2020 United States Senate election in Idaho

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Idaho. The two main people in the election were Jim Risch (Republican Party) and Paulette Jordan (Democratic Party). Risch won the election and stayed as Senator.

2020 United States Senate election in Idaho

November 3, 2020

Nominee Jim Risch Paulette Jordan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 538,446 285,864 Percentage 62.6% 33.2%

County Results Risch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Jordan:      50–60%      60–70%

Primary elections happened on June 2, 2020. There were two people in the Democratic Party primary: Paulette Jordan and James Vandermaas. Jordan won the primary. Jim Risch, who was already a Senator before the election, was the only person in the Republican Party primary. The Constitution Party chose Ray Writz for the election. There was also an independent politician, Natalie Fleming, that was in the election.

Democratic Party primary

County results:

  Jordan—>90%

  Jordan—80-90%

  Jordan—70-80%

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paulette Jordan	72,778	85.70%
	Democratic	James Vandermaas	12,145	14.30%
Total votes			84,923	100.00%

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Risch (incumbent)	200,184	100.00%
Total votes			200,184	100.00%

Other candidates

Constitution Party

Nominee

• Ray Writz

Independents

Declared

• Natalie Fleming

Results

United States Senate election in Idaho, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Risch (incumbent)	538,446	62.62%	-2.71%
	Democratic	Paulette Jordan	285,864	33.25%	-1.42%
	Independent	Natalie Fleming	25,329	2.95%	N/A
	Constitution	Ray Writz	10,188	1.18%	N/A
Total votes			859,827	100.0%
	Republican hold