1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Idaho election results

Every race on Idaho's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races74

Changed party1

Unopposed7%5 races

Incumbents defeated4

U.S. Senate
Governors
U.S. House
Idaho State Senate
Idaho House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Idaho	James McClure (R)	36.9

Governors

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Idaho	John Evans V. (D)	19.5

U.S. House

R 2

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
ID-1	Steven Symms (R)	19.8
ID-2	George Hansen (R)	14.6

Idaho State Senate

D 16 · R 19 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Kermit Kiebert (D)	43.7
LD-2	Art Manley (D)	1.1
LD-3	C. C. Chase (D)	17.3
LD-4	Gerald V. Blackbird (D)	30.1
LD-5	Norma Dobler (D)	36.4
LD-6	Mike Mitchell (D)	Unopposed
LD-7	Carlson Clemm (D)	11.0
LD-8	Michael S. Black (D)	6.1
LD-9	David Little (R)	19.9
LD-10	Larry Craig (R)	Unopposed
LD-11	W. Dean Abrahams (R)	29.0
LD-12	Leon H. Swenson (R)	11.7
LD-13	Reese E. Verner (R)	17.4
LD-14	Ronald G. Carter (R)	14.1
LD-15	Edith Miller Klein (R)	15.0
LD-16	Kenneth L. Robinson (D)	1.6	FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17	Ron J. Twilegar (D)	19.9
LD-18	Jim Risch (R)	Unopposed
LD-19	Walter Yarbrough (R)	Unopposed
LD-20	Vearl C. Crystal (R)	27.4
LD-21	John J. Bell (D)	6.3
LD-22	J. Wilson Steen (R)	8.5
LD-23	Kenneth Bradshaw (R)	39.3
LD-24	John Barker (R)	29.5
LD-25	Richard High (R)	Unopposed
LD-26	Dean Vanengelen (R)	33.5
LD-27	Israel Merrill (D)	2.5
LD-28	Mark G. Ricks (R)	39.5
LD-29	J. Marsden Williams (R)	26.4
LD-30	Dane Watkins (R)	35.9
LD-31	Richard Egbert (D)	0.7
LD-32	Reed Budge (R)	7.8
LD-33	Lester A. Hartvigsen (D)	1.5
LD-34	James A. Leese (D)	2.5
LD-35	Chick Bilyeu (D)	11.8

Idaho House of Representatives

D 20 · R 50

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	James Stoicheff · Marion Davidson (D)	6.9
LD-2	Gary Ingram · L. C. Spurgeon (REP)	0.7
LD-3	Emery Hedlund · B. E. Lewis (DEM)	12.1
LD-4	Louis J. Horvath · William F. Lytle (DEM)	0.7
LD-5	Tom Boyd · Joseph W. Walker (R)	5.7	Incumbent lost
LD-6	Joe N. Wagner · Ronald V. Harlow (D)	4.9
LD-7	Carl Braun · Marguerite McLaughlin (D)	5.3
LD-8	Harold W. Reid · K. Jim Ries (D)	8.4
LD-9	Morgan Munger · Herbert Fitz (R)	5.9
LD-10	Walter E. Little · George Danielson (R)	5.4
LD-11	Carroll Dean · Dorothy Reynolds (REP)	2.6
LD-12	Kenneth Stephenson · Steve Scanlin (REP)	0.7
LD-13	Percival A. Wesche · Virginia Smith (R)	2.1
LD-14	J. Michael Gwartney · Dan D. Emery (R)	7.6
LD-15	Peggy Bunting · Roger L. Guernsey (REP)	0.1
LD-16	Christopher Hooper · James Dean Golder (R)	10.4
LD-17	Kathleen W. Gurnsey · Larry W. Harris (R)	1.1
LD-18	Wendy Ungricht · Jack C. Kennevick (R)	6.2
LD-19	John F. Reardon · Lyman Gene Winchester (R)	10.2
LD-20	Wayne E. Tibbits · Ray Infanger (R)	7.6
LD-21	Mack W. Neibaur · Steve Antone (R)	23.6
LD-22	Virgil Kraus · Dan Kelly (R)	9.2
LD-23	John H. Brooks · Gordon Hollifield (R)	8.4
LD-24	Lawrence Knigge · Noy Brackett (R)	21.6
LD-25	Ralph Olmstead · T. W. Stivers (R)	10.4
LD-26	J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R)	12.2
LD-27	Darwin Young · Raymond Parks (R)	13.4
LD-28	F. Melvin Hammond · Doyle Miner (DEM)	48.9
LD-29	Kurt L. Johnson · C. Wendell Miller (REP)	3.4
LD-30	Elaine Kearnes · Gary L. Paxman (R)	15.9
LD-31	John O. Sessions · Linden Bateman (R)	12.7
LD-32	Robert C. Geddes · Willard W. Stucki (R)	14.8
LD-33	Bert W. Marley · Myron Jones (DEM)	1.2	Incumbent lost
LD-34	Gary Gould · Patricia McDermott (D)	1.4
LD-35	W. Rusty Barlow · Dwight W. Horsch (REP)	0.6	Incumbent 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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab