Poll: Idaho voters undecided who the next governor will be

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Idaho voters are so far undecided who they favor in the Gem State’s Republican primary for governor.
With primaries for the open 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 in mid-November for Idaho Politics Weekly, with a 4 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 – Lieutenant Governor Brad Little had 21 percent; U.S. Representative 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 says he is not running for governor, received 4 percent support, as did GOP child advocate Lisa Marie, who does plan to run.
However, the poll erroneously stated that no Democrat had yet announced a candidacy, as so far, two Democrats have filed early paperwork to run for governor.  The most prominent is A.J. Balukoff, who challenged Governor Butch Otter in 2014 and announced his 2018 candidacy a week before the poll was conducted.  Boise homeless advocate Troy Minton filed in early 2017 but does not appear to be actively campaigning.  Neither the pollster nor the person who wrote up the results Monday was aware Balukoff had filed.
Officials say Balukoff will be included in the next poll, but that likely will not happen until after the first of the year.  (Idaho Statesman)
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