1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Idaho House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Idaho House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 70 seats
After the electionD 19 · R 51
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated8
Every district
D 19 · R 51
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Marion Davidson · Russell Bishop (DEM) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-2 | Gary Ingram · C. W. Neider (R) | 4.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | B. E. Lewis · Emery Hedlund (REP) | 3.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-4 | Thomas Snyder · Dorothy McCann (D) | 9.2 | |
| LD-5 | Harold Snow · Norma Dobler (REP) | 1.9 | |
| LD-6 | Bruce Sweeney · Joe N. Wagner (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-7 | Claud Judd · Leo Butler (D) | 20.7 | |
| LD-8 | Dale Branson · Harold W. Reid (D) | 1.1 | |
| LD-9 | David Little · Herbert Fitz (R) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-10 | Walter E. Little · George Danielson (R) | 18.1 | |
| LD-11 | Carroll Dean · James H. Elgin (R) | 26.7 | |
| LD-12 | Ralph Gines · C. L. Otter (R) | 10.8 | |
| LD-13 | Maurice Clements · Percival A. Wesche (R) | 11.9 | |
| LD-14 | Larry Jackson · Michael E. McAllister (R) | 4.7 | |
| LD-15 | Edward W. Rice · Peggy Bunting (R) | 13.3 | |
| LD-16 | Bill Onweiler · Paul Worthen (R) | 4.1 | |
| LD-17 | H. Ferd Koch · E. Don Copple (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-18 | Jack C. Kennevick · Rudy Andersen (R) | 3.1 | |
| LD-19 | John F. Reardon · Lyman Gene Winchester (R) | 9.5 | |
| LD-20 | Wayne E. Tibbits · Ray Infanger (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-21 | Steve Antone · E. V. McHan (R) | 16.9 | |
| LD-22 | Virgil Kraus · Charles Barron (R) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Vernon Ravenscroft · Earl C. Greenawalt (R) | 17.4 | |
| LD-24 | William Roberts · William Lanting (R) | 21.6 | |
| LD-25 | Ralph Olmstead · Ray Lincoln (R) | 27.4 | |
| LD-26 | J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R) | 3.6 | |
| LD-27 | Allan F. Larsen · Israel Merrill (REP) | 5.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | F. Melvin Hammond · Doyle Miner (DEM) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-29 | Kurt L. Johnson · C. Wendell Miller (REP) | 1.4 | |
| LD-30 | Elaine Kearnes · Russell Fogg (R) | 5.3 | |
| LD-31 | John O. Sessions · Clifford Scoresby (R) | 19.0 | |
| LD-32 | Lloyd Dunn · Angus Condie (R) | 2.3 | |
| LD-33 | Lester A. Hartvigsen · John Eyre (D) | 5.9 | |
| LD-34 | Patricia McDermott · Wayne Loveless (D) | 7.8 | |
| LD-35 | Jerry Albert Johnson · Ralph Wheeler (DEM) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
Idaho House of Representatives
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