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Benewah County, Idaho

2026 election results. Brad Little (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Benewah County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Benewah County

U.S. Senate

Jim Risch
75.4%3,017
Todd Achilles
14.6%582
Natalie Fleming
7.2%287
Matt Loesby
2.9%114
100% counted

Statewide: Jim Risch wins. Called.

Governor

Brad Little
73.1%2,934
Terri Pickens
16.5%661
John Stegner
6.1%244
Pro Life
2.2%90

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Brad Little wins. Called.

U.S. House: Idaho 1st District

Russ Fulcher
75.9%3,045
Kaylee Peterson
18.3%734
Sarah Zabel
4.7%189
Brendan Gomez
1.1%44
100% counted

Whole district: Russ Fulcher wins. Called.

The leader in Benewah County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 4, 12:40 PM.

9 local contests in Benewah County

County offices and local measures on Benewah County's ballots, from Idaho's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

County Commissioner District 1

CandidateVotesShare
REP Timothy Grubham R3,466100.0%

REP Timothy Grubham is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 2

CandidateVotesShare
REP Kim Schwanz R3,427100.0%

REP Kim Schwanz is unopposed.

Clerk of the District Court

CandidateVotesShare
IND Janeen LeWan I2,781100.0%

IND Janeen LeWan is unopposed.

County Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
REP Sara Sexton R3,267100.0%

REP Sara Sexton is unopposed.

County Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
REP Donna Spier R3,509100.0%

REP Donna Spier is unopposed.

County Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
REP Carrie Nordin R3,598100.0%

REP Carrie Nordin is unopposed.

Local measures

Kootenai School District Supplemental Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years1756.7%
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years1343.3%

IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years ahead with 56.7% in Benewah County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years 618 (56.1%), IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years 484 (43.9%).

Plummer-Worley Joint School District Supplemental Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years60953.7%
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years52546.3%

AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years ahead with 53.7% in Benewah County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years 984 (51.7%), IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years 920 (48.3%).

St. Maries Joint School District Supplemental Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $2,488,000 per year for two years1,61154.4%
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $2,488,000 per year for two years1,35245.6%

IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $2,488,000 per year for two years ahead with 54.4% in Benewah County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $2,488,000 per year for two years 1,615 (54.4%), AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $2,488,000 per year for two years 1,353 (45.6%).

Idaho's official results, file posted Nov 10, 9:41 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ID GovernorR +63.2R +62.8R +0.4
ID-01R +61.2R +62.8D +1.7

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Benewah County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.2%Donald Trump79.6%R +61.45,145
2020Joe Biden19.7%Donald Trump78.0%R +58.34,972
2016Hillary Clinton18.4%Donald Trump74.1%R +55.74,185
2012Barack Obama30.0%Mitt Romney66.8%R +36.93,884
2008Barack Obama33.8%John McCain63.5%R +29.84,164
2004John Kerry28.4%George W. Bush69.8%R +41.44,047
2000Al Gore24.3%George W. Bush70.7%R +46.43,687

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +15.0.

Other counties in Idaho

Idaho results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Idaho certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Idaho's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.