1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Idaho Legislative District 16
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Jim Auld (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Kenneth L. Robinson (D) by 5.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim AuldRepublican · winner
52.5%5,678
Kenneth L. RobinsonDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%5,135
10,813 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET