Round 2: Idaho’s general election is set. Here are November’s contenders.

With the 2026 primary election in the rearview, it’s time to look ahead to the November general election.

All 105 state legislative seats and seven constitutional offices are up for grabs this year.

Eleven of those legislators, however, will not have a contested election in November and will cruise to another term. On the other side of the spectrum, the Legislature is guaranteed to have at least 16 new faces due to the lack of an incumbent on the ballot.

Here’s a breakdown of the legislative candidates, by party:

  • 102 Republicans
  • 90 Democrats
  • 8 independent
  • 2 Constitution
  • 1 Libertarian

All seven statewide officers will face challengers in November. They are all Republicans, and it has been years since a Democrat was elected to a statewide office.

Gov. Brad Little will have four opponents, one from each party. State superintendent Debbie Critchfield will face Democrat Becky Sundin Mitchell and Constitution Party candidate Teresa Roundy.

After polls closed last Tuesday, the Idaho Secretary of State’s website launched a fresh countdown clock. The general election is 158 days away as of May 28.

VoteIdaho.gov displays a new countdown clock, showing the general election is 158 days away as of May 28.

Here is the full list of candidates running in all 105 legislative races and in seven statewide races. Find your legislative district here

Key: Incumbents in bold, Republicans in red, Democrats in blue, Libertarians in yellow, Constitutionalists in purple and unaffiliated candidates in green.

Legislative races

District Seat Candidates
1 Senate

Scott Herndon (Republican)

Steve Johnson (Independent)

  House A

Jane Sauter (Republican)

Karen Matthee (Democrat)

  House B

Cornel Rasor (Republican)

Kathryn Larson (Independent)

2 Senate

Phil Hart (Republican)

Valerie Wade (Democrat)

  House A

Heather Scott (Republican)

Birgid Niedenzu (Democrat)

  House B

Dale Hawkins (Republican)

Sabine Krier (Democrat)

3 Senate

Doug “Doug O” Okuniewicz (Republican)

Brian Seguin (Democrat)

  House A

Vito Barbieri (Republican)

Melissa Mateer (Democrat)

  House B Jordan Redman (Republican)
4 Senate

Ben Toews (Republican)

Carissa Brewer (Democrat)

  House A

Joe Alfieri (Republican)

Maxwell McSwain (Democrat)

  House B

Elaine Price (Republican)

Aaron Hayes (Democrat)

5 Senate

Carl J. Bjerke (Republican)

Adam Chapman (Democrat)

  House A

Ron Mendive (Republican)

Mirna Pleines (Democrat)

  House B

Tony Wisniewski (Republican)

Lee Wallace (Democrat)

6 Senate

Dan Foreman (Republican)

Robin Weldy (Democrat)

  House A

Colton Bennett (Republican)

Trish Carter-Goodheart (Democrat)

  House B

Brandon Mitchell (Republican)

Kathy Dawes (Democrat)

7 Senate

Cindy Carlson (Republican)

Patrice Yeatter (Democrat)

  House A

Kyle Harris (Republican)

Larry Nostrant (Democrat)

  House B

Charlie Shepherd (Republican)

Pete Gertonson (Democrat)

8 Senate

Christy Zito (Republican)

John H. Garrett (Democrat)

  House A

Rob Beiswenger (Republican)

Heather S. Lewis (Independent)

  House B

Brian Beckley (Republican)

Jared Dawson (Democrat)

9 Senate

Brandon Shippy (Republican)

Janice Martell (Democrat)

  House A

John C. Shirts (Republican)

  House B

Judy Boyle (Republican)

Lupita Connor (Democrat)

10 Senate

Tammy Nichols (Republican)

Nancy M. Parker (Democrat)

  House A

Mike Moyle (Republican)

Michael Hofferber (Democrat)

  House B

Bruce D. Skaug (Republican)

Beth Ann McFalls (Democrat)

11 Senate

Camille Blaylock (Republican)

Susan Counsil (Democrat)

Ester Ma (Constitution)

  House A

Kent Marmon (Republican)

  House B

Debbie Geyer (Republican)

Joshua Preminger (Democrat)

12 Senate

Ben Adams (Republican)

Krystal Flippence (Democrat)

  House A

Jeff Cornilles (Republican)

Sterling Barnett (Democrat)

  House B

Jaron Crane (Republican)

Curtis James (Democrat)

13 Senate

Brian Lenney (Republican)

Letishia Silva (Democrat)

  House A

Brent J. Crane (Republican)

Cliff Hohman (Democrat)

  House B

Steven Tanner (Republican)

Cody Gorman (Democrat)

14 Senate

C. Scott Grow (Republican)

Kirsten Faith Richardson (Constitution)

  House A

Ted Hill (Republican)

Jo Daly (Democrat)

  House B

Josh Tanner (Republican)

Valerie Ruxton (Democrat)

15 Senate

Desi Burbank (Republican)

Nancy Gregory (Democrat)

  House A

Steve Berch (Democrat)

Steve Keyser (Republican)

  House B

Dori Healey (Republican)

Jae Etchart (Democrat)

16 Senate

Soñia Galaviz (Democrat)

Geoffrey Surbeck (Republican)

  House A

Megan Woller (Democrat)

Jackie Davidson (Republican)

  House B

Annie Haws (Democrat)

Chandler Stewart Hadraba (Republican)

17 Senate

Carrie Semmelroth (Democrat)

Benjamin Chafetz (Republican)

  House A

John Gannon (Democrat)

James R. Nechwedowich (Republican)

  House B

Megan Egbert (Democrat)

Justin Alexander Peter Hughes (Republican)

