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Governor · Idaho · 2026

General election · 2 on the November ballot · Incumbent running

Model rating Leans Republican (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

2 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 4 of 7, updated yesterday. Sources · What is validated

News attention 49/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 3 days ago. How it works

On the November ballot (2)

From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-29. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.

Other filers (3)

Registered with the FEC or listed in public records, but not on the November ballot as far as the results show.

Ballot source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/idaho-governor-results

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

no verified inputs yet

2 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.

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Brad Little (R)Terri Pickens (D)John Stegner (I)● verified poll · ○ quarantined poll · ◎ live average

Results

Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.

Democratic primary

Terri Pickens won30,33161.4%
Jill Kirkham8,37717.0%
Maxine Durand7,17814.5%
Chanelle Torrez3,5007.1%

Republican primary · official results

Brad Little (incumbent) won140,77859.0%
Mark Fitzpatrick68,54628.7%
Lisa Marie7,2153.0%
Justin Plante5,2862.2%
Sean Crystal4,5581.9%
Ron James4,5101.9%
Daniel Fowler4,1971.8%
Ethan Giles3,6721.5%

Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-05-19 — Primary election: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Signals (experimental)

Attention 49 Vector R · Anchored

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

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49OUT OF 100Moderate attention
Attention percentile47th
7-day momentum53 / 100
Source breadth50% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness4 of 7 inputs (national, prior, pres, incumbent) · missing: money, pulse, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-27 (3 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin R +25.6Presidential lean of the seat (2024 R +36.5, national swing D +8.4)R +28.1Last result for this seat (2022 R +40.2, national swing D +8.5)R +31.8IncumbencyR +6.0National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-29), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing × 0.8 for this office; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: R · Anchored (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.