2018 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2018 election for lieutenant governor of Idaho took place on November 6, 2018. The primary election to select the candidates from each party to run in the general election took place on May 15, 2018. Lieutenant governors serve a four-year term or terms. In 2018, the incumbent lieutenant governor, Brad Little, won the Republican nomination for governor and declined to run for re-election in order to run for governor.

2018 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →

Nominee Janice McGeachin Kristin Collum Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 356,512 240,355 Percentage 59.7% 40.3%

County results Congressional district results McGeachin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Collum:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Brad Little Republican Elected Governor Janice McGeachin Republican

Democratic primary candidates

• Kristin Collum of Boise, Idaho^[1]
• Jim Fabe of Ketchum, Idaho

Results

Kristin Collum received 52,417 votes and 88.2% of the votes, and Jim Fabe received 6,987 votes and 11.8% of the votes.^[2]

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristin Collum	52,417	88.2
	Democratic	Jim Fabe	6,987	11.8
Total votes			59,404	100.0

Republican primary candidates

Declared candidates

• Marv Hagedorn of Meridian, Idaho
• Janice McGeachin of Idaho Falls, Idaho
• Bob Nonini of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
• Kelley Packer of McCammon, Idaho
• Stephen J. Yates of Boise, Idaho^[3]

Withdrawn candidates

• Rebecca W. Arnold of Boise, Idaho^[4]

Primary

On March 3, 2018, Bob Nonini reportedly nodded when asked at a candidates' forum if the punishment for getting an abortion should include the death penalty. However, he denied ever having nodded in agreement. "Prosecutions have always been focused on the abortionist," he said later, but such a law and "...the threat of prosecution, would dramatically reduce abortion. That is my goal."^[5]

Results

Primary results by county:

McGeachin

•   40–50%
•   30–40%
•   20–30%

Yates

•   50–60%
•   40–50%
•   30–40%
•   20–30%

Nonini

•   30–40%

Packer

•   50–60%
•   40–50%

Idaho lieutenant governor Republican primary, 2018^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice McGeachin	51,098	28.9
	Republican	Steve Yates	48,269	27.3
	Republican	Marv Hagedorn	26,653	15.1
	Republican	Bob Nonini	26,556	15.0
	Republican	Kelley Packer	24,513	13.7
Total votes			177,089	100.0

Voter eligibility

Idaho's closed primary election allows only registered Republicans and unaffiliated voters the option of voting to select the next Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Any registered or unregistered voter may vote in the Democratic primary to select the next lieutenant governor candidate from the two candidates running. Idaho has a same-day voter registration system which allows any voter to register to vote at a polling place on election day.^[7]

General election

Janice McGeachin was elected Idaho's 43rd lieutenant governor with 356,512 votes and 59.7% of the votes. Kristin Collum received 240,355 votes and 40.3% of the votes.^[8]

Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice McGeachin	356,512	59.73%
	Democratic	Kristin Collum	240,355	40.27%
Total votes			596,867	100%

By congressional district

McGeachin won both congressional districts.^[9]

District	McGeachin	Collum	Representative
1st	64%	36%	Raúl Labrador (115th Congress)
			Russ Fulcher (116th Congress)
2nd	55%	45%	Mike Simpson

See also

• Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018