1978Final results
1978 election for Idaho Legislative District 32
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Reed Budge (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Stewart Buttars (Ind) by 7.8 points.
Reed BudgeRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.9%4,688
Stewart ButtarsIndependent
46.1%4,009
8,697 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET