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Kootenai County, Idaho

2026 election results. Brad Little (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Kootenai County. The margin is 1.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 19 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Kootenai County

U.S. Senate

Jim Risch

68.3%50,677

Todd Achilles

22.3%16,565

Natalie Fleming

6.6%4,900

Matt Loesby

2.7%2,025

100% counted

Statewide: Jim Risch wins. Called.

Governor

Brad Little

69.5%51,560

Terri Pickens

22.3%16,571

John Stegner

5.3%3,904

Pro Life

1.7%1,226

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Brad Little wins. Called.

U.S. House: Idaho 1st District

Russ Fulcher

69.2%51,595

Kaylee Peterson

24.4%18,197

Sarah Zabel

5.6%4,163

Brendan Gomez

0.8%566

100% counted

Whole district: Russ Fulcher wins. Called.

The leader in Kootenai 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, 1:09 AM.

19 local contests in Kootenai County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Kootenai 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

Candidate	Votes	Share
Julie Hensley R	54,279	100.0%

Julie Hensley is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 2

Candidate	Votes	Share
Bruce Mattare R	52,818	100.0%

Bruce Mattare is unopposed.

Clerk of the District Court

Candidate	Votes	Share
Jennifer Locke R	54,308	100.0%

Jennifer Locke is unopposed.

County Treasurer

Candidate	Votes	Share
Carlos Zamora R	53,436	100.0%

Carlos Zamora is unopposed.

County Assessor

Candidate	Votes	Share
Allyson Knapp R	54,406	100.0%

Allyson Knapp is unopposed.

County Coroner

Candidate	Votes	Share
Duke Johnson R	54,288	100.0%

Duke Johnson is unopposed.

Schools

North Idaho College District Trustee Zone 1

Candidate	Votes	Share
Tarie Zimmerman	41,605	100.0%

Tarie Zimmerman is unopposed.

North Idaho College District Trustee Zone 2

Candidate	Votes	Share
Brad Corkill	41,114	100.0%

Brad Corkill is unopposed.

Local measures

Kootenai County Advisory Question

Choice	Votes	Share
No	38,530	57.3%
Yes	28,756	42.7%

No ahead with 57.3% in Kootenai County.

City of Harrison Local Option Non-Property Sales Tax Increase

Choice	Votes	Share
In Favor	65	51.6%
Against	61	48.4%

In Favor ahead with 51.6% in Kootenai County. Harrison's page.

Coeur d'Alene School District No. 271 Supplemental Levy

Choice	Votes	Share
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $30,250,000 per year for two years	20,984	58.2%
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $30,250,000 per year for two years	15,096	41.8%

IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $30,250,000 per year for two years ahead with 58.2% in Kootenai County.

Post Falls School District No. 273 Supplemental Levy

Choice	Votes	Share
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $6,783,098 per year for two years	10,045	54.9%
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $6,783,098 per year for two years	8,236	45.1%

IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $6,783,098 per year for two years ahead with 54.9% in Kootenai County.

Kootenai School District Supplemental Levy

Choice	Votes	Share
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years	605	56.4%
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years	467	43.6%

AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $1,984,618 per year for two years ahead with 56.4% in Kootenai 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

Choice	Votes	Share
IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years	395	51.3%
AGAINST authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years	375	48.7%

IN FAVOR OF authorizing a supplemental levy in the amount of $893,860.00 per year for two years ahead with 51.3% in Kootenai 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%).

Northern Lakes Fire Protection District Special Tax Levy

Choice	Votes	Share
IN FAVOR OF an additional temporary levy of $4,500,000 per year for two years	13,527	70.4%
AGAINST an additional temporary levy of $4,500,000 per year for two years	5,674	29.6%

IN FAVOR OF an additional temporary levy of $4,500,000 per year for two years ahead with 70.4% in Kootenai County.

Spirit Lake Fire Protection District Permanent Override Levy

Choice	Votes	Share
YES to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027	1,058	56.4%
NO to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027	817	43.6%

YES to authorizing an annual $785,000 permanent override tax levy commencing October 1, 2027 ahead with 56.4% in Kootenai 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%).

Judges

Retain Magistrate Judge Tristan Poorman

Choice	Votes	Share
Yes	43,426	82.1%
No	9,499	17.9%

Yes ahead with 82.1% in Kootenai County.

Retain Magistrate Judge James Stow

Choice	Votes	Share
Yes	40,631	80.7%
No	9,706	19.3%

Yes ahead with 80.7% in Kootenai County.

Retain Magistrate Judge Mayli A. Walsh

Choice	Votes	Share
Yes	40,089	80.4%
No	9,746	19.6%

Yes ahead with 80.4% in Kootenai County.

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

Compared with 2024

Race	Margin	2024 president	Shift
ID Governor	R +51.4	R +53.0	D +1.7
ID-01	R +47.9	R +53.0	D +5.2

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 Kootenai County has voted for president

Year	Democrat	Share	Republican	Share	Margin	Votes
2024	Kamala Harris	22.9%	Donald Trump	74.8%	R +51.8	96,365
2020	Joe Biden	27.2%	Donald Trump	70.2%	R +43.1	89,469
2016	Hillary Clinton	24.5%	Donald Trump	67.0%	R +42.5	66,310
2012	Barack Obama	31.5%	Mitt Romney	65.8%	R +34.3	59,828
2008	Barack Obama	35.7%	John McCain	62.0%	R +26.3	61,932
2004	John Kerry	32.2%	George W. Bush	66.3%	R +34.0	54,596
2000	Al Gore	30.8%	George W. Bush	64.3%	R +33.5	43,812

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 +18.3.

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.