Idaho
2024 Idaho Primary Election Results
. Please note that these results do not become official until they are certified on June 5, 2024.
Congressional Districts 1 and 2 U.S. Representative Races:
In the race for District 1 U.S. Representative, incumbent Republican Russ Fulcher ran unopposed in the GOP Primary. He automatically advances to the November election.
For the Congressional District 2 U.S. Representative seat, Republican incumbent Mike Simpson received 54.7% of the vote, beating challengers Scott Cleveland (35.8%) and Sean Higgins (9.5%).
Just one candidate ran in each of the Congressional Districts 1 and 2 U.S. Representative races on the Democratic ballot. CD1 candidate Kaylee Peterson and CD2 candidate David Roth both automatically advance to the general election.
The Libertarian Party also had one candidate for each CD U.S. Representative race. Matt Loesby will be on the November ballot for CD1 Representative and Todd Corsetti for CD2 Representative.
The Constitution Party had one candidate on the ballot for CD1 Representative, Brendan Gomez. He automatically advances to November. In the CD2 Representative race, two Constitution Party candidates ended the night with very close results. A candidate named Idaho Law – Carta Sierra received 51% of the ballots cast, while a candidate named Pro-Life garnered 49%. Idaho Law – Carta Sierra will advance to the general election.
The following is information on races across Idaho’s 35 Legislative Districts. The current Legislative District map can be seen here.
Idaho Legislative District 1:
In the state Senate race, former Senator Jim Woodward beat incumbent Senator Scott Herndon, 52% to 48%. There was no primary in any other party for the LD1 Senate seat.
In the House of Representative race Seat A, Republican Mark Sauter beat two challengers. Democrat Karen Matthee ran unopposed and will advance to November.
For House of Representatives Seat 1B Democrat Kathryn Larson beat Bob Vickaryous overwhelmingly, 92% to 8%. Republican Cornel Rasor beat Chuck Lowman 52% to 48%.
In Idaho Legislative Districts 2 and 3, all state Senate and House of Representatives candidates ran unopposed and will advance to the November general election.
Idaho Legislative District 4:
The only contested primary in LD4 was for State Representative Seat B. Republican incumbent Elaine Price beat Dave Raglin 60% to 40%. All other candidates ran unopposed.
Idaho Legislative District 5:
The only contested race in LD5 was for State Senate. Republican incumbent Carl Bjerke overwhelmingly defeated challenger Cheri Zao, 77.5% to 22.5%.
Idaho Legislative District 6:
Two Republican challenges took place in LD6. Incumbent Senator Dan Foreman beat challenger Robert Blair, 53% to 47%. In the GOP battle for House of Representatives seat 6A, incumbent Lori McCann beat two challengers and will advance to November to face a Democratic challenger.
Idaho Legislative District 7:
LD7 also saw two contested GOP races. Kyle Harris beat Jim Chmelik in the State Rep Seat A contest. For State Rep Seat B, Charlie Shepherd defeated challenger Larry Dunn to secure his November appearance.
Idaho Legislative District 8:
This area – which is comprised of Elmore, Boise, Custer, and Valley Counties – is the center of much discussion in this primary. For State Rep Seat 8A, GOP challenger Rob Beiswenger beat incumbent Matt Bundy, 54% to 46%. For State Rep Seat 8B, Republican challenger Faye Thompson beat longtime incumbent Megan Blanksma, 51% to 49%. The State Senate seat was also contested in the Republican party. Incumbent Geoff Schroeder was beat by former Representative/former Senator Christy Zito.
Idaho Legislative District 9:
In the GOP race for the nomination for State Senate, Brandon Shippy beat former Representative Scott Syme. For State Rep seat 9A, GOP incumbent Jacyn Gallagher was defeated by challenger John Shirts, 38% to 62%.
Idaho Legislative District 10:
Incumbent GOP State Senator Tammy Nichols easily beat challenger Lori Bishop, 64% to 36%. Speaker of the House Mike Moyle was challenged by Rachel Hazelip for State Rep seat 10A. Moyle narrowly won the Republican nomination, beating Hazelip by 799 votes, and will face a Democrat in November.
