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      Nov. 3, 2020 U.S. Senate                                      

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+Jim Risch (R) i
 		538,446
 		62.62%
Paulette Jordan (D)
 		285,864
 		33.25%
Natalie Fleming (I) 25,329
 		2.95%
Ray Writz (C)
 		10,188
 		1.18%

859,827
Registration: 1,082,417 (995,087 at cutoff plus 87,330 Election Day).
Ballots cast: 878,527.
Plurality: 252,582 votes (29.37 percentage points).
 ID Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. Jim Risch (R), first elected in 2008, easily won a third term, defeating 2018 gubernatorial nominee Paulette Jordan (D) as well as Natalie Fleming (I), a Christian conservative and mother of four, and frequent candidate Ray Writz (C).  Jordan's showing was off from her 2018 run for governor, when she obtained 38.19% of the vote.

In the May primaries, Risch did not have a challenger and Jordan defeated Jim Vandermaas with 85.70% of the vote. 

There was one general election forum.  Risch declined KTVB's invitation for a debate in October.  Risch, Jordan and Fleming did participate in a forum, hosted by Idaho Public Television, that aired on Oct. 16; Ray Writz did not respond to the invitation.  This was not really a debate; Melissa Davlin moderated a Q&A session with each candidate separately, asking them the same questions (>).

The Risch campaign raised $3.3 million for the cycle, spent $2.3 million and finished with cash on hand of $2.3 million, while the Jordan campaign raised and spent $1.1 million.






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