Actually, let’s take a quick look at ID-Gov and ID-01, where there are now enough votes tabulated to mention (21% reporting in ID-Gov, 11% in ID-01). On the Democratic side, an upset is brewing as state Rep. Paulette Jordan is beating Boise School District trustee A.J. Balukoff by a wide margin, 60-39. Balukoff was the 2014 gubernatorial nominee, was the establishment pick again with the endorsement of most Dem elected officials in the state, and self-funded, while Jordan is a state Rep. from the rural Panhandle. The 38-year-old Jordan, if she won the general election, would be the nation’s first Native American governor; she’s an enrolled member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe.
On the GOP side, Lt. Governor Brad Little leads Mitt Romney-endorsed businessman Tommy Ahlquist and U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador 37-31-29. Ahlquist’s strengths are in the eastern, mostly-Mormon part of the state; Labrador, who represents the western half of the state, is a member of the House Freedom Caucus who gave up his seat for what looks like a futile Senate run.
In the quest to take over Labrador’s vacant seat, state Sen. Russ Fulcher (who ran competitively against incumbent Gov. Bruce Otter in the 2014 GOP primary) is beating long-ago-former Lt. Gov. David Leroy 45-21, with the balance going to minor candidates.