1976Final results
1976 election for Idaho Legislative District 16
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Lyle Cobbs (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Bill Onweiler (D) by 4.8 points.
Lyle CobbsRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.0%4,894
Bill OnweilerDemocrat
46.2%4,434
Lee FernonLibertarian
2.7%261
9,589 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET