1980Final results

1980 election for Idaho Legislative District 8

Name: 1980 election for Idaho Legislative District 8
Start: 1980-11-04
Location: Idaho

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Ron Beitelspacher (D) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Michael P. Blewett (R) by 9.0 points.

Ron BeitelspacherDemocrat · winner

54.5%5,446

45.5%4,551

9,997 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

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET