The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Idaho, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. Primaries were held on May 15, 2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.
Overview Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho by district:
DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 197,719 62.75% 96,922 30.76% 20,428 6.48% 315,069 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 170,274 60.67% 110,381 39.33% 0 0.00% 280,655 100.0% Republican holdTotal 367,993 61.77% 207,303 34.80% 20,428 3.43% 595,724 100.0%
District 1
The incumbent was Republican Raúl Labrador, who had represented the district since 2011 and was reelected with 68% of the vote in 2016. He retired to unsuccessfully run in the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary.
Republican primary Russ Fulcher, former state senator Alex Gallegos, retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Nick Henderson David H. Leroy, former lieutenant governor of Idaho Luke Malek, state representative Christy Perry, state representative Michael Snyder, author
Primary results
Democratic primary Cristina McNeil, real estate agent, chair of the Latino caucus of the Idaho Democratic Party Michael Smith, former U.S. Marine James Vandermaas, former U.S. Marine
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 5, 2018 Inside ElectionsNovember 5, 2018 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2018RealClearPoliticsNovember 5, 2018Daily KosNovember 5, 2018538November 7, 2018CNNOctober 31, 2018PoliticoNovember 4, 2018
Debate + 2018 Idaho's 1st congressional district debate Date Host Moderator Link Republican DemocraticKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Russ Fulcher Cristina McNeil1 Oct. 26, 2018 KTVB YouTube
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RussFulcher (R) CristinaMcNeil (D) W. ScottHoward (L) Other UndecidedDan Jones & AssociatesDan Jones & AssociatesJune 22 – July 9, 2018 315 ± 5.5% 35% 27% 10% 8%Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson (C) with 6%, "Someone else" with 2% 20%
Results
District 2
The incumbent was Republican Mike Simpson, who had represented the district since 1999. He was reelected with 63% of the vote in 2016.
Republican primary Mike Simpson, incumbent
Primary results
Democratic primary Peter Rickards Aaron Swisher, businessman
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 5, 2018 Inside ElectionsNovember 5, 2018 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2018RCPNovember 5, 2018Daily KosNovember 5, 2018538November 7, 2018CNNOctober 31, 2018PoliticoNovember 4, 2018
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror MikeSimpson (R) AaronSwisher (D) Other UndecidedDan Jones & AssociatesJune 22 – July 9, 2018 285 ± 5.8% 59% 23% 10%"Someone else" with 10% 9%
Results
References
External links Candidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites for first district candidates Cristina McNeil (D) for Congress Russ Fulcher (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites for second district candidates Aaron Swisher (D) for Congress Mike Simpson (R) for Congress