Staniela Nikolova

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Staniela Nikolova

Democratic Party

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Last election

June 2, 2020

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Staniela Nikolova (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Idaho's 1st Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Nikolova was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Idaho. Nikolova was defeated by James Piotrowski in the Democratic primary.

Elections

2020

See also: Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher defeated Rudy Soto, Joe Evans, and Pro-Life in the general election for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Russ Fulcher (R)	67.8	310,736
		Rudy Soto (D)	28.6	131,380
		Joe Evans (L)	3.6	16,453
		Pro-Life (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	7

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Rudy Soto defeated Staniela Nikolova in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Soto	65.8	25,112
		Staniela Nikolova	34.2	13,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,186
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1

Incumbent Russ Fulcher defeated Nicholas Jones in the Republican primary for U.S. House Idaho District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Russ Fulcher	79.9	93,879
		Nicholas Jones	20.1	23,654

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,533
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2016

See also: Idaho's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Raul Labrador (R) defeated James Piotrowski (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Labrador defeated Gordon Counsil and Isaac Haugen in the Republican primary, while Piotrowski defeated Shizandra Fox and Staniela Nikolova to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.

U.S. House, Idaho District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Raul Labrador Incumbent	68.2%	242,252
	Democratic	James Piotrowski	31.8%	113,052
	N/A	Write-in	0%	53
Total Votes				355,357
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

U.S. House, Idaho District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Raul Labrador Incumbent	81%	51,568
Gordon Counsil	10.2%	6,510
Isaac Haugen	8.8%	5,605
Total Votes		63,683
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

U.S. House, Idaho District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
James Piotrowski	56.2%	6,954
Shizandra Fox	27.7%	3,428
Staniela Nikolova	16.2%	2,002
Total Votes		12,384
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

The following issues were listed on Nikolova's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Investing in Idaho's Students: Attracting talented individuals to Idaho is important. Showing our in-state talented individuals that they are appreciated is equally as important. It's my mission to invest in Idaho's students and make sure that all students have an opportunity to succeed in Idaho's school system. Student Debt and Education: As college costs are rising, students in the United States are taking out an enormous amount of debt to finance their future and education. The high interest rates on these long term loans mean that students end up paying even higher costs to finance their education and end up delaying any investment of funds into the economy for decades. The interest rates on student loans make it more difficult to pay off student loans and keep students from purchasing property and durable/ non-durable goods. The Environment: Pollution is a pervasive problem and managing pollution is becoming increasingly difficult as technological advances grow. Pollution costs more money to manage. It costs business more money to be environmentally friendly, and you see so many advocates of lessoning regulations in favor of capitalism, but we need to remember the stakes in the decisions we make today. Minimum Wage: I propose a plan that would being raising the minimum wage fifty cents every year for the next ten years after an initial raise to a minimum wage of $9.50 to help American minimum wage catch up to inflation. The last fifty years has seen a shift from industrial and factory jobs to customer service positions. While unions existed to protect workers in industrial work maintain their rights, we don't have a system in place to help protect those newly rising service industry workers. Balancing the Budget: I'm going to put this as plainly as possible: we need to begin spending more responsibly. We also need to start taxing more responsibly... We need real conversations and real solutions to finding a good (and timely) budget for our country. I don't like to waste my money on principle, and I don't like it when someone else wastes the taxes I pay into the government to maintain the programs that are necessary for a country as large as the United States to run.	”
—Staniela Nikolova's campaign website, http://www.stanielanikolova.com/about-1/

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Footnotes

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Idaho's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Crapo (R)

Jim Risch (R)

Representatives

District 1

Russ Fulcher (R)

District 2

Michael Simpson (R)

Republican Party (4)