The 1990 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990 to select the governor of the state of Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

. Cecil D. Andrus

Cecil D. Andrus

Cecil Dale Andrus was an American politician who served as Governor of Idaho from 1971 to 1977, and again from 1987 to 1995; and in Washington as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1977 to 1981, during the Carter administration...

, the Democratic

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 incumbent, ran for an unprecedented fourth term. State senator Roger Fairchild

Roger Fairchild

Roger Fairchild was a Republican politician from Idaho active in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1990. Fairchild was decisively defeated by the Democratic incumbent, Cecil D...

 won the Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 nomination, but was easily defeated by the popular incumbent.

Candidates

• Roger Fairchild
  Roger Fairchild
  Roger Fairchild was a Republican politician from Idaho active in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1990. Fairchild was decisively defeated by the Democratic incumbent, Cecil D...
  
  , Idaho State Senator
• Rachel S. Gilbert, anti-wilderness activist
• Milt Erhart

Results

Campaign

Although Fairchild attempted to capitalize on his business experience and Andrus' veto of a bill passed by the Idaho Legislature severely restricting abortion

Abortion

Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...

 earlier in the year, the incumbent's personal popularity in Idaho proved to be too much to overcome.

Results

See also

• Governor of Idaho
• List of Governors of Idaho
• Idaho gubernatorial elections
  Idaho gubernatorial elections
  Idaho gubernatorial elections have been held since statehood in 1890 to directly elect the Governor of Idaho. After the initial election was held in October 1890, each subsequent election was held every two years in November until 1946. Elections after 1946 were held in November every four...