Earlier this week, the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee brought forth a subsequent bill to reestablish the presidential preference vote in the Gem state and consolidate the election with those primaries for state and local office in May.
The intent of S 1398 is much the same as the previous bill introduced by the committee. It would restore the presidential primary, hold it concurrent with the other primaries and marginally shift up the date of the consolidated election. Instead of falling on the third Tuesday in May, as has been the tradition in Idaho, the election would fall on the Tuesday after the first Monday in May. The resulting primary would end up one or two weeks earlier than has been the custom in Idaho, depending on the year.
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Noteworthy: Although the two state Senate bills would have virtually the same impact in the area of the presidential primary, the newly introduced legislation is a more encompassing elections bill. And since S 1398 is on the Senate State Affairs Committee agenda already, it is likely that it has supplanted S 1366 as the main vehicle for the presidential primary reestablishment in the upper chamber. Both Senate bills differ from the House-passed version.
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See also:
3/4/26: "Idaho Legislature might bring back presidential primary, after caucus had ‘dismal’ turnout"
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This action has been added to the annotated 2028 presidential primary calendar over at our sister site, FHQ Plus.
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