Incumbents win county, legislative races

With a strong turnout across the county — and the nation — many races came down to the wire as final results for local races weren’t decided until the wee hours of Wednesday morning, with the incumbents in both county and legislative races claiming wins.

The county saw more than 14,018 ballots cast of its 31,223 registered voters.

Presidential race

In final results in Bonner County, Trump had 18,369, or 66.91 % of votes cast, with Biden trailing at 30.27%, with 8,310 votes. Libertarian Jo Jorgensen had 401 votes, independent candidate Kanye West had 102 votes, Constitution candidate Don Blankenship had 56 votes, independent candidate Brock Pierce had 60 votes, independent candidate Rocky De La Fuente had 37 votes, Howie Hawkins had 10 votes, and Brian Carrol had seven votes. There were 100 rejected ballots for write-in candidates.

Statewide, Trump claimed 554,019 votes, or 63.88% of the vote, while Democrat Joseph Biden received 286,994, or 33.09%. Blankenship received 1,884 votes, or 0.22%; Jorgensen received 16,395, or 1.89%; Pierce received 2,808 votes, or 0.32%; West received 3,631, or 0.42% and De La Fuente, received 1,491, or 0.17%.

Bonner County races

In final results for the the Bonner County Commission, District 1 race, Republican Steven Bradshaw won re-election with 66% of the vote, or 17,566 votes. Democratic challenger Steve Johnson received 8,999 votes, or 33.81%. There were 50 ballots cast for unassigned write-in candidates.

In the Bonner County Commission, District 2 race, Republican Jeff Connolly was unopposed. He received 20,673 votes, or 97.07%. There were 624 ballots cast for unassigned write-in candidates.

For Bonner County Sheriff, Republican 17,925 votes, or 66.87%, to win re-election. Democratic challenger Cindy Marx received 8.806 votes, or 32.85%. There were 75 ballots cast for unassigned write-in candidates.

Bonner County Prosecutor Louis Marshall, a Republican, was running unopposed for the seat. He received 20,833 votes, or 97.56%. There were 522 ballots, or 2.44%, cast for unassigned write-in candidates.

Magistrate Tera A. Harden received 18,718 votes, or 85.57%, in initial voting in her bid to retain her District 1 magistrate judge’s seat. There were 1,667 votes, or 14.43%, who voted against Harden retaining her seat.

In HJR 4 Constitutional Amendment — which would require the Idaho Legislature to consist of 35 districts, instead of current language allowing between 30 and 35 districts — yes votes tallied at 15,695, or 65.58%, in final voting in the county with 8,236, or 34.42%, were against the measure. Statewide the measure passed with 525,766, or 67.96% in favor compared to 247,897, or 32.04%, against.

District 1

In the District 1 U.S. Senate race, Republican Jim Risch won re-election, both in the county and statewide, receiving 66.43% of the vote with 17,964 ballots cast in his favor. Democratic challenger Paulette Jordan with garnered 8,079 vote, or 29.88%, independent Natalie Fleming had 601 votes, or 2.22%, and Ray Writz with the Constitution party had 377 votes, or 1.39%.

Statewide, Risch received 537,456 votes, or 62.58%, to Jordan's 285,824 votes, or 33.28%. Fleming received 25,328 votes, or 2.95%, and Writz received 10,172, or 1.18%

In the U.S. District 1 congressional race, Republican Russ Fulcher earned 18,213, or 68.11% of the votes; Democrat Rudy Soto had 7,601, or 28.42%, and Libertarian Joe Evans had 907 votes, or 3.39%. There were 21 rejected write-in ballots cast.

For the state Senate position for Legislative District 1, Republican incumbent Jim Woodward won re-election with 17,192 votes, or 75.22%, to Vera Gadman's 5,623, or 24.6%.

For District 1’s state House representative position A, Republican incumbent Heather Scott won re-election with 14,911 votes, or 65.3%. Democratic challenger Gail Bolin received 7,859 votes, or 34.41%.

With all votes counted, Republican incumbent Sage Dixon received 15,421 votes, or 67.43%. Stephen F. Howlett, Democrat, received 6,856, or 29.98%, and write-in candidate Dan Rose received 561 votes, or 2.45%.

District 7

In the District 7 state Senate race, Republican Carl Crabtree ran unopposed, receiving 2,913 votes, or 97.39%%, in Bonner County. There were 66 ballots cast for unassigned write-in candidates. Districtwide, Crabtree received 19,896 votes.

Both of District 7’s state House representatives also ran unopposed, with Republicans Pricilla Giddings and Charlie Sheppard earning 2,876 votes, or 97.89%, and 2,801 votes, or 97.43%, in Bonner County. Districtwide, they received 19,027 and 19,401 votes respectively.