Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 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+24.2
80% range
R+35.8 to R+12.7
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 >99.9%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
R+24.0
Blended
R+24.0
Similar-race shift
+2.2
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+7.1
Expected margin
R+26.2

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