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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Idaho election results

Every race on Idaho's ballot in the 1980 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races74
Changed party4
Unopposed15%11 races
Incumbents defeated7

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IdahoRonald Reagan (R)41.3

U.S. Senate

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IdahoSteven Symms (R)1.0

U.S. House

R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Larry Craig (R)7.4
ID-2George Hansen (R)17.6

Idaho State Senate

D 12 · R 23 · 4 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Kermit Kiebert (D)14.6
LD-2William E. Moore (R)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-3Terry Sverdsten (R)20.3Flipped
LD-4Vernon T. Lannen (D)22.0
LD-5Norma Dobler (D)Unopposed
LD-6Mike Mitchell (D)Unopposed
LD-7Lester V. Clemm (D)5.3
LD-8Ron Beitelspacher (D)9.0
LD-9David Little (R)18.8
LD-10Roger Fairchild (R)24.7
LD-11W. Dean Abrahams (R)6.0
LD-12Leon H. Swenson (R)5.7
LD-13Atwell Parry (R)29.1
LD-14Vernon Brassey (R)21.1
LD-15Edith Miller Klein (R)2.5
LD-16Jim Auld (R)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17Ron J. Twilegar (D)5.7
LD-18Jim Risch (R)11.5
LD-19Walter Yarbrough (R)20.5
LD-20Vearl C. Crystal (R)Unopposed
LD-21John Peavey (D)0.4
LD-22J. Wilson Steen (R)25.4
LD-23Kenneth Bradshaw (R)Unopposed
LD-24John Barker (R)Unopposed
LD-25Laird Noh (R)28.9
LD-26Dean Vanengelen (R)20.9
LD-27Israel Merrill (D)8.1
LD-28Mark G. Ricks (R)Unopposed
LD-29J. Marsden Williams (R)28.0
LD-30Dane Watkins (R)23.1
LD-31William L. Floyd (R)9.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-32Reed Budge (R)21.6
LD-33Bert W. Marley (D)2.9
LD-34Gary Gould (D)0.6
LD-35Chick Bilyeu (D)3.9

Idaho House of Representatives

D 14 · R 56

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James Stoicheff · Marion Davidson (D)1.5
LD-2Robert M. Scates · Cameron Fullmer (R)2.9Incumbent lost
LD-3Emery Hedlund · B. E. Lewis (DEM)15.4
LD-4Louis J. Horvath · William F. Lytle (DEM)1.2
LD-5Tom Boyd · Joseph W. Walker (R)4.7
LD-6Paul C. Keeton · George F. Johnson (D)2.7
LD-7Marguerite McLaughlin · Carl Braun (D)Unopposed
LD-8Harold W. Reid · Richard L. Adams (D)4.8
LD-9Morgan Munger · Jim S. Higgins (R)9.7
LD-10Walter E. Little · George Danielson (R)0.8
LD-11Carroll Dean · C. A. Smyser (R)9.6Incumbent lost
LD-12Kenneth Stephenson · Mike Strasser (R)3.1Incumbent lost
LD-13Michael Sharp · Virginia Smith (R)12.9
LD-14J. Michael Gwartney · Dan D. Emery (R)8.2
LD-15Peggy Bunting · Rachel S. Gilbert (R)3.8
LD-16Christopher Hooper · James Dean Golder (R)6.9
LD-17Kathleen W. Gurnsey · Larry W. Harris (R)8.1
LD-18Jack C. Kennevick · Wendy Ungricht (R)0.6
LD-19Lyman Gene Winchester · Gary Montgomery (R)14.7
LD-20Wayne E. Tibbits · Ray Infanger (R)16.1
LD-21Steve Antone · Mack W. Neibaur (R)Unopposed
LD-22Dan Kelly · Virgil Kraus (R)15.9
LD-23Gordon Hollifield · John H. Brooks (R)Unopposed
LD-24Lawrence Knigge · Noy Brackett (R)12.1
LD-25Ralph Olmstead · T. W. Stivers (R)17.6
LD-26J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R)Unopposed
LD-27Darwin Young · Raymond Parks (R)14.7
LD-28Rich E. Orme · F. Melvin Hammond (REP)25.9
LD-29Kurt L. Johnson · Martin Trillhaase (R)2.8Incumbent lost
LD-30Elaine Kearnes · Gary L. Paxman (R)20.7
LD-31John O. Sessions · Linden Bateman (R)Unopposed
LD-32Eugene B. Stucki · Robert C. Geddes (R)31.4
LD-33Myron Jones · Gene Edwards (R)1.0
LD-34Ralph E. Lacy · Patricia McDermott (D)8.1
LD-35W. Rusty Barlow · Dwight W. Horsch (REP)3.7

Idaho

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab