Lisa Marie

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Lisa Marie

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May 19, 2026

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Lisa Marie (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Idaho. She lost in the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.

Biography

Lisa Marie's experience includes working as CEO of a wellness and nutrition company.

Elections

2026

See also: Idaho gubernatorial election, 2026

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2026 (May 19 Libertarian primary)

Idaho gubernatorial election, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of Idaho on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Brad Little (R)
		Terri Pickens (D)
		Pro-Life (Constitution Party)
		Paul Sand (L)
		John R. Stegner (Unaffiliated)
	Submit photo	Jacob Burnett (Independent) (Write-in)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tanner Basye (Independent)
• Ammon Bundy (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho

Terri Pickens defeated Jill Kirkham, Maxine Durand, and Chanelle Torrez in the Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Terri Pickens	61.4	30,326
		Jill Kirkham	17.0	8,375
		Maxine Durand	14.5	7,177
	Submit photo	Chanelle Torrez	7.1	3,499

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,377
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen Heidt (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Idaho on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little	59.0	140,709
		Mark Fitzpatrick	28.8	68,711
		Lisa Marie	3.0	7,212
		Justin Plante	2.2	5,283
		Sean Crystal	1.9	4,556
	Submit photo	Ron James	1.9	4,506
		Daniel Fowler	1.8	4,199
		Ethan Giles	1.5	3,492

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 238,668
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jordan Chirat (R)
• Scott Hert (R)

Constitution primary election

The Constitution primary election was canceled. Pro-Life advanced from the Constitution primary for Governor of Idaho.

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho

Paul Sand defeated Melissa Sue Robinson in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Sand	57.2	523
		Melissa Sue Robinson	42.8	392

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 915
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2022

See also: Idaho gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Idaho on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little (R)	60.5	358,598
		Stephen Heidt (D)	20.3	120,160
		Ammon Bundy (Independent)	17.2	101,835
		Paul Sand (L)	1.1	6,714
		Chantyrose Davison (Constitution Party)	0.9	5,250
		Lisa Marie (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	46

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 592,603
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Dempsey (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho

Stephen Heidt defeated Shelby Rognstad and David Reilly in the Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Heidt	78.8	25,088
		Shelby Rognstad (Write-in)	21.2	6,736
		David Reilly (Write-in)	0.1	21

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,845
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Melissa Sue Robinson (D)
• Bob Dempsay (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little	52.8	148,843
		Janice McGeachin	32.2	90,857
		Ed Humphreys	11.0	30,878
		Steven Bradshaw	1.9	5,470
		Ashley Jackson	1.1	3,172
		Lisa Marie	0.4	1,120
	Submit photo	Ben Cannady	0.3	804
	Submit photo	Cody Usabel	0.2	680

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 281,824
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Hammond (R)
• Jeff Cotton (R)

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Governor of Idaho

Chantyrose Davison defeated Ryan Cole in the Constitution primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chantyrose Davison	61.9	346
	Submit photo	Ryan Cole (Write-in)	3.9	22
		Other/Write-in votes	34.2	191

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 559
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho

Paul Sand defeated John Dionne Jr. in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Sand	60.2	427
	Submit photo	John Dionne Jr.	39.8	282

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 709
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Ada County, Idaho (2020)

General election

General election for Ada County Sheriff

Incumbent Stephen Bartlett defeated Zachery Wagner in the general election for Ada County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Bartlett (R)	61.4	152,295
	Submit photo	Zachery Wagner (D)	38.6	95,891

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 248,186
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ada County Sheriff

Zachery Wagner advanced from the Democratic primary for Ada County Sheriff on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Zachery Wagner (Write-in)	100.0	955

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 955
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ada County Sheriff

Incumbent Stephen Bartlett defeated Lisa Marie in the Republican primary for Ada County Sheriff on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Bartlett	89.4	39,329
		Lisa Marie	10.6	4,678

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,007
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2018

See also: Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Idaho

Brad Little defeated Paulette Jordan, Bev Boeck, and Walter Bayes in the general election for Governor of Idaho on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little (R)	59.8	361,661
		Paulette Jordan (D)	38.2	231,081
	Submit photo	Bev Boeck (L)	1.1	6,551
	Submit photo	Walter Bayes (Constitution Party)	1.0	5,787
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	51

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 605,131
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho

Paulette Jordan defeated A.J. Balukoff and Peter Dill in the Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paulette Jordan	58.4	38,505
		A.J. Balukoff	40.1	26,423
		Peter Dill	1.4	954

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 65,882
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little	37.3	72,548
		Raúl Labrador	32.6	63,478
	Submit photo	Tommy Ahlquist	26.2	51,008
		Lisa Marie	1.7	3,397
		Steven Pankey	1.4	2,704
		Harley Brown	0.4	874
	Submit photo	Ben Cannady	0.3	527

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 194,536
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Marie was a 2018 Republican candidate for governor of Idaho. She lost in the Republican primary on May 15, 2018. Marie then ran in the general election as an independent write-in candidate for governor.

2016

See also: Idaho's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Michael Simpson (R) defeated Jennifer Martinez (D) and Anthony Tomkins (Constitution Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Simpson defeated Lisa Marie in the Republican primary on May 17, 2016.

U.S. House, Idaho District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Simpson Incumbent	62.9%	205,292
	Democratic	Jennifer Martinez	29.4%	95,940
	Constitution	Anthony Tomkins	7.7%	25,005
Total Votes				326,237
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

U.S. House, Idaho District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Simpson Incumbent	73%	47,116
Lisa Marie	27%	17,442
Total Votes		64,558
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

2014

See also: Idaho's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Marie ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Idaho's 1st District. Marie was defeated in the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.

U.S. House, Idaho District 1 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Raul Labrador Incumbent	78.6%	56,206
Lisa Marie	7.2%	5,164
Michael Greenway	4.9%	3,494
Reed McCandless	4.7%	3,373
Sean Blackwell	4.6%	3,304
Total Votes		71,541
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Lisa Marie campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Governor of Idaho	Lost general	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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