2014 Idaho elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of Idaho on November 4, 2014. All of Idaho's executive offices were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and both of Idaho's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014.

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican senator Jim Risch ran for re-election to a second term in office.
Boise attorney Nels Mitchell won the Democratic nomination.

United States House of Representatives

Both of Idaho's two seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014. Both incumbents, Raúl Labrador and Mike Simpson won re-election handily.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter won a third term in office.
He was challenged in the Republican primary by State Senator Russ Fulcher. Otter defeated Fulcher 51% to 44%. Perennial candidate Walt Bayes and candidate for Idaho's 1st congressional district in 2000 and 2010 and candidate for Mayor of Boise in 2001 Harley Brown took 2% and 3%, respectively.
A.J. Balukoff, a businessman and President of the Boise School District Board of Trustees comfortably defeated Terry Kerr, a former Republican candidate for local office, for the Democratic nomination.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Brad Little was elected to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Democratic primary

Nominee

Constitution nominee

  • David Hartigan

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican attorney general Lawrence Wasden was elected to a fourth term in office.

Republic primary

Candidates

Democratic Nominee

Nominated

  • Bruce Bistline, attorney.

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ben Ysursa did not run for re-election to a fourth term in office. Former Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives Lawerence Denney won the Republican primary and would go on to win in November.

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican treasurer Ron Crane won a fifth term in office.

Republican Nominee

Nominated

Democratic primary

Candidates

Controller

Incumbent Republican controller Brandon Woolf was appointed by Governor Otter in 2012 after Donna Jones resigned following an automobile accident. No Democrat filed to run for this race.

Republican primary

Candidates

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna did not run for re-election to a third term in office.

Republican Primary

Declared candidates

Declined

Democratic Nominee

Nominated

  • Jana Jones, former chief deputy superintendent and Democratic nominee in 2006.

General election

Results

By congressional district
Despite losing the election, Jones won the second congressional district.
DistrictYbarraJonesRepresentative
56%44%Raúl Labrador
45%55%Mike Simpson

Judicial seats

Supreme Court

Two incumbent justices on the Idaho Supreme Court were up for election.
Justice Warren Jones who has been serving since 2007 ran unopposed and won another term. On the other hand, justice Joel Horton faced a challenger.

Horton's seat

Horton was challenged by Boise attorney William "Breck" Seiniger in his bid for re-election. He won with 65% of the votes, allowing him to serve another six-year term on the court.
Candidates
  • Joel Horton, incumbent justice.
  • William "Breck" Seiniger, attorney.
    Debate
Results

Court of Appeals

Incumbent Idaho Court of Appeals judge Sergio Gutierrez ran unopposed and secured another term.

State legislature

All 35 seats of the Idaho Senate and 70 seats of the Idaho House of Representatives were up for election.

Ballot measure

HJR 2 (2014)

The Idaho Legislative Delegation of Rulemaking Amendment, HJR 2 sought to empower the state legislature to delegate rulemaking authorities to executive agencies and to approve or reject the administrative rules devised by those agencies. It was narrowly defeated by a margin of four thousand votes.