The 1982 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 2.
Incumbent
Democrat John V. Evans narrowly defeated
Republican nominee
Phil Batt with 50.64% of the vote, the
fourth of
six consecutive wins for the Democratic party.
Evans served nearly ten years as
governor, then ran for the
U.S. Senate in
1986
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Events January
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. Batt ran again for governor twelve years later in
1994
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and won.
Primary elections
Primary election
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s were held on May 25, 1982.
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Phil Batt, incumbent
Lieutenant Governor
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*Ralph Olmstead,
Speaker of the
Idaho House of Representatives[
]
Results
General election
Candidates
*John V. Evans, Democratic
*Phil Batt, Republican
Results
References
{{United States elections, 1982
1982
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Idaho
Gubernatorial