Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to make their final choice in the run-off election for Idaho Falls Mayor and City Council Seat 2. Nearly a month has passed since the general election, when the race advanced to a run-off after no candidate received a full majority of votes.

After months of anticipation, Tuesday is the run-off election for the mayor's race in Pocatello. The November general election determined that the race would advance to a run-off between Greg Cates and Mark Dahlquist.

Local voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide who will lead the Gate City for the next four years, as Greg Cates and Mark Dahlquist face

After the November elections, Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon celebrated the “strong conservative campaigns” she witnessed in Caldwell, Post Falls and Pocatello. Those were all nonpartisan races, she acknowledged — but that label is a “farce,” she wrote in a Nov. 6 post.

The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday said its election team planned to go to Elmore County to investigate.

McGrane was in Kootenai County to watch the canvassing of votes. He said the voting tallies were accurate and there is strong voter confidence in the integrity of Idaho elections. “Idaho is in a really good place,

With the December runoff election fast approaching, two candidates will face off to become the next mayor of Pocatello. In the Nov. 4, 2026 general election, neither Mark Dahlquist or Greg Cates obtained a 50% majority,

With less than a week to go before a runoff election, two candidates are still in the race to become Idaho Falls’ new mayor. Thousands of votes were cast on Nov. 4, but Jeff Alldridge and Lisa Burtenshaw did not obtain a 50% majority,

About 300 ballots in Elmore County were not counted in the results of the Nov. 4 election, prompting an investigation into what caused the discrepancy.

Canyon County has audited the 2024 and 2025 elections and worked with the Idaho State Police on other cases, according to Clerk Rick Hogaboam. In 2025, Hogaboam said, he has referred 10 cases to the Canyon County Prosecutor and Sheriff's Office, none of which involved noncitizens voting.

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