Idaho Legislative District 11:
GOP challenger Camille Blaylock beat incumbent State Senator Chris Trakel, 52% to 48%. For State Rep seat 11A, Republican challenger Kent Marmon beat incumbent Julie Yamamoto, 57% to 43%. Lucas Cayler and Sarah Chaney faced off in the GOP primary for House Rep seat 11B. In a very close result, Cayler beat Chaney 1,695 votes to 1,656 votes and will now face Democrat Marisela Pesina in the November general election.
Idaho Legislative District 12:
In the State Senate GOP race, incumbent Ben Adams defeated challenger Victor Rodriguez, 58% to 42%. For State Rep seat 12A, Republican Jeff Cornilles beat Jarome Bell, 60% to 40%. State Rep seat 12B shows a big win by incumbent Republican Jaron Crane over challenger John (Jay) Noller, 78% to 22%. All other candidates ran unopposed in their respective parties.
Idaho Legislative District 13:
For State Senate in LD13, GOP incumbent Brian Lenney beat former Senator Jeff Agenbroad by 541 votes. There was a three-way race for State Rep seat 13B. Incumbent Kenny Wroten and challenger Amy Henry were both defeated by Steve Tanner.
Idaho Legislative District 14 had no contested primary races.
Idaho Legislative District 15:
In the Democratic primary for State Rep seat 15B, Shari Baber defeated Ivan Hurlburt, 67% to 33%. All other races were uncontested.
Idaho Legislative District 16:
Two seats in LD16 saw Democratic contests. For State Senate, incumbent Ali Rabe beat challenger Justin “Justice” Mitson by one of the largest margins – 89% to 11%. Four candidates were vying for the Democratic nomination for State Rep seat 16B. Todd Achilles won the race with 46.54% of the vote. The other three candidates split the remaining 53.46%.
Idaho Legislative Districts 17, 18, and 19 did not have any contested races in the primary.
Idaho Legislative District 20:
State Senate Pro Tempore Chuck Winder lost his seat to GOP challenger Josh Keyser, 2,926 votes to 3,207 votes. The House seats did not have any contested races.
Idaho Legislative District 21:
GOP incumbent Treg Bernt beat challenger Brenda Bourn to earn the Republican nomination for State Senate, 59% to 41%. In the race for State Rep seat 21A, there was a three-way race in the GOP. Incumbent James Petzke easily secured the win with just over 55% of the vote.
Idaho Legislative District 22:
State Rep seat 22B saw incumbent Jason Monks challenged by Marisa Stevens Keith. With a 67% to 33% margin, Monks won the race. The other two seats in LD22 did not have contested races in the primary.
Idaho Legislative District 23:
In the GOP race for State Rep seat 23A, Chris Bruce beat Melissa Durrant in a close race with the totals being about 51% to 49%. Incumbent Tina Lambert was defeated by challenger Shawn R Dygert in the race for State Rep seat 23B. The vote count was 3,129 for Lambert and 3,324 for Dygert.
Idaho Legislative District 24:
State Senate GOP incumbent Glenneda Zuiderveld was challenged by Alex Caval but won the race with a 54.59% to 45.41% result. In the race for State Rep seat 24A, Chenele Dixon was defeated by Clint Hostetler who received 1,558 more votes. Republican Steve Miller beat Republican Jeff Faulkner for State Rep seat 24B by 11.5% of the votes cast.
Idaho Legislative District 25:
Linda Wright Hartgen, GOP incumbent in the State Senate, was defeated by Josh Kohl by a large margin, 63% to 37% to win the nomination. There is no nominee in any other party, so Kohl will win the seat in November. David Leavitt beat Greg Lanting for the GOP nomination for State Rep seat 25B. With no challenger from any other party for this seat, Leavitt will be the winner in November.
