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1986 Idaho gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1986 Idaho gubernatorial election
country	Idaho
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1982 Idaho gubernatorial election
previous_year	1982
next_election	1990 Idaho gubernatorial election
next_year	1990
election_date	November 4, 1986
image1	Image:Cecil D Andrus.png
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Cecil Andrus
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	193,429
percentage1	49.9%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	David Leroy
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	189,794
percentage2	49.0%
map_image	1986 Idaho gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	180px
map_caption	County results
Andrus:
Leroy:
title	Governor
before_election	John V. Evans
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Cecil Andrus
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Andrus:
Leroy:
The 1986 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986 to elect the governor of the state of Idaho. Cecil Andrus, a former Democratic governor, was elected defeating the Republican Lieutenant Governor David Leroy.

This was an open seat election; longtime incumbent John V. Evans ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost. This was the first open-seat gubernatorial election in Idaho since 1954.

Nominations

Republican Lieutenant Governor David Leroy announced his candidacy for governor fourteen months before the election in the autumn of 1985. Raised in Lewiston, Leroy was a former county prosecutor in Boise and state attorney general.

Democrat former governor Cecil Andrus declared his bid for governor six months later in March 1986. He held the office for six years (1971–1977), until his appointment as U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1977–1981) in the Carter Administration. Incumbent Evans, successor to Andrus in 1977, chose to run for the U.S. Senate, but lost to incumbent Steve Symms.

Both Andrus and Leroy were unopposed for their respective nominations in the statewide primary on May 27.

Campaign

As election day neared, polls showed Democrat Andrus ahead of Leroy.

Election results

It was the third of four wins for Andrus, and the fifth of six consecutive for the Democrats. Similar to the previous election in 1982 (with different candidates), the winning margin was narrow.

References

prev=1982| list=Idaho gubernatorial elections| next=1990

References

(3 November 1986). "Long Idaho battle ending". [[Daily Record (Washington).
(March 7, 1986). "Andrus to announce candidacy Monday". Spokane Chronicle.
(January 6, 1987). "Andrus vows opportunity for Idaho youth". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Silverman, Mike. (May 28, 1986). "Voters make choices in primary elections". [[Argus-Press]].
"1986 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Idaho". Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

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