United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 2020

Elections in Idaho, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Nov. 3 (in person); Oct. 8 (by mail); Oct. 9 (online)
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Oct. 19
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Photo ID
• Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Idaho

Primary Date June 2, 2020

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

Idaho's District Pages District 1 • District 2

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Idaho took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two congressional districts.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
March 13, 2020	June 2, 2020	November 3, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Idaho did not modify any procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held both congressional seats from Idaho.

Members of the U.S. House from Idaho -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	0	0
	Republican Party	2	2
Total		2	2

Incumbents

Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the two congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Russ Fulcher	Republican	1
Michael Simpson	Republican	2

Voting in Idaho

See also: Voting in Idaho

2020 election results

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Click the links below for more information on Idaho elections in 2020:

• President of the United States
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House
• State Senate
• State House
• State supreme court
• State intermediate appellate courts

Battleground races

Ballotpedia has identified the following Idaho elections as battlegrounds:  

Candidates

District 1

General election candidates

• Russ Fulcher  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Rudy Soto  (Democratic Party) 
• Joe Evans  (Libertarian Party) 
• Pro-Life  (Independent) (Write-in)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Staniela Nikolova
• Rudy Soto ✔ 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Russ Fulcher (Incumbent) ✔
• Nicholas Jones 

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District 2

General election candidates

• Michael K. Simpson  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Aaron Swisher  (Democratic Party)
• Pro-Life  (Constitution Party)
• Idaho Law  (Libertarian Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Aaron Swisher ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Michael K. Simpson (Incumbent) ✔
• Kevin Rhoades

Candidate ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Idaho in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Idaho, click here. Note that partisan candidates can qualify for ballot status either by paying the filing fee or submitting petition signatures; a candidate need not do both.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Idaho	1st Congressional District	Qualified party	500	Fixed number	$300.00	Fixed number	3/13/2020	Source
Idaho	2nd Congressional District	Qualified party	500	Fixed number	$300.00	Fixed number	3/13/2020	Source
Idaho	1st Congressional District	Unaffiliated	500	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	3/13/2020	Source
Idaho	2nd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	500	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	3/13/2020	Source

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
• United States Senate election in Idaho, 2020
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
• Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
• Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020

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Footnotes

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Idaho's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Crapo (R)

Jim Risch (R)

Representatives

District 1

Russ Fulcher (R)

District 2

Michael Simpson (R)

Republican Party (4)