2022 United States Senate election in Idaho


The 2022 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Crapo was first elected in 1998 [United States Senate election in Idaho|1998] and ran for re-election to a fifth term in office. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022. Crapo easily won renomination, while former Idaho House of Representatives candidate David Roth won the Democratic primary with 57.8% of the vote. Crapo ultimately won the election, but this was the lowest share of the vote he had ever received for this seat, partially because of an independent candidate, Scott Cleveland, taking away some of his votes.
The election resulted in both the worst performance by a Republican, and the best performance by a Democrat in the Class 3 seat since 1992 [United States Senate election in Idaho|1992]. It was also the best performance by a third-party or independent candidate since Glen H. Taylor's write-in campaign in 1956.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Failed to file

Withdrawn

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Ray Writz, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016 and 2020

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Scott Cleveland, entrepreneur

General election

Results

By congressional district

Crapo won both congressional districts.
DistrictCrapoRothClevelandRepresentative
64%24%10%Russ Fulcher
57%34%7%Mike Simpson