1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Idaho House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Idaho House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 70 seats
After the electionD 14 · R 56
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed14%5 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 14 · R 56
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | James Stoicheff · Marion Davidson (D) | 1.5 | |
| LD-2 | Robert M. Scates · Cameron Fullmer (R) | 2.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | Emery Hedlund · B. E. Lewis (DEM) | 15.4 | |
| LD-4 | Louis J. Horvath · William F. Lytle (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| LD-5 | Tom Boyd · Joseph W. Walker (R) | 4.7 | |
| LD-6 | Paul C. Keeton · George F. Johnson (D) | 2.7 | |
| LD-7 | Marguerite McLaughlin · Carl Braun (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-8 | Harold W. Reid · Richard L. Adams (D) | 4.8 | |
| LD-9 | Morgan Munger · Jim S. Higgins (R) | 9.7 | |
| LD-10 | Walter E. Little · George Danielson (R) | 0.8 | |
| LD-11 | Carroll Dean · C. A. Smyser (R) | 9.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | Kenneth Stephenson · Mike Strasser (R) | 3.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-13 | Michael Sharp · Virginia Smith (R) | 12.9 | |
| LD-14 | J. Michael Gwartney · Dan D. Emery (R) | 8.2 | |
| LD-15 | Peggy Bunting · Rachel S. Gilbert (R) | 3.8 | |
| LD-16 | Christopher Hooper · James Dean Golder (R) | 6.9 | |
| LD-17 | Kathleen W. Gurnsey · Larry W. Harris (R) | 8.1 | |
| LD-18 | Jack C. Kennevick · Wendy Ungricht (R) | 0.6 | |
| LD-19 | Lyman Gene Winchester · Gary Montgomery (R) | 14.7 | |
| LD-20 | Wayne E. Tibbits · Ray Infanger (R) | 16.1 | |
| LD-21 | Steve Antone · Mack W. Neibaur (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-22 | Dan Kelly · Virgil Kraus (R) | 15.9 | |
| LD-23 | Gordon Hollifield · John H. Brooks (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-24 | Lawrence Knigge · Noy Brackett (R) | 12.1 | |
| LD-25 | Ralph Olmstead · T. W. Stivers (R) | 17.6 | |
| LD-26 | J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-27 | Darwin Young · Raymond Parks (R) | 14.7 | |
| LD-28 | Rich E. Orme · F. Melvin Hammond (REP) | 25.9 | |
| LD-29 | Kurt L. Johnson · Martin Trillhaase (R) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | Elaine Kearnes · Gary L. Paxman (R) | 20.7 | |
| LD-31 | John O. Sessions · Linden Bateman (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-32 | Eugene B. Stucki · Robert C. Geddes (R) | 31.4 | |
| LD-33 | Myron Jones · Gene Edwards (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-34 | Ralph E. Lacy · Patricia McDermott (D) | 8.1 | |
| LD-35 | W. Rusty Barlow · Dwight W. Horsch (REP) | 3.7 |
Idaho House of Representatives
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