Voters throughout Idaho will take to the polls on Tuesday, May 15 to decide a number of county, legislative and statewide primary races, as well as ballot questions, including school levies. Because it is an even-numbered year, there are no local (mayoral, city council, etc.) races on the ballot.
The May 15 election is a primary, so your ballot will reflect candidates from your party of choice. The Republican and Constitution parties both have closed primaries, meaning only voters affiliated with those parties can vote for their respective candidates. The Democratic Party is holding an open primary, and anyone can vote for that party's candidates, so long as they have not voted on another party's ballot.
An “unaffiliated” voter may affiliate with their party of choice by filing a signed form up to and including election day.
In addition to the partisan ballots, voters will see non-partisan candidates, such as district court judges. All voters will also see school levies and other non-partisan ballot questions, regardless of party affiliation.
For a look at county races and ballot questions, including school levies, check out our county-by-county ballot breakdown.
Below is a look at the congressional, statewide and legislative races you find on ballots on election day.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES
Representative, 1st District
- DEM Cristina McNeil
- DEM Michael W Smith
- DEM James Vandermaas
- REP Russ Fulcher
- REP Alex Gallegos
- REP Nick Henderson
- REP David H. Leroy
- REP Luke Malek
- REP Christy Perry
- REP Michael Snyder
Representative, 2nd District
- DEM Peter Rickards
- DEM Aaron Swisher
- REP Mike Simpson
STATEWIDE RACES
Governor
- DEM AJ Balukoff
- DEM Peter Dill
- DEM Paulette Jordan
- REP Tommy Ahlquist
- REP Harley Delano Brown
- REP Dalton Ben Cannady
- REP Raul Labrador
- REP Brad Little
- REP Lisa Marie
- REP Steve Pankey
Lieutenant Governor
- DEM Kristin Collum
- DEM Jim Fabe
- REP Marv Hagedorn
- REP Janice McGeachin
- REP Bob Nonini
- REP Kelley Packer
- REP Steve Yates
Secretary of State
- DEM Joseph J.P. Chastain
- DEM Jill Humble
- REP Lawerence E. Denney
State Controller
- REP Brandon D Woolf
State Treasurer
- REP Julie A. Ellsworth
- REP Tom Kealey
- REP Vicky J McIntyre
Attorney General
- DEM Bruce S. Bistline
- REP Lawrence Wasden
Superintendent of Public Instruction
- DEM Allen Humble
- DEM Cindy Wilson
- REP Jeff Dillon
- REP Sherri Ybarra
JUDICIAL RACE
Fifth Judicial Court Judge (Blaine, Camas, Cassia Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties)
To Succeed Randy J. Stoker
- Samuel S. Beus
- Theodore Booth
- David W. Gadd
- Roger B. Harris
STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES
All Idaho legislative seats in both the House and Senate are up for vote this year. Candidates for each seat are listed below. To find out which legislative district you live in, click here.
