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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Idaho State Senate election results, district by district

Every Idaho State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 12 · R 23
Races35
Changed party4
Unopposed17%6 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 12 · R 23

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 State Senate

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