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1972Final results

1972 election for Idaho Legislative District 30

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Dane Watkins (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Infelt (D) by 7.4 points.

Dane WatkinsRepublican · winner
53.7%4,733
Jim InfeltDemocrat
46.3%4,083
8,816 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972

Races before and after

EvenR+7.41972R+13.31974R+35.91978R+23.11980R+9.21982R+35.41988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET