2020 Idaho elections
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November 3, 2020
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| Registered | 1,082,417 |
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| Turnout | 76.5%[1] |
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A general election were held in the U.S. state of Idaho on November 3, 2020; with primaries being held in March and May.[2] To vote by mail, registered Idaho voters must have requested a ballot by October 23, 2020.[3][4]
Federal offices
[edit]President of the United States
[edit]Idaho had four electoral votes in the Electoral College. Republican Donald Trump won all of them with 64% of the popular vote.
United States Senate
[edit]One of the two United States Senators representing Idaho was up for election. Incumbent Republican Jim Risch won with 63% of the votes.
United States House of Representatives
[edit]Idaho had two representatives in the United States House of Representatives who were up for election. Republicans won all of the districts. No seats changed hands.
State offices
[edit]Legislative
[edit]All 35 seats in the Idaho Senate and 70 seats in the Idaho House of Representatives were up for election.
Idaho Senate[edit]
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Idaho House of Representatives[edit]
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Judicial
[edit]Supreme Court
[edit]Two justices on the Idaho Supreme Court ran for election.
Justice Gregory Moeller was appointed by Governor Butch Otter in 2018 to succeed Joel Horton, while John Stegner was appointed by Otter earlier in the same year to succeed Warren Jones.[5][6] Both of them ran unopposed and secured another term.[7]
Court of Appeals
[edit]Idaho Court of Appeals Judge Amanda Brailsford was appointed by Governor Otter in 2018 to replace Sergio Gutierrez.[5] She ran for a full term and won unopposed.[8]
Ballot measures
[edit]Constitutional Amendment HJR 4 (2020)
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- 70–80%
- 60–70%
- 50–60%
The Idaho Constitutional Amendment HJR 4 would ensure there are 35 state senate districts.[9]
| Choice | Votes | % | |
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| For | 525,779 | 67.95 | |
| Against | 247,966 | 32.05 | |
| Total | 773,745 | 100.00 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "2020 Nov 3 General Election - Voting Statistics". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Idaho elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ↑ Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020,
Idaho
- ↑ "Absentee and Mail Voting Policies in Effect for the 2020 Election", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, retrieved October 11, 2020,
Idaho
- 1 2 Baeza, Benito (December 4, 2018). "Idaho Governor Fills Two Judicial Vacancies". KLIX. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ Russell, Betsy Z. (May 22, 2018). "Judge John Stegner of Moscow appointed to Idaho Supreme Court". The Idaho Press. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Idaho Supreme Court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Idaho intermediate appellate court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Idaho Constitutional Amendment HJR4, Require 35 Legislative Districts Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
External links
[edit]- "League of Women Voters of Idaho". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Idaho", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Idaho: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- Idaho 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through...2020
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