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Bonner County, Idaho

2026 election results. Jim Risch (R) got 65% of the U.S. Senate vote in Bonner County. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Bonner County

U.S. Senate

Jim Risch
64.7%15,260
Todd Achilles
27.4%6,472
Natalie Fleming
5.8%1,365
Matt Loesby
2.1%494
100% counted

Statewide: Jim Risch wins. Called.

Governor

Brad Little
65.0%15,283
Terri Pickens
24.7%5,814
John Stegner
7.0%1,638
Pro Life
1.7%398

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Brad Little wins. Called.

U.S. House: Idaho 1st District

Russ Fulcher
66.0%15,558
Kaylee Peterson
26.6%6,282
Sarah Zabel
6.6%1,564
Brendan Gomez
0.8%186
100% counted

Whole district: Russ Fulcher wins. Called.

The leader in Bonner 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 11, 8:02 PM.

12 local contests in Bonner County

County offices, local measures and judges on Bonner 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
Steve Smith15,41967.2%
Fred Arn I7,54132.8%

Steve Smith ahead in Bonner County.

County Commissioner District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Roberts16,498100.0%

Jeff Roberts is unopposed.

Clerk of the District Court

CandidateVotesShare
Roger N. Rudd16,733100.0%

Roger N. Rudd is unopposed.

County Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Clorrisa Koster16,925100.0%

Clorrisa Koster is unopposed.

County Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Cory Gabel16,781100.0%

Cory Gabel is unopposed.

County Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Robert Beers17,148100.0%

Robert Beers is unopposed.

Local measures

Spirit Lake Fire Protection District Permanent Override Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
YES to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 20271,23150.4%
NO to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 20271,21149.6%

YES to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027 ahead with 50.4% in Bonner County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: YES to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027 2,289 (53.0%), NO to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027 2,028 (47.0%).

Coolin Sewer District

ChoiceVotesShare
AGAINST issuing $8,000,000 of revenue bonds for the purposes provided by Resolution No. 26-025053.2%
IN FAVOR of issuing $8,000,000 of revenue bonds for the purposes provided by Resolution No. 26-024446.8%

AGAINST issuing $8,000,000 of revenue bonds for the purposes provided by Resolution No. 26-02 ahead with 53.2% in Bonner County.

Westside Fire Protection District

ChoiceVotesShare
IN FAVOR of authorizing a $380,000 temporary two-year levy override commencing FY 2028.1,16266.7%
AGAINST authorizing a $380,000 temporary two-year levy override commencing FY 2028.57933.3%

IN FAVOR of authorizing a $380,000 temporary two-year levy override commencing FY 2028. ahead with 66.7% in Bonner County.

City of Sandpoint

ChoiceVotesShare
In Favor1,87452.1%
Against1,72147.9%

In Favor ahead with 52.1% in Bonner County. Sandpoint's page.

City of Dover

ChoiceVotesShare
In Favor34870.7%
Against14429.3%

In Favor ahead with 70.7% in Bonner County. Dover's page.

Judges

Retain Magistrate Judge Luke Hagelberg

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes15,33986.8%
No2,33813.2%

Yes ahead with 86.8% in Bonner County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ID GovernorR +44.9R +47.2D +2.4
ID-01R +42.5R +47.2D +4.8

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 Bonner County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.7%Donald Trump71.9%R +46.129,710
2020Joe Biden30.4%Donald Trump67.2%R +36.827,333
2016Hillary Clinton27.8%Donald Trump63.7%R +35.920,943
2012Barack Obama35.1%Mitt Romney61.3%R +26.318,536
2008Barack Obama40.1%John McCain57.0%R +16.919,547
2004John Kerry37.6%George W. Bush60.5%R +22.917,681
2000Al Gore29.7%George W. Bush61.5%R +31.814,537

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 +14.3.

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.