Legislative District 1
State Senator
- DEM Vera Gadman
- REP Danielle Ahrens
- REP Scott Herndon
- REP Jim Woodward
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Bob Vickaryous
- DEM Ellen Weissman
- REP Mike Boeck
- REP Heather Scott
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Stephen F. Howlett
- REP Sage G. Dixon
Legislative District 2
State Senator
- DEM Dale R Broadsword
- REP Steve Vick
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Maria Andrews
- REP Vito Barbieri
- REP Fritz Wiedenhoff
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Alanna Brooks
- DEM Richard Kohles
- REP John Green
- REP Doug "Doug O" Okuniewicz
Legislative District 3
State Senator
- DEM Patrick Lippert
- REP Don Cheatham
State Representative, Position A
- REP Ron Mendive
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Dan Hanks
- REP Tony Wisniewski
Legislative District 4
State Senator
- DEM Cory Jane English
- REP Michael S. Pereira
- REP Mary Souza
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Rebecca Schroeder
- REP Jim Addis
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Shem Hanks
- REP Paul Amador
- REP Roger Garlock
Legislative District 5
State Senator
- DEM David Nelson
- REP Marshall Comstock
- REP Dan Foreman
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Margaret R Gannon
- REP Bill Goesling
- REP Hari Heath
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Terry Hardman
- DEM Laurene Sorensen
- REP Caroline Nilsson Troy
Legislative District 6
State Senator
- REP Daniel Johnson
State Representative, Position A
- REP Thyra K. Stevenson
State Representative, Position B
- DEM John Rusche
- REP Mike Kingsley
Legislative District 7
State Senator
- REP Carl G. Crabtree
State Representative, Position A
- REP Priscilla Giddings
- REP Ryan A. Lawrence
- REP Shannon McMillan
State Representative, Position B
- REP Phil Hart
- REP Paul E. Shepherd
Legislative District 8
State Senator
- REP Marla Lawson
- REP Steven Thayn
State Representative, Position A
- REP Terry F. Gestrin
State Representative, Position B
- REP Dorothy Moon
Legislative District 9
State Senator
- REP Abby Lee
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Allen Schmid
- REP Ryan Kerby
- REP Lorrie L. Richins
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Chase Van Weerdhuizen
- REP Judy Boyle
Legislative District 10
State Senator
- DEM Evangeline Beechler
- REP Jim Rice
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Sead Muradbegovic
- REP Jarom Wagoner
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Chelsea Gaona-Lincoln
- REP Greg Chaney
Legislative District 11
State Senator
- DEM Harold F. 'Ric' Coles Jr.
- DEM Edward Savala
- REP Zach Brooks
- REP Patti Anne Lodge
State Representative, Position A
- REP Josh Gibbons
- REP Scott Syme
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Brian A. Ertz
- REP Kirk Adams
- REP Scott R Brock
- REP David L Lincoln
- REP Tammy Nichols
- REP Kathryn Ralstin
Legislative District 12
State Senator
- DEM Chelle Gluch
- REP Todd Lakey
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Pat Day Hartwell
- REP Robert Anderst
State Representative, Position B
- REP Rick D. Youngblood
Legislative District 13
State Senator
- REP Jeff C Agenbroad
State Representative, Position A
- REP Brent J. Crane
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Chris Ho
- REP Gary E. Collins
- REP Lori Shewmaker
Legislative District 14
State Senator
- DEM Richard Boozel
- REP Darin J. Driscoll
- REP Natalie Feuerstein
- REP C. Scott Grow
- REP Todd Hatfield
- REP Ted Hill
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Jane M. Rohling
- REP Mike Moyle
State Representative, Position B
- REP Gayann DeMordaunt
Legislative District 15
State Senator
- DEM Jim Bratnober
- REP Sarah A. Clendenon
- REP Fred S. Martin
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Steve Berch
- REP Lynn M. Luker
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Jake Ellis
- REP Patrick McDonald
Legislative District 16
State Senator
- DEM Grant Burgoyne
- REP LeeJoe Lay
State Representative, Position A
- DEM John A. McCrostie
- REP Graham Paterson
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Rob Mason
- DEM Colin Nash
- DEM Geoff Stephenson
- DEM George Tway
- DEM Barb Vanderpool
- REP Jim Silsby
Legislative District 17
State Senator
- DEM Maryanne Jordan
- REP David L. DeHaas