Idaho Legislative District 26:
Republican Mike Pohanka beat Kally Schiffler for the GOP nomination for State Rep seat 26A in a 60% to 40% result. In the race for State Rep seat 26B, Lyle Johnstone lost to Jack Nelsen by 169 votes.
Idaho Legislative District 27:
The only contested primary in LD27 was for State Rep seat 27B. Clay Handy beat Pat Field with a 59% to 41% result.
Idaho Legislative District 28:
In the GOP contest for the nomination for State Rep seat 28A, incumbent Rick Cheatum defeated two challengers. For State Rep seat 28B, Dan Garner beat Kirk Jackson with 55.53% of the vote.
Idaho Legislative District 29 had no primary contests.
Idaho Legislative District 30:
In the race for the State Senate Republican nomination, incumbent Julie VanOrden beat Jerry Truth Bingham 63% to 37%. In the House seat 30A GOP contest, David Cannon beat Josh Sorensen. For House seat 30B, Republican Ben G. Fuhriman beat incumbent Julianne Young by just 10 votes.
Idaho Legislative District 31:
LD31 had just one contested primary race. State Representative seat 31B GOP incumbent Rod Furniss beat former Representative Karey Hanks by 268 votes.
Idaho Legislative District 32:
In the race for GOP nomination for State Seante in LD32, Kevin J Cook defeated Keith Newberry, 69% to 31%. There was a three-way race in the GOP for State Rep seat 32A. Incumbent Stephanie Mickelsen easily won the race with over 60% of the vote. There was also a three-way contest for State Rep seat 32B. Incumbent Wendy Horman with 45.5% of the overall vote.
Idaho Legislative District 33:
The GOP primary race result for State Senate in LD33 shows incumbent Dave Lent defeating challenger Bryan Scholz 60% to 40%. The Republican race for House seat 33B resulted in incumbent Marco Erickson beating challenger Jilene Burger 55% to 45%.
Idaho Legislative District 34:
LD34 had just one primary race. The House seat 34B GOP incumbent Britt Raybould beat challenger Larry E Golden with 65% of the vote.
Idaho Legislative District 35:
GOP incumbent Mark Harris beat challenger Doug Toomer for State Senate by about 2,000 votes. In the Republican primary contest for House seat 35B, incumbent Joshua Wheeler defeated challenger Brett C. Skidmore 62% to 38%.
All judges who were up for election were retained by the people, including Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Bevan. You can find statewide results for all the bonds and levies here.
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AMERICAN FALLS — On Nov. 18 and 20, Southeast Region Fish and Game fisheries staff and volunteers put on waders, loaded a drift boat with electrofishing equipment, and surveyed a one-mile stretch of the Snake River from Hatchery Creek to Pipeline Access below American Falls Reservoir. During the survey, the crew captured and released 312 rainbow trout, 17 mountain whitefish, 13 smallmouth bass, 11 brown trout, and 8 cutthroat trout. Other fish documented in the survey included Utah chub, Utah sucker, and yellow perch, though these species were not targeted by the survey.
The largest trout captured was a 26.7-inch brown trout. The largest rainbow trout was 22.2 inches with the majority of rainbows measuring between 16 and 20 inches. Rainbow trout were the only species with a large enough sample to estimate abundance. In other words, without biologists finding and counting every rainbow during the survey, the sample size was still big enough to give biologists a good understanding of how many fish use that stretch of river. In this case, fisheries staff estimate that there were about 2,000 rainbow trout in that mile-long stretch of the Snake River during the survey. In fact, this level of abundance is quite typical for Idaho rivers where rainbows are found.
During the November survey, fisheries staff also put tags in 200 trout. Anglers who catch tagged fish are encouraged to report tag numbers and capture details through Fish and Game’s Tag You’re It! | Idaho Fish and Game. This effort will help Fish and Game track angler catch rates and evaluate how fish survival varies by timing and locations of stocking. Angler tag reports will also shed more light on fish movements, including when fish get passed through American Falls Dam into the Snake River or emigrate to Walcott Reservoir.
