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Valley County, Idaho

2026 election results. Brad Little (R) got 51% of the vote for governor in Valley County. The margin is 0.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Valley County

U.S. Senate

Jim Risch
48.3%2,971
Todd Achilles
45.9%2,820
Natalie Fleming
4.2%260
Matt Loesby
1.6%96
100% counted

Statewide: Jim Risch wins. Called.

Governor

Brad Little
51.4%3,161
Terri Pickens
35.4%2,176
John Stegner
11.3%697
Paul Sand
1.3%81

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Brad Little wins. Called.

U.S. House: Idaho 1st District

Russ Fulcher
50.7%3,108
Kaylee Peterson
40.6%2,488
Sarah Zabel
8.2%500
Brendan Gomez
0.6%34
100% counted

Whole district: Russ Fulcher wins. Called.

The leader in Valley 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.

10 local contests in Valley County

County offices, local measures and judges on Valley 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
Katlin Caldwell R3,52259.6%
Jon Howard I2,38340.4%

Katlin Caldwell ahead in Valley County.

County Commissioner District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Michael Weaver R3,19153.0%
Julie Thrower I2,82947.0%

Michael Weaver ahead in Valley County.

Clerk of the District Court

CandidateVotesShare
Gabby Knapp R3,84565.7%
Brett William Mayes I2,00934.3%

Gabby Knapp ahead in Valley County.

County Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Johanna Defoort R4,629100.0%

Johanna Defoort is unopposed.

County Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Sue Leeper R4,494100.0%

Sue Leeper is unopposed.

County Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Scott G. Carver R4,507100.0%

Scott G. Carver is unopposed.

County Prosecuting Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Brian J Oakey R4,414100.0%

Brian J Oakey is unopposed.

Local measures

City of Cascade Local-Option Non-property Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
IN FAVOR OF Ordinance No. 74428964.8%
AGAINST Ordinance No. 74415735.2%

IN FAVOR OF Ordinance No. 744 ahead with 64.8% in Valley County. Cascade's page.

Judges

4th Judicial District Judge - Seat Ada A

CandidateVotesShare
Greg Woodard2,43355.3%
Jeffrey Street, Jr.1,96844.7%

Greg Woodard ahead in Valley County. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Greg Woodard 84,982 (52.6%), Jeffrey Street, Jr. 76,502 (47.4%).

Retain Magistrate Judge Adam Dingeldein

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,96285.5%
No67414.5%

Yes ahead with 85.5% in Valley County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ID GovernorR +18.5R +19.0D +0.5
ID-01R +11.1R +19.0D +7.9

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 Valley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.6%Donald Trump58.2%R +18.67,240
2020Joe Biden42.1%Donald Trump55.9%R +13.87,062
2016Hillary Clinton35.8%Donald Trump54.3%R +18.65,349
2012Barack Obama42.6%Mitt Romney54.2%R +11.64,919
2008Barack Obama45.4%John McCain52.3%R +6.95,296
2004John Kerry38.6%George W. Bush60.0%R +21.44,772
2000Al Gore28.4%George W. Bush64.1%R +35.73,978

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 D +17.1.

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.