State Representative, Position A
- DEM John Gannon
- DEM Randy H Johnson
- REP Anthony Thomas Dephue
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Sue Chew
- REP Kevin Rhoades
Legislative District 18
State Senator
- DEM Janie Ward-Engelking
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Ilana Rubel
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Brooke Green
- REP Steve Simmons
Legislative District 19
State Senator
- DEM Cherie Buckner-Webb
- REP Aaron J. Tribble
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Mat Erpelding
- REP Gary Parent II
- REP Mark Patten
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Melissa Wintrow
Legislative District 20
State Senator
- REP Mark Johnson
- REP Chuck Winder5528 N Ebbets Ave Boise ID 83713
State Representative, Position A
- REP Joe A. Palmer
State Representative, Position B
- REP James Holtzclaw
Legislative District 21
State Senator
- DEM Dawn C. Pierce
- REP Clifford R. "Cliff" Bayer
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Joshua Robinson
- REP Steven C Harris
State Representative, Position B
- REP Thomas E. "Tom" Dayley
Legislative District 22
State Senator
- DEM Mik W. Lose
- REP Lori Den Hartog
State Representative, Position A
- REP John Vander Woude
State Representative, Position B
- REP Ronald DeBlauw
- REP Jason A. Monks
Legislative District 23
State Senator
- REP Bert Brackett
- REP Mark Rhatigan
State Representative, Position A
- REP Oscar Evans
- REP Christy Zito
State Representative, Position B
- REP Megan C. Blanksma
Legislative District 24
State Senator
- REP Lee Heider
- REP Jay S Waters III
State Representative, Position A
- REP Lance Clow
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Deborah Silver
- REP Rocky Ferrenburg
- REP Linda Wright Hartgen
Legislative District 25
State Senator
- REP Terry Edwards
- REP Jim Patrick
State Representative, Position A
- REP Laurie Lickley
- REP B. Roy Prescott
- REP Glenneda Zuiderveld
State Representative, Position B
- REP Lyle Johnstone
- REP Clark Kauffman
Legislative District 26
State Senator
- DEM Michelle Stennett
- REP Julie Lynn
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Muffy Davis
- REP Steve Miller
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Sally Toone
- REP Mike McFadyen
Legislative District 27
State Senator
- REP Kelly Arthur Anthon
State Representative, Position A
- REP Scott Bedke
State Representative, Position B
- REP Kevin Williams
- REP Fred Wood
Legislative District 28
State Senator
- DEM Mike Saville
- REP Alan B. Curtis
- REP Jim Guthrie
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Steve Landon
- REP Randy Armstrong
State Representative, Position B
- REP Gary Aldous
- REP Kevin Andrus
- REP Kay Jenkins
- REP Dennis H Spencer
Legislative District 29
State Senator
- DEM Mark Nye
- REP Lance Kolbet
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Chris Abernathy
- DEM Sean Fay
- REP Dustin Whitney Manwaring
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Elaine Smith
- REP Kevin James Brown
- REP Molly Swallow
Legislative District 30
State Senator
- REP Dean M. Mortimer
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Pat Tucker
- REP Gary L Marshall
- REP Jeff Thompson
State Representative, Position B
- REP Wendy Horman
- REP Randy Neal
Legislative District 31
State Senator
- REP Steve Bair
State Representative, Position A
- REP Neil A Anderson
State Representative, Position B
- REP Julie VanOrden
- REP Julianne Young
Legislative District 32
State Senator
- REP Mark Harris
- REP Noall E. Wolff
State Representative, Position A
- REP Marc Gibbs
State Representative, Position B
- REP Chad Christensen
- REP Tom Loertscher
Legislative District 33
State Senator
- DEM Jerry Sehlke
- REP Dave Lent
- REP Tony Potts
State Representative, Position A
- DEM Jim De Angelis
- REP Barbara Ehardt
State Representative, Position B
- DEM George Morrison
- REP Bryan N. Zollinger
Legislative District 34
State Senator
- DEM Robert S. Nielsen
- REP Brent Hill
State Representative, Position A
- REP Ron Nate
- REP Doug Ricks
State Representative, Position B
- REP Elaine King
- REP Marshall H. Merrell
- REP Britt Raybould
Legislative District 35
State Senator
- REP Van Burtenshaw
- REP Jud Miller
State Representative, Position A
- REP Daniel H Davis
- REP Jerald Raymond
State Representative, Position B
- DEM Jerry L. Browne
- REP Rod Furniss
- REP Karey Hanks
