The 2022 Idaho Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Lawerence Denney was eligible to seek re-election but declined to run for a third term.

Republican primary

Phil McGrane won the Republican primary for Idaho Secretary of State on May 17, 2022.[1]

GOP primary results by county
  McGrane
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
  Moon
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
      60–70%

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

  • Chad Houck, chief deputy secretary of state[5][6]

Endorsements

Phil McGrane

Statewide officials

Organizations

Debate

2022 Idaho Secretary of State republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Phil McGrane Dorothy Moon Mary Souza
1 Apr. 26, 2022 Idaho Public Television Melissa Davlin YouTube P P P
1 Apr. 28, 2022 KTVB Doug Petcash YouTube P P P

Results

2022 Idaho Secretary of State Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil McGrane 114,348 43.1%
Republican Dorothy Moon 109,952 41.4%
Republican Mary Souza 41,208 15.5%
Total votes 265,508 100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Shawn Keenan, mortgage broker[10]

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shawn Keenan 31,804 100.0
Total votes 31,804 100.0

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R December 1, 2021
Elections Daily[12] Safe R November 7, 2022

Results

2022 Idaho Secretary of State election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil McGrane 418,945 72.12
Democratic Shawn Keenan 159,819 27.40
Independent Garth G. Gaylord (write-in) 2,778 0.48
Total votes 580,912 100.00
Republican hold

By county

County Phil McGrane
Republican		 Shawn Keenan
Democratic		 Garth Gaylord
Other parties
# % # % # %
Ada 115,747 63.48% 65,744 36.05% 858 0.47%
Adams 1,644 83.03% 336 16.97% 0 0.00%
Bannock 15,785 62.61% 9,373 37.18% 53 0.21%
Bear Lake 2,027 90.82% 205 9.18% 0 0.00%
Benewah 2,816 83.14% 571 16.86% 0 0.0%
Bingham 10,253 84.28% 1,872 15.39% 40 0.33%
Blaine 3,496 36.18% 6,121 63.34% 47 0.49%
Boise 2,704 80.81% 642 19.19% 0 0.00%
Bonner 14,412 71.65% 5,554 27.61% 148 0.74%
Bonneville 26,348 77.03% 7,786 22.76% 71 0.21%
Boundary 4,218 83.69% 799 15.85% 23 0.46%
Butte 857 87.99% 117 12.01% 0 0.00%
Camas 431 83.20% 87 16.80% 0 0.00%
Canyon 44,744 77.91% 12,098 21.06% 590 1.03%
Caribou 1,864 89.19% 223 10.67% 3 0.14%
Cassia 5,131 89.31% 569 9.90% 45 0.78%
Clark 189 92.65% 15 7.35% 0 0.00%
Clearwater 2,528 81.71% 553 17.87% 13 0.42%
Custer 1,600 82.05% 350 17.95% 0 0.00%
Elmore 5,132 79.00% 1,364 21.00% 0 0.00%
Franklin 3,857 91.10% 363 8.57% 14 0.33%
Fremont 3,667 87.16% 540 12.84% 0 0.00%
Gem 6,320 85.99% 1,030 14.01% 0 0.00%
Gooding 3,322 83.78% 634 15.99% 9 0.23%
Idaho 6,157 86.05% 998 13.95% 0 0.00%
Jefferson 8,072 90.24% 873 9.76% 0 0.00%
Jerome 3,929 81.91% 817 17.03% 51 1.06%
Kootenai 46,503 77.03% 13,459 22.29% 406 0.67%
Latah 8,062 54.17% 6,787 45.61% 33 0.22%
Lemhi 2,879 80.37% 693 19.35% 10 0.28%
Lewis 1,147 84.96% 196 14.52% 7 0.52%
Lincoln 1,078 82.73% 224 17.19% 1 0.08%
Madison 7,114 87.30% 1,035 12.70% 0 0.00%
Minidoka 4,052 86.93% 601 12.89% 8 0.17%
Nez Perce 9,462 71.25% 3,818 28.75% 0 0.00%
Oneida 1,432 90.18% 151 9.51% 5 0.31%
Owyhee 2,775 86.72% 425 13.28% 0 0.00%
Payette 6,411 85.63% 1,076 14.37% 0 0.00%
Power 1,503 76.92% 448 22.93% 3 0.15%
Shoshone 2,887 72.10% 1,117 27.90% 0 0.00%
Teton 2,254 48.72% 2,372 51.28% 0 0.00%
Twin Falls 17,549 77.89% 4,762 21.14% 219 0.97%
Valley 3,280 63.66% 1,864 36.18% 8 0.16%
Washington 3,307 86.25% 527 13.75% 0 0.00%
Totals418,94572.12%159,81927.40%2,7780.48%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

McGrane won both congressional districts.[14]

District McGrane Keenan Representative
1st 76% 23% Russ Fulcher
2nd 68% 32% Mike Simpson

References

  1. ↑ "McGrane wins close GOP race for Idaho Secretary of State". KTVB. May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ Patrick, Mike (June 12, 2021). "McGrane launches secretary of state campaign in CDA". www.cdapress.com. Coeur d'Alene Press. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ Russell, Betsy (November 2, 2021). "Fourth Republican announces run for Idaho Secretary of State". www.idahopress.com. The Idaho Press-Tribune. Retrieved January 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Souza announces run for Idaho Secretary of State". www.idahopress.com. The Idaho Press-Tribune. March 30, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Houck to run for Secretary of State; chief deputy is third candidate to enter 2022 race". www.idahopress.com. The Idaho Press-Tribune. May 25, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ Stevenson, Ian (December 17, 2021). "Chad Houck withdraws from Idaho secretary of state race". www.idahostatesman.com. Idaho Statesman. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "McGrane endorsed by three former Idaho GOP governors in his run for Secretary of State". Idaho Press. March 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Idaho- AFL-CIO Labor 2022 Endorsed Candidates" (PDF). AFL–CIO.
  9. ↑ "Candidates - America First Secretary of State Coalition". americafirstsos.com. November 26, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "Candidate Filing Report" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. December 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  12. ↑ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  13. ↑ "2022 General Canvass".
  14. ↑ "2022 Idaho Election Results by Congressional District".

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Idaho_Secretary_of_State_election