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      Nov. 8, 2016 U.S. Senate

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+Mike Crapo (R) i
 449,017 66.13%
Jerry Sturgill (D)
 188,249 27.73%
Ray Writz (C)
 41,677 6.14%

678,943
Registration: 936,529 (805,074 at cutoff plus 131,455 Election Day). 
Ballots cast: 710,545.
Plurality: 260,768 votes (38.40 percentage points).
ID Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. Mike Crapo (R)'s conservative stances and record were more in tune with Idaho voters, and he won a fourth term by a wide margin, defeating investment banker Jerry Sturgill (D), a first-time candidate, and Ray Writz (C). 

Crapo did face a couple of challenges along the way.  There was a 2012 DUI, and the tricky situation in Oct. 2016 following release of the Access Hollywood tapes—he un-endorsed Trump, but later reversed that to support the Republican ticket. 

Crapo and Sturgill participated in a half-hour debate on Iowa Public Television's "Idaho Reports" on Oct. 14 (>). 

Crapo, chief deputy whip and chair of the Senate Banking Committee, benefited from a sizable campaign warchest; according to the FEC, for 2015-16 the Crapo campaign reported disbursements of $6.3 million compared to disbursements of $818,485 for the Sturgill campaign (>).



Campaign Managers
Mike Crapo:  On May 26, 2015 announced re-election team headed by senior advisors Todd Cranney, Travis Hawkes and Sarah Nelson of Riverwood Strategies.

Jerry Sturgill: 
instead of campaign manager used contract labor incl. Lisa Anderson, Lucas Henken, and Aspen Joy Compton.







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