The 2020 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the

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to represent the

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, concurrently with the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate,

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to the

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and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican senator

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won reelection to a third term in office, defeating Democratic nominee

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, who, percentage wise, had the worst performance of a Democratic senatorial candidate for this seat since

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. However, Risch also performed nearly three points worse than he did when he was reelected in

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, and he slightly underperformed incumbent president

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's performance in the concurrent presidential election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent U.S. senator

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former

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and nominee for

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Eliminated in primary

*James Vandermaas, former law enforcement officer and candidate for in

Withdrawn

*Nancy Harris, businesswoman ''(endorsed Jordan)'' * Travis Oler, farmer and

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veteran ''( ran for state house)'' ''(endorsed Vandermaas)''

Declined

* A.J. Balukoff,

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board member, nominee for

, and candidate for governor of Idaho in

''(endorsed Vandermaas)'' * Mark Nye, state senator * Michelle Stennett, minority leader of the

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Endorsements

Results

Other candidates

Constitution Party

Nominee

*Ray Writz

Independents

Declared

*Natalie Fleming, software developer

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic *

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(largest municipality:

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) * Teton (largest municipality: Victor)

By congressional district

Risch won both congressional districts.

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

* * * (state affiliate of the U.S.

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) * Official campaign websites
Natalie Fleming (I) for Senate

Paulette Jordan (D) for Senate

Jim Risch (R) for Senate

Ray Writz (C) for Senate
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Other candidates

Constitution Party

Nominee

Independents

Declared

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By county

By congressional district

See also

Notes

References

External links