BOISE — Four legislative incumbents were defeated in Idaho’s primary election on Tuesday night, but the initial reports posted on election night by the Idaho Secretary of State’s office only showed three.
CALDWELL — Following the all-absentee ballot primary election, Canyon County Republican voters elected two-term Sheriff Kieran Donahue and District 1 County Commissioner Leslie Van Beek.
One sitting state representative in the Treasure Valley went down to defeat in the primary on Tuesday night, as Julie Yamamoto defeated second-term state Rep. Jarom Wagoner, R-Caldwell, in a close race.
BOISE — Paulette Jordan defeated Jim Vandermaas in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, setting up a race against two-term GOP Sen. Jim Risch in the fall.
Voters cast the final ballots Tuesday to decide the fate of four local initiatives that range from lifting liquor restrictions to maintaining current education funding. Now, the results are in.
After two weeks, Idaho's May primary comes to a close Tuesday night.
Absentee ballots are due back to county clerks today, and results will be available starting tonight.
Tuesday is the deadline for Idaho residents to submit their completed primary ballots to their county elections office.
BOISE — After a federal court extended the ballot-request deadline for the May primary election due to problems with the Idaho Secretary of State’s website that kept some voters from getting their requests in on time, another 14,000 came in, for a total of roughly 429,000.
BOISE — U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill has granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction giving Idaho voters more time — until Tuesday — to request absentee ballots for the May primary election.
Almost 46% of registered voters statewide requested an absentee for the all-mail May 19 primary election.
More than 370,000 Idahoans, or about 42% of registered voters, have requested ballots to vote in the primary election, which, if returned by the June 2 deadline, would result in record turnout in a primary election.
Editor’s note: May 19 is the deadline to request an absentee ballot, either at idahovotes.gov or through your county elections office. Your completed ballot is due back to your county elections office by 8 p.m. June 2. Find voter information and candidate surveys at idahopress.com/elections.
CALDWELL — The Ada and Canyon County elections offices have had to increase staff members and change worker shifts so that someone is working 24 hours a day in order to keep up with absentee ballot requests.
I’m writing to you from what we affectionately call the “Bunker.” The Bunker is the base from which, under normal circumstances, we coordinate the massive undertaking that is required to pull off an election at hundreds of polling places, each processing hundreds, if not thousands, of voters.
Idaho's May 19 primary election will be the state's first all-absentee-ballot election, a move to curb the spread of COVID-19.
BOISE — Idaho hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since famed Sen. Frank Church won his fourth term in 1974, and the state hasn’t seen a truly contested Democratic primary for the post in a decade.
MERIDIAN — This year’s primary election will be unique. The COVID-19 pandemic forced state officials to conduct the election as mail-in voting only, and the virus has kept candidates off the streets, where they would typically be canvassing and giving public speeches prior to Election Day, May 19.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters to conduct candidate surveys for the May 19 primary. You may also search for your ballot items by address, at vote411.org. Candidates were responsible for grammar and spelling, and answers were limited to 500 characters.
BOISE — First-term GOP Rep. Russ Fulcher is facing a challenge in the upcoming primary from Nicholas Jones of Boise, who says he wants to bring a small-business voice to Congress.
Democrats have won Idaho’s 1st Congressional District seat only three times in the past 50 years, but that isn’t stopping two more hopeful candidates from taking another shot. University of Idaho law student Staniela Nikolova faces former congressional staffer Rudy Soto in the May 19 Democratic primary.
The two Democratic hopefuls for Idaho’s 1st District congressional seat, Staniela Nikolova of Moscow and Rudy Soto of Nampa, drew on their own personal experiences as they discussed issues during the Idaho Debates on Idaho Public Television on Thursday evening.
BOISE — If you looked at the Idaho Secretary of State’s new campaign finance website this week, it appeared to show that the biggest contributor to Idaho’s primary election campaigns this spring is, oddly, the Arizona Democratic Party.
Retired Canyon County educator Julie Yamamoto is challenging Rep. Jarom Wagoner in the May 19 Republican primary for House Seat A in District 10.
Wilder voters will have a say in the May 19 election whether the city should license the sale of liquor by the drink.
BOISE — Gary Parent II was inspired to run for the state Legislature after an unhappy experience with the justice system.
BOISE — One of the most hotly contested legislative primary races in the state is between two Democrats in Boise’s North End — or possibly three.
CALDWELL — State Sen. Patti Anne Lodge faces two challengers in the Republican primary for her District 11 Senate seat on May 19. Her challengers are businessmen and lifelong Idahoans, Scott Brock and Zach Brooks.
BOISE — More than 185,000 Idaho voters have requested absentee ballots to vote in this month’s all-mail primary election.
Paulette Jordan and Jim Vandermaas, the two candidates facing off for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, both painted themselves as the best qualified to take on GOP Sen. Jim Risch during the first installment of the “Idaho Debates” on Idaho Public Television.
