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.

Another right-leaning county in eastern Oregon has voted to secede from the Democrat-run state and join neighboring Idaho, according to reports.

Crook County residents passed the measure by a 53% majority Tuesday, making it the 13th county in the state to sign onto the movement known as “Greater Idaho,” NewsNation reported.

“The voters of eastern Oregon have spoken loudly and clearly about their desire to see border talks move forward,” said the Greater Idaho movement’s executive director Matt McCaw.

“With this latest result in Crook County, there’s no excuse left for the Legislature and Governor to continue to ignore the people’s wishes.”

Greater Idaho would see more than half of Oregon’s territory leave the Beaver State and join Republican-run Idaho to the east.

The move would shift Idaho’s border 200 miles west past the heart of Oregon.

Greater Idaho began in earnest in 2020 and quickly began picking up traction, with eleven of the state’s 36 counties voting to endorse the idea by 2022.

Driving the force is a sharp political divide between the more sparsely populated, rural and conservative interior of Oregon, and the liberal coastal cities with population hubs like Portland and the state’s capital of Salem.

If Greater Idaho were achieved Oregon would lose two-thirds of its land but only about 10% of its population — a disparity which has left the conservative interior of the state feeling like their laws are being passed by people with no connection to their lifestyle and beliefs.

“The Oregon/Idaho line was established 163 years ago and is now outdated,” the movement’s website reads. “It makes no sense in its current location because it doesn’t match the location of the cultural divide in Oregon.”

Greater Idaho seeks to include 17 counties in its movement, made up of 14 full counties and three partial counties.

Even if the movement gets all the votes it needs, the process would be far from over.

In order to secede, the state legislatures of both Oregon and Idaho would need to approve the measure, and then the U.S. Congress would also need to approve.

State borders have been redrawn in the past — including the territory of Maine becoming a state independent of Massachusetts in 1820 — but never before has a large swatch of land and citizens seceded to join another state.

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has issued a decision on an application from CDS Stoneridge Utilities that asked to increase the hookup fees for new customers that were joining the utility’s system.

CDS Stoneridge asked for approval to increase the non-refundable hookup charge for new connections under its Tariff No. 3, Sheet 3. The utility said it no longer had in-house contractors that were able to perform the connections for new homes. CDS Stoneridge reviewed costs it incurred from outside contractors for new connections from 2021 to 2023 and determined it needed an emergency increase to hookup charges.

The utility provided the commission with an estimate of $9,734.75 prepared by an engineering firm for a full install. It also said new homes in its service area now typically request 1-inch service meters instead of the ¾-inch that had previously been requested.

In its decision issued May 20, the commission found that hookup fees recommended by commission staff were reasonable based on the record before the commission. CDS Stoneridge will be allowed to increase what is charged for a complete installation, what is charged for a tap main and installation of a service line to curb stop only and what it is charged for the installation of a meter and turning water on. The fees recommended by commission staff and approved by the commission were lower than what CDS Stoneridge asked for in its application to do those tasks.

The commission also ordered that customers will be allowed to seek bids from a pre-approved list of third-party contractors. CDS Stoneridge will be required to inspect work a third-party contractor does before backfilling excavations.

The commission also ordered CDS Stoneridge to report the actual cost, including the itemization of such cost, charged for any connection performed within the next six months to ensure there is a better understanding of the true costs associated with a connection charge based on varying installation requirements or categories for connections.

CDS serves customers in the Blanchard, Idaho, area.

Additional information is available at //puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7208.

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