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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Idaho governor election

Dirk Kempthorne (Republican) beat Jerry M. Brady (Democrat) in Idaho in 2002, 56.3% to 41.7%, a margin of 14.5 points and 59,855 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1998, when Dirk Kempthorne also won.

Republicans led in 38 of the 44 counties and Democrats in 6. The largest, Ada, cast 105,424 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.0 point. The closest was Camas, where 122 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dirk Kempthorne won Republican 231,566 56.3%
Jerry M. Brady Democratic 171,711 41.7%
All other candidates 8,200 2.0%
Total411,477

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 52,360 49.7% 51,258 48.6% 1,806 105,424 D+1.0
Canyon 13,795 37.2% 22,536 60.8% 753 37,084 R+23.6
Kootenai 12,547 39.0% 18,967 59.0% 646 32,160 R+20.0
Bonneville 10,380 36.4% 17,520 61.5% 580 28,480 R+25.1
Bannock 13,070 52.3% 11,416 45.7% 503 24,989 D+6.6
Twin Falls 6,433 35.9% 11,187 62.4% 309 17,929 R+26.5
Nez Perce 6,523 51.9% 5,867 46.7% 183 12,573 D+5.2
Bingham 4,389 35.7% 7,659 62.2% 259 12,307 R+26.6
Latah 6,456 55.3% 4,963 42.5% 264 11,683 D+12.8
Bonner 4,932 44.9% 5,797 52.8% 259 10,988 R+7.9
Madison 1,771 24.7% 5,280 73.6% 127 7,178 R+48.9
Jefferson 1,661 24.8% 4,902 73.3% 122 6,685 R+48.5
Idaho 2,075 31.8% 4,252 65.2% 190 6,517 R+33.4
Blaine 3,403 54.2% 2,693 42.9% 180 6,276 D+11.3
Cassia 1,479 24.7% 4,377 73.1% 133 5,989 R+48.4
Payette 1,930 34.6% 3,530 63.3% 113 5,573 R+28.7
Gem 2,182 41.0% 3,014 56.7% 124 5,320 R+15.6
Minidoka 1,630 30.6% 3,569 67.1% 120 5,319 R+36.5
Elmore 2,082 39.2% 3,131 59.0% 92 5,305 R+19.8
Jerome 1,427 31.2% 3,065 66.9% 87 4,579 R+35.8
Shoshone 2,378 55.5% 1,802 42.1% 105 4,285 D+13.4
Gooding 1,487 36.1% 2,543 61.8% 84 4,114 R+25.7
Fremont 1,110 28.0% 2,749 69.3% 105 3,964 R+41.3
Lemhi 873 24.9% 2,533 72.3% 96 3,502 R+47.4
Valley 1,463 44.0% 1,803 54.2% 60 3,326 R+10.2
Franklin 588 18.0% 2,611 79.8% 72 3,271 R+61.8
Benewah 1,227 37.8% 1,919 59.2% 97 3,243 R+21.3
Washington 1,043 32.5% 2,112 65.9% 52 3,207 R+33.3
Clearwater 1,423 45.5% 1,635 52.3% 68 3,126 R+6.8
Boundary 941 33.8% 1,766 63.5% 74 2,781 R+29.7
Boise 1,184 44.4% 1,394 52.2% 91 2,669 R+7.9
Owyhee 785 29.8% 1,771 67.2% 81 2,637 R+37.4
Caribou 846 33.5% 1,642 65.0% 38 2,526 R+31.5
Bear Lake 734 30.2% 1,663 68.4% 36 2,433 R+38.2
Teton 1,043 44.8% 1,245 53.5% 41 2,329 R+8.7
Power 932 40.9% 1,324 58.0% 25 2,281 R+17.2
Custer 480 27.0% 1,248 70.2% 50 1,778 R+43.2
Adams 547 34.2% 1,009 63.0% 45 1,601 R+28.9
Lewis 618 44.3% 754 54.1% 23 1,395 R+9.7
Lincoln 508 37.7% 807 60.0% 31 1,346 R+22.2
Butte 469 35.8% 814 62.1% 27 1,310 R+26.3
Oneida 299 23.3% 955 74.4% 30 1,284 R+51.1
Camas 136 33.6% 258 63.7% 11 405 R+30.1
Clark 72 23.5% 226 73.9% 8 306 R+50.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Idaho governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Brad Little (R) R+40.2
2018 Brad Little (R) R+21.6
2014 C. L. Otter (R) R+15.0
2010 Butch Otter (R) R+26.3
2006 C. L. Otter (R) R+8.6
2002 Dirk Kempthorne (R) R+14.5
1998 Dirk Kempthorne (R) R+38.6
1994 Phil Batt (R) R+8.4
1990 Cecil D. Andrus (D) D+36.4
1986 Cecil D. Andrus (D) D+0.9
1982 John V. Evans (D) D+1.3
1978 John V. Evans (D) D+19.2
1974 Cecil D. Andrus (D) D+44.5
1970 Cecil D. Andrus (D) D+4.4
1966 Don Samuelson (R) R+4.3
1962 Robert E. Smylie (R) R+9.3
1958 Robert E. Smylie (R) R+1.9
1954 Robert E. Smylie (R) R+8.5
1950 Len B. Jordan (R) R+5.1
1946 Charles A. Robins (R) R+12.7
1944 Charles C. Gossett (D) D+5.3
1942 C. A. Bottolfsen (R) R+0.3
1940 Chase A. Clark (D) D+1.0
1938 C. A. Bottolfsen (R) R+15.4
1936 Barzilla W. Clark (D) D+15.7
1934 C. Ben Ross (D) D+10.3
1932 C. Ben Ross (D) D+25.3
1930 C. Ben Ross (D) D+12.1
1928 H. C. Baldridge (R) R+16.2
1926 H. C. Baldridge (R) R+30.5
1924 Charles C. Moore (R) R+27.1
1922 Charles C. Moore (R) R+10.7
1920 D. W. Davis (R) R+26.0
1918 David W. Davis (R) R+19.9
1916 Moses Alexander (D) D+0.4
1914 Moses Alexander (D) D+6.7
1912 John M. Haines (R) R+1.0
1910 James H. Hawley (D) D+1.0
1908 James H. Brady (R) R+8.0
1906 Frank R. Gooding (R) R+12.1
1904 Frank R. Gooding (R) R+24.7
1902 John T. Morrison (R) R+9.7
1900 Frank W. Hunt (D) D+3.8
1898 Frank Steunenberg (D) D+14.1
1896 Frank Steunenberg (D) D+54.4
1894 William J. McConnell (R) R+12.8
1892 William J. McConnell (R) R+7.0
1890 George L. Shoup (R) R+12.7