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1978Final results

1978 election for Idaho Legislative District 11

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

W. Dean Abrahams (R) won with 64.5% of the vote, defeating Jonathan D. Ball (D) by 29.0 points.

W. Dean AbrahamsRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.5%5,029
35.5%2,765
7,794 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+29.01978R+6.01980R+42.81984R+63.51986R+29.21990R+40.41996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET