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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Idaho election results

Every race on Idaho's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races73
Changed party3
Unopposed14%10 races
Incumbents defeated6

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IdahoGerald Ford (R)22.8

U.S. House

R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Steven Symms (R)9.2
ID-2George Hansen (R)1.2

Idaho State Senate

D 15 · R 20 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Kermit Kiebert (D)31.7
LD-2Art Manley (D)37.8
LD-3C. C. Chase (D)26.3
LD-4Arthur Murphy (D)Unopposed
LD-5Norma Dobler (D)23.6
LD-6Mike Mitchell (D)Unopposed
LD-7Claud Judd (D)18.8
LD-8Michael S. Black (D)1.1
LD-9David Little (R)8.5
LD-10Larry Craig (R)Unopposed
LD-11W. Dean Abrahams (R)68.0
LD-12Leon H. Swenson (R)Unopposed
LD-13Phil Batt (R)Unopposed
LD-14Vernon Brassey (R)58.0
LD-15Edith Miller Klein (R)57.7
LD-16Lyle Cobbs (R)4.8
LD-17Ron J. Twilegar (D)8.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-18Jim Risch (R)26.5
LD-19Walter Yarbrough (R)24.3
LD-20Vearl C. Crystal (R)35.8
LD-21John J. Bell (D)2.3Flipped
LD-22J. Wilson Steen (R)4.2
LD-23Kenneth Bradshaw (R)48.6
LD-24John Barker (R)Unopposed
LD-25Richard High (R)Unopposed
LD-26Dean Vanengelen (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-27Israel Merrill (D)13.5
LD-28Dick Smith (R)10.4
LD-29J. Marsden Williams (R)11.9
LD-30Dane Watkins (R)Unopposed
LD-31Richard Egbert (D)6.3
LD-32Reed Budge (R)18.5
LD-33Lester A. Hartvigsen (D)39.2
LD-34Robert Kinghorn (D)23.7
LD-35Chick Bilyeu (D)23.6

Idaho House of Representatives

D 22 · R 48

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Marion Davidson · Don Maynard (D)0.3
LD-2L. C. Spurgeon · Gary Ingram (DEM)0.1
LD-3B. E. Lewis · Emery Hedlund (REP)2.6
LD-4Dorothy McCann · Thomas Snyder (D)0.4
LD-5Tom Boyd · Robert Hosack (REP)0.6
LD-6Joe N. Wagner · Ronald V. Harlow (D)Unopposed
LD-7Carl Braun · Lester V. Clemm (D)15.2
LD-8Harold W. Ried · K. Jim Ries (D)2.4
LD-9Herbert Fitz · Morgan Munger (R)4.7
LD-10Walter E. Little · George Danielson (R)11.4
LD-11Carroll Dean · Dorothy Reynolds (REP)2.8
LD-12Kenneth Stephenson · Steve Scanlin (REP)6.4
LD-13Virginia Smith · Percival A. Wesche (R)Unopposed
LD-14Larry Jackson · J. Michael Gwartney (R)2.9Incumbent lost
LD-15Peggy Bunting · Daryl S. Sallaz (REP)2.5Incumbent lost
LD-16James Dean Golder · Paul Worthen (R)6.5
LD-17Kathleen W. Gurnsey · Larry W. Harris (R)0.0
LD-18Wendy Ungricht · Jack C. Kennevick (R)4.9
LD-19Lyman Gene Winchester · John F. Reardon (R)5.9
LD-20Wayne E. Tibbits · Ray Infanger (R)8.9
LD-21Steve Antone · Mack W. Neibaur (R)8.1
LD-22Virgil Kraus · Dan Kelly (R)4.9
LD-23John H. Brooks · Gordon Hollifield (R)13.3
LD-24Lawrence Knigge · Noy Brackett (R)11.9
LD-25Ralph Olmstead · T. W. Stivers (R)26.6
LD-26J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R)11.2
LD-27Allan F. Larsen · Darwin Young (R)6.7
LD-28F. Melvin Hammond · Doyle Miner (DEM)9.3
LD-29Kurt L. Johnson · C. Wendell Miller (REP)1.7
LD-30Elaine Kearnes · Ronald K. Lechelt (REP)14.1
LD-31John O. Sessions · Linden Bateman (R)33.9
LD-32Robert C. Geddes · Russell A. Westerberg (REP)6.4
LD-33Kent S. Walker · Myron Jones (R)2.3Incumbent lost
LD-34Patricia McDermott · James A. Leese (D)5.3
LD-35Max Kendell · W. Rusty Barlow (R)3.8Incumbent lost

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab