Election Day is here as Bonner County residents head to their local polling places to cast their vote and determine who they believe will best represent the public's voice.  

On the ballot for Bonner County residents will be candidates for U.S. office, candidates for Idaho state office, three contested legislative races, one contested county commissioner race and five uncontested county races. A handful of ballot initiatives will also appear for those living in the relevant precincts.  

Voting is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and can be done at the polling place applicable to your precinct. A polling place directory can be found at the end of the article, with information pulled directly from Bonner County Elections at https://bit.ly/4BAhtoV.  

Candidates up for election for U.S. Senator are Matt Loesby, LIB; incumbent Jim Risch, REP; Todd Achilles, IND; and Natalie M Fleming, IND. U.S. Representative District 1 candidates are Kaylee Peterson, DEM; Sarah Zabel, IND; incumbent Russ Fulcher, REP; and Brendan J. Gomez, CON.  

The Idaho governor's race has the most candidates. On the ballot are Paul Sand, LIB; John R. Stegner, IND; incumbent Brad Little, REP; Terri Pickens, DEM; and Pro-Life, CON, a person, formerly known as Marvin Richardson. 

For lieutenant governor, voters will choose between incumbent Scott Kennan, REP, and Eric Myricks, DEM. The secretary of state's ballot lists incumbent Phil McGrance, REP, and Shawn Keenan, DEM.  

The state controller contest pairs incumbent Brandon Woolf, REP, with Rakesh Mohan, DEM. For state treasurer, the choices are incumbent Julie A. Ellsworth, REP, and Kevin A. Jones, DEM.  

The attorney general race is between incumbent Raul R. Labrador, REP, and Lori Hickman, DEM. The superintendent of public instruction race is between incumbent Debbie Critchfield, REP, Teresa Roundy, CON, and Becky Sudin Mitchell, DEM.  

All District 1 legislative races are contested, with only one incumbent on the ballot.  

Scott Herndon, REP, will face Steve Johnson, IND, for the District 1 state senator seat. For state representative District 1 Seat A, Jane Sauter, REP, and Karen Matthee, DEM, will be on the ballot. For Seat B, incumbent Cornel Rasor, REP, will go against Kathryn Lason (IND).  

Only one county race is contested, with Steve Smith, REP, and Fred Arn, IND, both on the ballot for the county commissioner, District 1 seat.  

These candidates will run uncontested in their county races: Jeff Roberts, REP, for county commissioner district 2; Roger N. Rudd, REP, for clerk of the district court; Clorissa Koster, REP, for county treasurer; Cory Gabel, REP, for county assessor; and Robert Beers, REP, for county coroner.  

Luke Hagelburg will be on the ballot for voters to determine if he should be retained as a Magistrate Judge of the First Judicial Office. 

For ballot initiatives, all voters will get to decide on House Joint Resolution 4, House Joint Resolution 6, Proposition 1, and the Idaho advisory question of which gun should be designated as the state gun of Idaho. More information on the state-wide initiatives can be found at https://bit.ly/4edrFJO.  

On some local ballots, voters will also get to vote on a city of Dover local option tax, a city of Sandpoint local option tax, a Coolin Sewer District special revenue bond, a Spirit Lake Fire Protection District permanent levy override, and a two-year temporary levy for the Westside Fire District. Information on the local ballot initiatives can be found at https://bit.ly/4e8TEdM.  

Polling places by precinct:  

Airport — Bonner County Extension Office, 4205 N Boyer Road, Sandpoint; Algoma — Sagle Fire Station, 2689 Gun Club Road, Sagle; Baldy — VFW Post 2453, 1325 Pine Street, Sandpoint; Beach — First Lutheran Church, 526 Olive Ave., Sandpoint; Blue Lake — Blue Lake Community Hall, 9518 Eastside Road, Priest River; Careywood — Careywood Fire Station 456055 Highway 95, Careywood; Clagstone — Edgemere Grange Hall, 3273 Bandy Road, Priest River; Clark Fork — Clark Fork-Hope Area Senior Center, 1001 Cedar Street, Clark Fork; Colburn — Northside Fire Station #4, 64 Samuels Road, Sandpoint; Dover — Dover City Hall, 699 Lakeshore Ave., Dover; East Priest River — Priest River Event Center, 5399 US-2, Priest River; Edgemere — Edgemere Grange Hall, 3273 Bandy Road, Priest River; Gamlin Lake — Garfield Bay Sewer District Office, 1585 Garfield Bay Cutoff Road, Sagle; Grouse Creek — Northside Christian Fellowship DS, 4400 Colburn Colvert Road, Sandpoint; Hope — Memorial Community Center, 415 Wellington Place, Hope; Humbird — Sandpoint United Methodist Church, 711 Main Street, Sandpoint; Kootenai — Cedar Hills Church, 227 McGhee Road, Sandpoint; Laclede — Laclede Community Hall, 24 Moore Loop, Laclede; Lamb Creek — Priest Lake Elementary School, 27732 Highway 57, Priest Lake; Oden — Oden Community Hall, 143 Sunnyside Road, Sandpoint; Oldtown — Oldtown Rotary Park Visitor Center, 68 Old Diamond Mill Road, Oldtown; Priest Lake — Coolin Civic Organization, 5361 Dickensheet Road, Coolin; Sagle — Sagle Senior Center, 650 Monarch Road, Sagle; Selle — Northside Christian Fellowship US, 4400 Colburn Colver Road, Sandpoint; Southside — LDS Westmond Ward, 331 Westmond Road, Cocolalla; Spirit Valley — Blanchard Grange, 549 Rusho Lane, Blanchard; Washington — First Lutheran Church, 526 Olive Ave., Sandpoint; Westmond — Cocolalla Bible Camp, 209 Cocolalla Loop Road, Cocolalla; West Priest River — Priest River Event Center, 5399 US-2, Priest River; Wrenco — Westside Fire Station, 15 Helen Thompson Road, Sandpoint.