,150 47.44% | | | |
| 1954 | Robert Smylie Republican 124,038 54.24% | Clark Hamilton Democratic 104,647 45.76% | | | |
| 1958 | Robert Smylie Republican 121,810 50.96% | A. M. Derr Democratic 117,236 49.04% | | | |
| 1962 | Robert Smylie Republican 139,578 54.64% | Vernon Smith Democratic 115,876 45.36% | | | |
| 1966 | Don Samuelson Republican 104,586 41.40% | Cecil Andrus Democratic 93,744 37.11% | Perry Swisher Independent 30,913 12.24% | Phillip Jungert Independent 23,139 9.16% | |
| 1970 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 128,004 52.22% | Don Samuelson Republican 117,108 47.78% | | | |
| 1974 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 184,142 70.92% | Jack M. Murphy Republican 68,731 26.47% | Nolan Victor American 6,759 2.60% | | |
| 1978 | John Evans Democratic 169,540 58.75% | Allan Larsen Republican 114,149 39.56% | Other candidates various 4,877 1.69% | | |
| 1982 | John Evans Democratic 187,640 52.92% | Phil Batt Republican 166,911 47.08% | | | |
| 1986 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 193,429 49.93% | David Leroy Republican 189,794 48.99% | James A. Miller Independent 4,203 1.08% | | |
| 1990 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 217,801 68.13% | Roger Fairchild Republican 101,885 31.87% | | | |
| 1994 | Phil Batt Republican 216,123 51.05% | Larry EchoHawk Democratic 191,363 45.20% | Ronald D. Rankin Independent 15,793 3.73% | | |
| 1998 | Dirk Kempthorne Republican 258,095 67.69% | Robert Huntley Democratic 110,815 29.06% | Peter Rickards Independent 12,388 3.25% | | |
| 2002 | Dirk Kempthorne Republican 231,566 56.28% | Jerry Brady Democratic 171,711 41.73% | Daniel L. J. Adams Libertarian 8,187 1.99% | | |
| 2006 | Butch Otter Republican 237,437 52.67% | Jerry Brady Democratic 198,845 44.11% | Marvin Richardson Constitution 7,309 1.62% | Ted Dunlap Libertarian 7,241 1.61% | |
| 2010 | Butch Otter Republican 267,483 59.11% | Keith Allred Democratic 148,680 32.85% | Jana Kemp Independent 26,655 5.89% | Ted Dunlap Libertarian 5,867 1.30% | Marvin Richardson Independent 3,850 0.85% |
| 2014 | Butch Otter Republican 235,405 53.52% | A.J. Balukoff Democratic 169,556 38.55% | John Bujak Libertarian 17,884 4.07% | Jill Humble Independent 8,801 2.00% |
| 2018 | Brad Little Republican 361,661 59.76% | Paulette Jordan Democratic 231,081 38.19% | Bev "Angel" Boeck Libertarian 6,551 1.08% | Walter L. Hayes Constitution 5,787 0.96% |
| 2022 | Brad Little Republican 358,598 60.52% | Stephen Heidt Democratic 120,160 20.28% | Ammon Bundy Independent 101,835 17.19% |