Surveys and tagging efforts aren’t the only tools Fish and Game is using to help manage the fisheries at American Falls Reservoir and the Snake River. Since late October, hatchery personnel have released nearly 250,000 rainbow trout fingerlings and over 18,000 “catchables” into the reservoir. Additionally, Idaho Power will provide approximately 9,000 rainbows ready to take your lure or jig over the winter.
For more information about this survey and other work being done to manage Southeast Region fisheries, please contact Regional Fisheries Manager Patrick Kennedy at (208) 236-1262 or pat.kennedy@idfg.idaho.gov.
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A key selling point of Idaho’s new private education tax credit was that it would open doors for students who couldn’t otherwise attend private school. But it’s uncertain whether data that would test this claim will be made public after the first round of credits goes out next year.
The Parental Choice Tax Credit’s authors wrote data reporting requirements that are leaner than those tied to similar programs in other states. For instance, the new law doesn’t require the Idaho State Tax Commission — the agency responsible for administrating the refundable tax credit — to report how many recipients were already enrolled in private school.
This data would help answer one of the most hotly contested questions surrounding the program: whether the nearly $50 million in state subsidies would benefit families that need help attending private school, as supporters argued, or whether it would be a tax break for families that could already afford private school, as opponents claimed.
While all nonpublic school students can apply for the credit, priority will be given to applicants that earn 300% or below the federal poverty level — about $96,000 in household income for a family of four.
In Iowa, Oklahoma, Florida, Arkansas, North Carolina and Arizona — states with “universal” private school choice programs, like Idaho’s, that are open to all nonpublic students — most subsidies have gone to students that didn’t previously attend a public school.
“In other states they have found that the more transparency there is, the more data is released, the more damning it is for the voucher programs,” said House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, who’s pushing for a repeal of Idaho’s credit. “The more it reveals that, in fact, this is all a means of lining the pockets of the very wealthy, who already have their kids in private schools and who were perfectly able to pay for it already.”
Bill sponsor doesn’t oppose additional data release
House Bill 93, the tax credit legislation, directs the Tax Commission to compile a report with eight data points on the program’s rollout. The report, which is due to the Legislature before the 2027 session, must include:
- The number of tax credits provided.
- The number of parents who applied.
- The average credit in dollars.
- The number of credits distributed to households below 300% of the federal poverty level.
- The number of parents who requested an advance payment rather than a tax credit.
- The “geographic area” of parents applying.
- The number of eligible students on a waiting list to receive a credit.
- The list of the categories of qualifying expenses that were claimed for reimbursement.
The bill forbids the Tax Commission from including “any personally identifying information of eligible students, their parents, or their households.” The Idaho Public Records Act also protects personal tax information collected by the commission.
But neither HB 93 nor public records law restrict the Tax Commission from releasing additional anonymous data — on income, residency or previous school enrollment.
Rep. Wendy Horman, a co-sponsor of HB 93, said the reporting requirements were designed to inform a “data-driven approach” to potentially growing the program, if demand justifies it. And they’re meant to ensure that applicants earning 300% or below the federal poverty level receive a credit. These students are the “focus” of the program, said Horman, R-Idaho Falls.
Horman said she “doesn’t have any problem” with the Tax Commission releasing data on how many tax credit recipients switched from public school to a private or home-school. But she noted that some families who attend online public schools, such as the Idaho Home Learning Academy, consider themselves home-schoolers, even though they attend public schools.
“You would just need to be cautious about assumptions you’re making,” she said. “If they made the switch, I would consider that a different class of public school students, if you will, than traditional brick-and-mortar students.”
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The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee co-chairwoman Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, listens to proceedings during a January 2023 hearing. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)
Tax Commission mum on data
Whether this data will be publicized is now up to the Tax Commission. The commission will know how many recipients were existing non-public school students, and how many switched from a public school to a private setting with the tax credit’s help.
