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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Idaho election results

Every race on Idaho's ballot in the 1970 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races77
Changed party3
Unopposed17%13 races
Incumbents defeated2

Idaho State Senate

D 16 · R 19 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James Stoicheff (D)27.6
LD-2Art Manley (D)20.0
LD-3C. C. Chase (D)Unopposed
LD-4Arthur Murphy (D)29.2
LD-5John Mix (D)Unopposed
LD-6Mike Mitchell (D)34.5
LD-7William C. Crutcher (D)Unopposed
LD-8Nels L. Solberg (D)18.2
LD-9Warren Brown (R)1.3
LD-10David Bivens (R)UnopposedFlipped
LD-11William L. Crookham (R)Unopposed
LD-12Leon H. Swenson (R)10.6
LD-13Walter Yarbrough (R)24.7
LD-14Vernon Brassey (R)Unopposed
LD-15Edith Miller Klein (R)38.6
LD-16Lyle Cobbs (R)22.3
LD-17H. Dean Summers (R)10.3
LD-18Wayne L. Kidwell (R)Unopposed
LD-19J. Wilson Steen (R)12.1
LD-20James Ellsworth (R)22.7
LD-21John Peavey (R)18.6
LD-22Don G. Fredericksen (D)12.5
LD-23Richard High (R)Unopposed
LD-24John Barker (R)Unopposed
LD-25Robert Saxvik (D)9.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26Joseph Allen (R)17.2
LD-27Neil Miller (D)18.0
LD-28Ray Rigby (D)7.2
LD-29J. Marsden Williams (R)3.5
LD-30W. Fisher Ellsworth (R)3.0
LD-31Richard Egbert (D)3.6
LD-32Reed Budge (R)17.1
LD-33John Evans V. (D)35.6
LD-34Darrell V. Manning (D)35.5
LD-35Chick Bilyeu (D)32.4

Idaho House of Representatives

D 29 · R 41 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Don Maynard · Marion Davidson (D)0.4
LD-2Larry G. Looney · Robert M. Haakenson (D)7.0
LD-3Emery Hedlund · John A. Molyneaux (D)2.1
LD-4William J. Murphy · Margot Tregoning (D)10.8
LD-5George F. Brocke · Harold Snow (DEM)4.5
LD-6Joe N. Wagner · Bruce Sweeney (D)16.4
LD-7Ed V. Williams · A. White (D)29.5
LD-8Dennis F. Arnzen · Harold W. Reid (D)Unopposed
LD-9AJohn Edwards (R)17.4
LD-9BWalter H. Carr (D)13.9
LD-10AGeorge Danielson (R)0.2
LD-10BWalter E. Little (R)23.0
LD-11Carroll Dean · James H. Elgin (R)8.8
LD-12E. G. Jenkins · Clyde R. Keithly (R)Unopposed
LD-13Virgil Farmer · Ernest Allen (DEM)2.3
LD-14Larry Jackson · John F. Reardon (R)17.0
LD-15Ed Hedges · Edward W. Rice (R)4.9
LD-16Bill Onweiler · Paul Worthen (R)3.1
LD-17E. Don Copple · H. Ferd Koch (R)12.2
LD-18Jack C. Kennevick · Rudy Andersen (R)12.3
LD-19Karl Koch · Virgil Kraus (DEM)5.3
LD-20AHelen McKinney (R)20.0Flipped
LD-20BWayne E. Tibbits (D)31.3
LD-21AE. V. McHan (R)35.4
LD-21BSteve Antone (R)31.3
LD-22AVernon Ravenscroft (D)22.4
LD-22BEarl C. Greenawalt (R)12.3
LD-23Ray Lincoln · Jack D. Claiborn (R)19.0
LD-24William Roberts · William Lanting (R)17.1
LD-25J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R)1.1
LD-26AAllan F. Larsen (R)Unopposed
LD-26BMax Kendell (R)14.9
LD-27Israel Merrill · Wilbert Cammack (D)6.2
LD-28ARalph Litton (D)20.8
LD-28BF. Melvin Hammond (D)Unopposed
LD-29Terry L. Crapo · Kurt L. Johnson (R)8.9
LD-30Russell Fogg · Aden Hyde (R)5.9
LD-31John O. Sessions · Clifford Scoresby (R)10.0
LD-32Lloyd Dunn · Angus Condie (R)1.7Incumbent lost
LD-33Jenkin Palmer · Lester A. Hartvigsen (REP)7.9
LD-34Patricia McDermott · Wayne Loveless (D)9.3
LD-35S. Albert Johnson · Donald Brennan (D)11.1

Idaho

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner