Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC
To election day72 days
Simulations200,000

Idaho — Governor

Currently held by a Republican · incumbent running

Democrat
Terri Pickens
1%
Republican
Brad Little
99%
ForecastSafe R
Projected margin
R+26.9
80% range
R+40.8 to R+13.0
Partisan lean
R+35.8
Uncertainty multiplier
1.80×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Fundamentals 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
R+26.3
Blended
R+26.3
Similar-race shift
+1.3
Polling

No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.

Fundamentals
Partisan lean
R+35.8
Elasticity
1.02
Incumbency
−5.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
0.0
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+27.5

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