1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Idaho State Senate election results, district by district

Every Idaho State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

1619

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 16 · R 19

Races35

Changed party1

Unopposed14%5 races

Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 16 · R 19

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

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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