Election Results
Idaho voted overwhelmingly for the Republican presidential candidate in 2024, continuing its status as one of the most reliably red states.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Idaho has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964.
Governors
Brad Little (R) has served as governor since 2019; Republicans hold supermajorities in both legislative chambers.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Little | Republican | 2019–present |
| C.L. “Butch” Otter | Republican | 2007–2019 |
| James E. Risch | Republican | 2006–2007 |
| Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | 1999–2006 |
| Philip E. Batt | Republican | 1995–1999 |
| John Victor Evans | Democrat | 1977–1987 |
| Don William Samuelson | Republican | 1967–1971 |
| Robert E. Smylie | Republican | 1955–1967 |
| Leonard Beck Jordan | Republican | 1951–1955 |
| Charles Armington Robins | Republican | 1947–1951 |
| Arnold Williams | Democrat | 1945–1947 |
| Charles Clinton Gossett | Democrat | 1945–1945 |
| Chase Addison Clark | Democrat | 1941–1943 |
| Barzilla Worth Clark | Democrat | 1937–1939 |
| Charles Benjamin Ross | Democrat | 1931–1937 |
| H. Clarence Baldridge | Republican | 1927–1931 |
| Charles Calvin Moore | Republican | 1923–1927 |
| David William Davis | Republican | 1919–1923 |
| Moses Alexander | Democrat | 1915–1919 |
| John Michiner Haines | Republican | 1913–1915 |
| James H. Hawley | Democrat | 1911–1913 |
| James Henry Brady | Republican | 1909–1911 |
| Frank Robert Gooding | Republican | 1905–1909 |
| John T. Morrison | Republican | 1903–1905 |
| Frank W. Hunt | Democrat | 1901–1903 |
| Frank Steunenberg | Democrat | 1897–1901 |
| William John McConnell | Republican | 1893–1897 |
| Norman Bushnell Willey | Republican | 1890–1893 |
| George Laird Shoup | Republican | 1890–1890 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
- •Idaho has not voted for a Democrat for president since 1964.
Senators
Idaho's two U.S. Senators, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, are both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Representatives
Idaho sends two representatives to the U.S. House, both currently Republicans.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Idaho
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Idaho has one of the most consistently Republican voting patterns in the U.S., last backing a Democratic presidential candidate in 1964.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Idaho's state government is dominated by the Republican Party, which holds a supermajority in the legislature.