The Green Papers: Idaho 2012 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 15 May 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:1,573,499 (0.51% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,297,274 (0.46% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
Capital:Boise
Tuesday 15 May 2012 polling hours 8:00a MDT (1400 UTC) / 8:00a PDT (1500 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC) / 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PT but, as the MT section is the much more populated portion of the state, the networks consider that "most of the polls in IDAHO" are closed by 8 PM MT.
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 8:00a MST (1500 UTC) / 8:00a PST (1600 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC) / 8:00p PST (0400 UTC). Local option allows polling places to open at 7 AM. A sizable part of IDAHO is in PT but, as the MT section is the much more populated portion of the state, the networks consider that "most of the polls in IDAHO" are closed by 8 PM MT.
 

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Idaho State and Local Government

Idaho 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


Constitution, Independent, and Libertarian candidates do not appear on the primary ballot.

General Election candidate list: Declaration for 2012 General and Candidates having filed a Delcaration of Intent to be a Write-In.

6 November 2012 General Election returns and write-ins from the Idaho Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2012
  Elected Republican 420,911 64.52% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
(4 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141
  Candidate Democratic 212,787 32.62% President Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987
  Candidate Libertarian 9,453 1.45% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 4,402 0.67% Jill E. Stein
Vice President: Cheri Honkala

FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022
  Candidate Independent; (Justice Party) 2,499 0.38% former Salt Lake City Mayor Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson
Vice President: Luis J. Rodriguez

FEC P20004263; 31 Dec 11; Tot $7,954; Dsb $10,084
  Candidate Constitution 2,222 0.34% former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr.
Vice President: Jim Clymer

FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 39 0.01% Roseanne Cherri Barr
FEC P20002804; 26 Nov 12; Tot $56,337; Dsb $53,474
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 12 0.00% Santa Claus
FEC P20005146
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 8 0.00% Thomas "Tom" Hoefling
FEC P20005260
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 4 0.00% Gerald Legarde "Jerry" Warner
  Candidate Write-in; (Independence) 4 0.00% Chance White
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 3 0.00% Will Christensen
FEC P20005245
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 1 0.00% Ronald C. Hobbs
  Candidate Write-in; (Not readily classifiable) 1 0.00% Reverend Merepeace-Msmere
Merepeace
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Avery L. Ayers
FEC P20004479
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Dennis Andrew Ball
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Andre Nigel Barnett
FEC P20002697
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Joann Breivogel
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.
FEC P20005187
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Paul Chehade
FEC P20002580
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 0 0.00% John Albert Dummett, Jr.
FEC P20002499
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Richard Austin Duncan
FEC P20005252
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Stephen Gaylord Durham
FEC P20004651; 31 Dec 12; Tot $38,295; Dsb $38,295
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Darrell Hykes
FEC P20002903
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Keith Russell Judd
FEC P60003530; 06 Nov 12; Tot $5,000; Dsb $5,000
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Nelson Keyton, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 0 0.00% Dennis Jerome Knill
FEC P20002218; 31 Oct 12; Tot $1,089; Dsb $1,208
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Kip Lee
FEC P20000055
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% David Librace
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Erin Kent Magee
FEC P20002648; 26 Nov 12; Tot $68; Dsb $5,458
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Dean Daniel Morstad
FEC P20004172; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,372; Dsb $11,371
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Terrance James "T. J." O'Hara
FEC P20004149
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Barbara Ann K. "Barb" Prokopich
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Platt Allen Robertson
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Rick L. Rogers
FEC P20005179
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Cecil James Roth
FEC P20003836; 07 Nov 12; Tot $10,100; Dsb $5,049
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Kevin M. "Kev Thorn" Thorne
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Sheila Telles "Samm" Tittle
FEC P20002630
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Charles Frederick Tolbert
FEC P20004362
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 0 0.00% John Wolfe, Jr.
FEC P20004875
Total 652,346 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator James E. "Jim" Risch
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004, 2010.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected separately from Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brad Little
First appointed: 6 January 2009 (upon the ascention of Lt. Governor Jim Risch to the U.S. Senate). First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Raúl Rafael Labrador
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 15 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 199,402 62.96% Congressman Raúl Rafael Labrador
FEC H0ID01253; 26 Nov 12; Tot $830,047; Dsb $601,129
  Candidate Democratic 97,450 30.77% James R. "Jimmy" Farris
FEC H2ID01101; 26 Nov 12; Tot $82,574; Dsb $82,348
  Candidate Libertarian 12,265 3.87% former Caldwell City Councilman Rob Oates
FEC H2ID01135
  Candidate Independent 7,607 2.40% Marvin Thomas "Pro-Life" Richardson
FEC H2ID01150; 20 Nov 12; Tot $11,157; Dsb $11,157
Total 316,724 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 15 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 207,412 65.12% Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson
FEC H8ID02064; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,197,351; Dsb $1,166,557
  Candidate Democratic 110,847 34.80% state Senator Nicole LeFavour
FEC H2ID02133; 26 Nov 12; Tot $354,017; Dsb $347,695
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic; Independent) 235 0.07% Jack Wayne Chappell
FEC H0ID02053
Total 318,494 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Secretary of State Ben Ysursa
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Treasurer Ron G. Crane
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006, 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Controller Donna M. Jones
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Tom Luna
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 candidates
  Republican: 11 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independence (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Justice Party: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 33 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable: 1 candidate
  Write-in: 35 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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