United States Senate election in Idaho, 2014

See also: Idaho elections, 2014

November 4, 2014



Nominee	Jim Risch	Nels Mitchell
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	285,596	151,574
Percentage	65.33%	34.67%

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Jim Risch
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Jim Risch
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The 2014 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Idaho, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Idaho, other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Risch ran for re-election to a second term in office. In primary elections held on May 20, 2014, Risch was renominated and the Democrats nominated attorney Nels Mitchell. Risch defeated Mitchell by a landslide in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Jeremy Anderson^[1]
Jim Risch, incumbent Senator^[2]

Results

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Risch	118,927	79.91
	Republican	Jeremy Anderson	29,897	20.09
Total votes			148,824	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

William Bryk, attorney from New York and perennial candidate^[1]
Nels Mitchell, attorney^[4]

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nels Mitchell	16,905	69.6
	Democratic	William Bryk	7,383	30.4
Total votes			24,288	100

General election

Fundraising

Candidate	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on Hand	Debt
Jim Risch (R)	$1,339,302	$630,796	$940,697	$0
Nels Mitchell (D)	$149,218	$59,311	$89,907	$5,000

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jim Risch (R)	Nels Mitchell (D)	Other	Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	575	± 6%	61%	30%	—	9%
Public Policy Polling	October 9–12, 2014	522	± 4.3%	50%	32%	—	18%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20–October 1, 2014	594	± 5%	64%	27%	0%	8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18–September 2, 2014	844	± 4%	59%	25%	0%	16%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	696	± 4.2%	62%	31%	1%	6%
Rasmussen Reports	May 28–29, 2014	750	± 4%	54%	29%	6%	11%

Results

U.S. Senate election in Idaho, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Risch (Incumbent)	285,596	65.33
	Democratic	Nels Mitchell	151,574	34.67
Majority			134,022	30.66%
Total votes			437,170	100
	Republican hold

References

1 2 Russell, Betsy Z. (March 14, 2014). "Candidates flock to Idaho ballot". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
↑ Russell, Betsy Z. (April 4, 2013). "Risch says he’ll run for re-election to U.S. Senate in 2014". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
1 2 "*** UNOFFICIAL *** 2014 - Primary Election Statewide Totals". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
↑ Popkey, Dan (January 13, 2014). "Boise attorney, a political newcomer and Democrat, to take on Sen. Jim Risch". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
↑ "Nov 04, 2014 General Election Results". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved December 8, 2014.

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