18 Senate Janie Ward-Engelking (Democrat)
  House A Ilana Rubel (Democrat)
  House B

Brooke Green (Democrat)

Joseph Bishop (Libertarian)

19 Senate

Melissa Wintrow (Democrat)

Melissa J. Christian (Republican)

  House A

Monica C. Church (Democrat)

Bryan Hopkins (Republican)

  House B

Chris Mathias (Democrat)

Stanley Roach (Republican)

20 Senate

Josh Keyser (Republican)

Pamela Renee Wilson (Democrat)

  House A

Joe A. Palmer (Republican)

Jennifer Stephens (Democrat)

  House B

James D. Holtzclaw (Republican)

Mary A. Mosley (Democrat)

21 Senate

Treg A. Bernt (Republican)

Brenda H. Quick (Democrat)

  House A

James Petzke (Republican)

Camille Allan (Democrat)

  House B

Jeff Ehlers (Republican)

Casey Hess (Democrat)

22 Senate

Lori Den Hartog (Republican)

Karlie Easley (Democrat)

  House A

Kelly Walton (Republican)

Loren Petty (Democrat)

  House B

Jason A. Monks (Republican)

Amanda Easley (Democrat)

23 Senate

Todd Lakey (Republican)

Paul Morgan (Democrat)

  House A

Chris Bruce (Republican)

Emily Fisher (Democrat)

Paul M. Smith (Constitution)

  House B

Shawn R. Dygert (Republican)

Joe Fuller (Democrat)

24 Senate

Brent D. Reinke (Republican)

Mary Jo Durfee (Democrat)

Anna Germana Scholes (Independent)

  House A

Clint Hostetler (Republican)

Kevin Moxley (Independent)

  House B

Chance Requa (Republican)

Enrique Salas Viernes (Democrat)

25 Senate

Casey Swensen (Republican)

W. Lane Startin (Democrat)

  House A

Grayson Stone (Republican)

Marla Palmer (Democrat)

  House B

Cherie Vollmer (Republican)

Liyah Babayan (Independent)

26 Senate

Ron Taylor (Democrat)

Bryan Hyde (Republican)

Shaila Tate (Independent)

  House A

Mike Pohanka (Republican)

Anita Janis (Democrat)

Bella Schiffler (Independent)

  House B

Lyle Johnstone (Republican)

Kevin Marsh (Democrat)

27 Senate

Kelly Arthur Anthon (Republican)

Margo Saunders (Democrat)

  House A Douglas T. Pickett (Republican)
  House B Clay Handy (Republican)
28 Senate

Jim Guthrie (Republican)

Mandy Peace (Democrat)

  House A

Richard “Rick” Cheatum (Republican)

Kim Jackman (Democrat)

  House B

Dan Garner (Republican)

Jayson Meline (Democrat)

29 Senate

James D. Ruchti (Democrat)

John Crowder (Republican)

  House A

Dustin W. Manwaring (Republican)

Mary Shea (Democrat)

  House B

Jennifer Miles (Republican)

Nate Roberts (Democrat)

30 Senate

Julie VanOrden (Republican)

Joni Lin Sorensen (Democrat)

  House A David Cannon (Republican)
  House B

Ben G. Fuhriman (Republican)

Bree Buckingham (Democrat)

31 Senate

Van T. Burtenshaw (Republican)

Kevin Gerrard (Democrat)

  House A

Jerald Dallas Raymond (Republican)

Kindsey Smith (Democrat)

  House B

Rod Furniss (Republican)

Wendy Norman (Democrat)

32 Senate

Kevin J. Cook (Republican)

Konnor Whitfield (Democrat)

  House A

Stephanie Mickelsen (Republican)

  House B

Erin Bingham (Republican)

Kamber Weninger (Democrat)

33 Senate

Dave Lent (Republican)

Jan Brown (Democrat)

  House A

Barbara Ehardt (Republican)

Chance Marshall (Democrat)

  House B

Marco Erickson (Republican)

Todd DeVries (Democrat)

34 Senate

Doug Ricks (Republican)

Ethan Sanford (Democrat)

  House A Jon O. Weber (Republican)
  House B

Britt Raybould (Republican)

35 Senate

Mark Harris (Republican)

Marty Rotz Kilhefner (Democrat)

  House A

Mike Veile (Republican)

Walter Boyd (Democrat)

  House B

Joshua D. Wheeler (Republican)

Mary Kaufman (Democrat)

Statewide races

Office Candidates
Governor

Brad Little (Republican)

Terri Pickens (Democrat)

John R. Stegner (Independent)

Paul Sand (Libertarian)

Pro-Life (Constitution)

Lieutenant Governor

Scott Bedke (Republican)

Eric Myricks (Democrat)

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Debbie Critchfield (Republican)

Becky Sundin Mitchell (Democrat)

Teresa Roundy (Constitution)

Attorney General

Raúl R. Labrador (Republican)

Lori Hickman (Democrat)

Secretary of State

Phil McGrane (Republican)

Shawn Keenan (Democrat)

Controller

Brandon D. Woolf (Republican)

Rakesh Mohan (Democrat)

Treasurer

Julie A. Ellsworth (Republican)

Kevin A. Jones (Democrat)

 Key: Incumbents in bold, Republicans in red, Democrats in blue, Libertarians in yellow, Constitutionalists in purple and unaffiliated candidates in green.

Sean Dolan

Sean Dolan

Sean previously reported on local government for three newspapers in the Mountain West, including the Twin Falls Times-News. He graduated from James Madison University in Virginia. Contact him at sean@idahoednews.org

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