Filing closed for the Idaho primaries on March 21. The state has 4 qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Constitution.

The Republican presidential primary will list Ron Paul and John McCain. The Democratic presidential primary will list Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Keith Russell Judd of Beaumont, Texas. Clinton and Obama were listed automatically because they are discussed in the news media. Judd is not discussed in the media, so he got on by paying a filing fee of $1,000.

For non-presidential office, the Libertarian Party has a candidate for U.S. Senate, and four state legislative candidates. The Constitution Party has two state legislative candidates. The Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Kent Marmon, had been a Caldwell City Council member in the 1980’s. Thanks to Politics1 for that information.