Idaho 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Idaho 2005 Off Year Elections

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Idaho
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,297,274	(0.46% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	921,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	728,085
Capital:	Boise

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Idaho State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator Larry E. Craig • First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator Mike Crapo • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Dirk Kempthorne • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. Senate- elected: 1992] • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter (Congressman CD 1)

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected separately from Governor

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (1 Open, 1 Undetermined)

CD 1	Republican	Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2006
	Democratic	(pending) • Possible candidate: Sheila Sorensen

CD 2	Republican	Congressman Michael K. "Mike" Simpson • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Secretary of State Ben Ysursa • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Treasurer Ron G. Crane • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Controller Keith Johnson • Appointed 1999; first elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Public Instruction Superintendent Marilyn Howard • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

	• America First
	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Libertarian
	• Republican