In the final weeks, it appeared that more and more voters were viewing the proposition in partisan terms,” said Luke Mayville, the lead organizer.
An Idaho school district is investigating one of its teachers over alleged social media comments made following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win last week.
This election wasn't just about who got elected, but how our election system works at both a national and local level. We examine Idaho’s turnout by the numbers and take a closer look at the issues that have come up this election season.
Idaho broke the state record for votes cast in the 2024 presidential election. Secretary of State Phil Mcgrane made the announcement on his Facebook page today.
View live results of the Idaho presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Former President Donald Trump won Idaho for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Idaho is deeply red, and the Republican presidential nominee has carried the state with more than 60% of the vote for the last several elections.
Idaho voters decisively rejected Proposition 1, which would have established open primary elections and ranked choice voting, with nearly 70% opposing the ballot measure.
Republican officials in Idaho offered a resounding congratulations to former President Donald Trump on his historic comeback.
That update means District 26 remains split, with a Democratic senator and two Republican representatives. Idaho Democrats lost three seats statewide this election, not four. The Republican supermajority will be 90 members of 105 total seats in the upcoming sessions of the 68th Idaho legislature.
The measure’s proponents, the Idahoans for Open Primaries coalition, amassed a $5.5 million war chest this year, ran ads on TV and social media, held town hall meetings and went door to door to persuade voters to vote yes.
Though Trump gained percentage points in all other Idaho counties between the two elections, the shift away from third-party candidates in 2020 handed Democrats a win in a third county. President Joe Biden earned the majority of votes in Blaine, Latah and Teton counties.