2014 Idaho gubernatorial election

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2014 Idaho gubernatorial election
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Nominee Butch Otter A.J. Balukoff
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote235,405169,556
Percentage53.5%38.6%
2014 Idaho gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Otter:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Balukoff:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Butch Otter
Republican

Elected Governor

Butch Otter
Republican

The 2014 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Idaho, concurrently with the election to Idaho's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter ran for election to a third consecutive term in office. [1] In primary elections held on May 20, 2014, Otter was renominated and the Democrats nominated businessman and president of the Boise School District Board of Trustees A.J. Balukoff. Otter defeated Balukoff and four Independent and Third Party challengers in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Russ Fulcher

Results

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Results by county:
  Otter
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Fulcher
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Butch Otter (incumbent) 79,786 51.36
Republican Russ Fulcher67,70243.59
Republican Harley Brown5,0843.27
Republican Walt Bayes2,7611.78
Total votes155,333 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • A.J. Balukoff, businessman and president of the Boise School District Board of Trustees [11]
  • Terry Kerr, former Republican candidate for local office [2]

Declined

Endorsements

A.J. Balukoff

Results

Results by county: Balukoff 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Kerr 50-60% 60-70% Idaho gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2014.svg
Results by county:
  Balukoff
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Kerr
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic A.J. Balukoff 16,753 65.33
Democratic Terry Kerr8,89034.67
Total votes25,643 100

Constitution nomination

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

A debate was held between Balukoff & Bujak. Gov. Otter chose not to participate.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [19] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [20] Likely RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [21] Likely RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Butch
Otter (R)		A.J.
Balukoff (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling October 30–November 2, 20141,001± 3.1%49%37%10% [22] 5%
55%42%—3%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014575± 6%53%35%2%10%
Public Policy Polling October 9–12, 2014522± 4.3%39%35%12% [23] 14%
47%38%—15%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014594± 5%57%33%1%9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014844± 4%51%33%3%13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014691± 4.2%56%34%4%7%
Rasmussen Reports May 28–29, 2014750± 4%50%36%8%7%

Results

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2014 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Butch Otter (incumbent) 235,405 53.52% -5.59%
Democratic A.J. Balukoff169,55638.55%+5.70%
Libertarian John Bujak17,8844.07%+2.77%
Independent Jill Humble8,8012.00%N/A
Constitution Steve Pankey5,2191.19%N/A
Independent Pro-Life2,8700.65%-0.20%
n/a Write-ins950.02%N/A
Total votes'439,830''100.0%'N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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