Democrats dominate unofficial Latah County election results

Caroline Nilsson Troy, running for State House Position 5B, was the only Republican to win their race in Latah County.

A voter fills in their ballot at the SRC, Nov. 3.
A voter fills in their ballot at the SRC, Nov. 3. | Richard Pathomsiri

Unofficial results from the Latah County Election show voters broadly favored Democratic candidates.

Incumbent County Commissioner Tom Lamar beat his opponent, Gabriel Rench, by 5,121 votes. 

U.S. Senate Candidate Paulette Jordan won the county by 841 votes, but lost the election statewide to opponent Jim Risch. 

Rudy Soto received 104 more votes than Russ Fulcher, his Republican opponent in the House District 1 race.  

David Nelson won by 2,767 votes in his District 5 Senate race against Dan Foreman.  

While Dulce Kersting-Lark brought in 190 more votes than Republican Brandon Mitchell in Latah County, she lost the State House Position 5A race by a slim margin.

Caroline Nilsson Troy, the only Republican to win their race in Latah County, won the State House Position 5B race by 1,031 votes. 

In the U.S. Presidential Election, Joseph R. Biden took a lead in Latah County, beating incumbent Donald J. Trump by 736 votes. 

Amendment HJR4 passed with 12,635 votes in favor. 

With all precincts reporting, 20,880 ballots were cast in Latah County, roughly 82% of register voters. 

These numbers do not reflect national or statewide race totals. For more information, visit the Idaho Live Voter Turnout website.  

Angela Palermo can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @apalermooo.

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Angela Palermo Hi! I'm Angela, the news editor at The Argonaut. I study journalism and sociology at the University of Idaho and work as the copy editor of Blot Magazine.

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