2018 Idaho gubernatorial election
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Solid R October 26 , 2018
The Washington Post Safe R November 5 , 2018
FiveThirtyEight Solid R November 5 , 2018
Rothenberg Political Report Solid R November 1 , 2018
Sabato 's Crystal Ball Safe R November 5 , 2018
RealClearPolitics Safe R November 5 , 2018
Daily Kos Safe R November 5 , 2018
Fox News Likely R November 5 , 2018
Politico Likely R November 5 , 2018
Governing Safe R November 5 , 2018
General election -- Predictions
The 2018 Idaho gubernatorial election took place on November 6 to elect the next governor of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter chose not to run for a fourth term, and the state's primaries were held on May 15. Former state representative Paulette Jordan was the Democratic Party's nominee. She lost to incumbent lieutenant governor Brad Little by a wide margin for a seventh consecutive Republican victory. A record 605,131 votes were cast for governor in 2018, a 37.6% increase over the previous election in 2014 was 452,535 votes in 2010. In addition, the Democratic ticket of Paulette Jordan and Kristin Collum became the one of the first two tickets to have two women on it. The other was Hawaii's 2018 Republican nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Andria Tupola and Marissa Kerns.