Idaho Education News obtained, through a public records request, a draft of the tax credit application that’s scheduled to go live Jan. 15. While not finalized, the application includes 19 sections that ask a range of questions, from basic biographical information to details about the private schools where tuition would be reimbursed.
The questionnaire also asks whether the applicant previously attended a public school and requests the date on which the applicant started attending a nonpublic school.
Click here to read the draft.
Last week, a spokeswoman said the commission is “committed” to publicizing information beyond what HB 93 requires. However, she declined to answer questions about specific data.
“The Tax Commission will provide the report as required by law, and we’re committed to providing other publicly available information as it becomes available as long as it doesn’t expose any personally identifiable taxpayer information,” Renee Eymann, senior public information officer for the Tax Commission, said by email.
For now, the commission is focused on “ensuring the application process goes smoothly” before it opens next month, Eymann added.
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Idaho children and parents hold signs supporting a 2024 bill to create a $5,000 tax credit offsetting private education, a precursor to House Bill 93, which passed in 2025. (Darren Svan/Idaho EdNews)
Arizona releases quarterly reports
The Arizona Department of Education publishes data on its education savings account (ESA) program in quarterly reports. The reports include a percentage of new ESA enrollees who haven’t attended a public school.
When the $985 million Arizona program became universal two years ago, 79% of new recipients hadn’t attended a public school. Today, 43% of new ESA enrollees are existing private- or home-school students.
Previous school enrollment data is necessary to test one other claim from advocates for private school choice: that subsidizing privately educated students is cheaper than supporting public school students. Spending between $5,000 and $7,500 per-pupil through Idaho’s tax credit program is lower than the $8,830 that the state spends per public school student.
But savings will only come from tax credit recipients who switched from public school to a private setting. Students who were already educated privately will be a new cost to the state.
Arizona also releases data on the ZIP codes of families receiving an ESA. This led to a ProPublica analysis that found wealthier ZIP codes have higher rates of students receiving ESAs than poorer ones.
While HB 93 requires the Tax Commission’s report to include “geographic” data, it doesn’t say how specific the data should be by reporting a state, county, city or ZIP code. Horman said it’s open to the Tax Commission’s interpretation.
The commission, meanwhile, was silent on its interpretation.
Evidence of learning not required up front in application
The Tax Commission did confirm one thing in response to questions from EdNews last week: Parental Choice Tax Credit applicants won’t have to include a portfolio of learning materials.
HB 93 requires that tax credit recipients either attend an accredited school or maintain a portfolio with evidence that the student is learning English, math, science and social studies. But the bill wasn’t clear on when the portfolio would need to be available.
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Senate Majority Leader Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian
During an October town hall, Sen. Lori Den Hartog, a co-sponsor of HB 93, said the Tax Commission was planning to ask for the portfolio through the application process, even though the bill’s authors intended the portfolio to be required only in the event that a recipient is audited.
“The Tax Commission has been telling families that they’re going to need to submit these things up front,” Den Hartog said during the Oct. 22 town hall in Garden City. “We had felt a little differently and didn’t think the law was crafted that way.”
This doesn’t appear to be the case anymore. The draft application doesn’t include a question about the portfolio, and Eymann said Tuesday that the portfolio or evidence of school accreditation “must be made available upon request.” She didn’t address a question about what has changed since October.
GROTON, Connecticut — Last week, the future USS Idaho nuclear submarine was delivered to the U.S. Navy at its facility in Groton, Connecticut.
The nuclear-powered submarine is set to be commissioned in spring 2026, sailing the world for the next 30 years.
Before it commissions this upcoming spring, the USS IDAHO crew will undergo training and mission exercises.
Virginia-class submarine program manager Captain Mike Hollenbach comments on how driven Idaho is in the military space.
“Idaho represents the hard work and tenacity of shipbuilders, industry partners and Navy personnel to deliver the best undersea warfighting platform to the fleet.”
The future Idaho submarine will be the fifth Navy ship to be named for the state of Idaho. The first one, a wooden-hulled storeship, was commissioned in 1866.
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