Idaho 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Idaho 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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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. 111^th 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. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Republican	Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. 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). • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
	Republican Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch, who was first elected in 2006, ran for an won the 2008 election for the state's Class 2 Senate Seat. On 6 January 2009, Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter named state Senator Brad Little as Lieutenant Governor. The appointment requires confirmation by the state state.

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Walter Clifford "Walt" Minnick • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}		Republican	Congressman Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Secretary of State Ben Ysursa • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Treasurer Ron G. Crane • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Controller Donna M. Jones • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Public Instruction Superintendent Tom Luna • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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): 1 incumbent
	• Republican: 10 incumbents
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 "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.