2020 United States Senate election in Idaho

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Idaho. The two main people in the election were Jim Risch (Republican Party) and Paulette Jordan (Democratic Party). Risch won the election and stayed as Senator.

2020 United States Senate election in Idaho

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Nominee Jim Risch Paulette Jordan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 538,446 285,864
Percentage 62.6% 33.2%

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County Results

Risch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Jordan:      50–60%      60–70%

Primary elections happened on June 2, 2020. There were two people in the Democratic Party primary: Paulette Jordan and James Vandermaas. Jordan won the primary. Jim Risch, who was already a Senator before the election, was the only person in the Republican Party primary. The Constitution Party chose Ray Writz for the election. There was also an independent politician, Natalie Fleming, that was in the election.[1]

Democratic Party primary

 
County results:      Jordan—>90%      Jordan—80-90%      Jordan—70-80%
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democrat Paulette Jordan 72,778 85.70%
Democrat James Vandermaas 12,145 14.30%
Total votes 84,923 100.00%

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Risch (incumbent) 200,184 100.00%
Total votes 200,184 100.00%

Other candidates

Constitution Party

Nominee

Independents

Declared

  • Natalie Fleming[4]

Results

United States Senate election in Idaho, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Risch (incumbent) 538,446 62.62% -2.71%
Democratic Paulette Jordan 285,864 33.25% -1.42%
Independent Natalie Fleming 25,329 2.95% N/A
Constitution Ray Writz 10,188 1.18% N/A
Total votes 859,827 100.0%
Republican hold

References

  1. "United States Senate election in Idaho, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS". State of Idaho - Elections Department. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  3. "WRITZ, RAY - Candidate overview". FEC.gov.
  4. "Natalie M Fleming for United States Senate – Partisan Free Independent Candidate for United States Congress for Idaho".
  5. "2020 General Election Results – Statewide". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved December 18, 2020.