With ballots still being counted and final results not expected until 2 or 3 a.m., Steve Johnson, Karen Matthee, and Kathryn Larson led, with the outcome still to be determined. 

Voters took to the polls to decide which candidates and ballot measures would represent and impact northern Idaho on Tuesday.  

The early and absentee voter turnout significantly surpassed the May 2026 Primary election, with approximately 7,084 voters counted, according to VoteIdaho.gov. 

District 1 legislative races  

Former State Senator Scott Herndon is trailing independent candidate Steve Johnson for the District 1 state Senate seat. Johnson leads with 3,619 votes, or 57.58%, while Herndon follows closely with 2,666 votes or 42.42% of the vote. 

In the race for the District 1A seat, Democratic candidate Karen Matthee is ahead of Republican Jane Sauter. At the time of publishing, Matthee led with 3,199 votes, or 50.92%, while Sauter trails with 3,084 votes, or 49.08% of the vote. 

The only incumbent in the legislative races, Republican Cornel Rasor is being defeated by independent candidate Kathryn Larson for the District 1B seat. Larson leads with 3,307 votes, or 52.59%, with Rasor gathering 2,981 votes or 47.41%. 

Statewide ballot measures 

Across Idaho, voters cast their decision on four ballot measures, voting on three Idaho constitutional amendments and an Idaho advisory question.  

House Joint Resolution 4, which would give authority to the Idaho Legislature to legalize the use of marijuana, narcotics, and other psychoactive substances and eliminate a citizen's ability to initiate state statute on the subject, is currently failing with 220,455 "no" votes, or 67.98%, and 103,829 "yes" votes, or 32.02% of the vote. 

House Joint Resolution 6 is succeeding with 187,719 votes or 58.18% of the vote. The resolution designates English as the official state language through an amendment to the Idaho Constitution, as opposed to just having it designated in state statute alone.  

Proposition 1, an initiative that would allow abortion before fetal viability and after fetal viability in cases of medical emergencies, is failing slightly was approved/denied with 174,597 votes or 50.35% of the vote. 

At the time of publishing, the Winchester Model 1873 “Gun that Won the West” is leading the votes for the designated state gun of Idaho with 30.88% of the vote.