1980Final results
1980 election for Idaho Legislative District 32
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Reed Budge (R) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating John Thomas (D) by 21.6 points.
Reed BudgeRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.8%6,936
John ThomasDemocrat
39.2%4,476
11,412 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