| Election Name: | 1990 Idaho gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Idaho |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Idaho gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1994 Idaho gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1990 |
| Image1: | Image:Cecil D Andrus.png |
| Nominee1: | Cecil Andrus |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 218,673 |
| Percentage1: | 68.2% |
| Nominee2: | Roger Fairchild |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 101,937 |
| Percentage2: | 31.8% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Cecil Andrus |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Cecil Andrus |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1990 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the Governor of the state of Idaho. Cecil Andrus, the Democratic incumbent, ran for an unprecedented fourth term.[1] Roger Fairchild, a former state senate majority leader from Fruitland,[2] won the Republican nomination in May,[3] [4] but was easily defeated in November by the popular Andrus.[5] [6]
This was the sixth consecutive win for the Democrats, which started with Andrus' first victory twenty years earlier in 1970., this is the last time that a Democrat has been elected Governor of Idaho & the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Idaho.
Primary elections were held on May 22, 1990.[7] [8] [9]
Although Fairchild attempted to capitalize on his business experience and Andrus' veto of a bill passed by the state legislature severely restricting abortion earlier in the year,[12] [13] the incumbent's personal popularity in Idaho proved to be too much to overcome.[5] [6]