Election 2018: 'Don't know' is leading the race for Idaho governor [View all]

With the primaries for Idaho’s open governor’s seat about six months away, a recent poll shows “don’t know” in the lead among likely candidates.

Dan Jones and Associates polled 619 Idahoans between Nov. 8 and 15 for Idaho Politics Weekly, with a 3.94 percent margin of error. Of those, 36 percent said they didn’t know who they would favor to lead Idaho’s executive branch.

Three Republican candidates had the next-highest statewide support: Lt. Gov. Brad Little (21 percent), U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador (17 percent) and Boise businessman Tommy Ahlquist (14 percent). Five percent of those polled selected “other.”

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican who has announced he is not running for governor, received 4 percent support as did GOP child advocate Lisa Marie, who does plan to run.

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