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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Idaho State Senate election results, district by district

Every Idaho State Senate district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 15 · R 20
Races35
Changed party3
Unopposed23%8 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 15 · R 20

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 State Senate

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