1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Idaho election results

Every race on Idaho's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races73

Changed party0

Unopposed18%13 races

Incumbents defeated4

Governors
U.S. House
Idaho State Senate
Idaho House of Representatives

Governors

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Idaho	John Evans V. (D)	1.3

U.S. House

R 2

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
ID-1	Larry Craig (R)	7.4
ID-2	George Hansen (R)	4.5

Idaho State Senate

D 14 · R 21

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Kermit Kiebert (D)	18.2
LD-2	William E. Moore (R)	6.6
LD-3	Terry Sverdsten (R)	6.7
LD-4	Vernon T. Lannen (D)	25.7
LD-5	Norma Dobler (D)	52.2
LD-6	Bruce Sweeney (D)	Unopposed
LD-7	Marguerite McLaughlin (D)	23.3
LD-8	Ron Beitelspacher (D)	21.5
LD-9	David Little (R)	10.5
LD-10	Roger Fairchild (R)	Unopposed
LD-11	C. A. Smyser (R)	Unopposed
LD-12	Terry Reilly (D)	6.4	Incumbent lost
LD-13	Atwell Parry (R)	25.1
LD-14	Herb Carlson (R)	Unopposed
LD-15	Gary Chapman (R)	17.1
LD-16	William F. Ringert (R)	4.5
LD-17	Gail Bray (D)	17.9
LD-18	Jim Risch (R)	29.2
LD-19	Walter Yarbrough (R)	26.2
LD-20	Vearl C. Crystal (R)	Unopposed
LD-21	John Peavey (D)	4.3
LD-22	Claire Wetherell (D)	14.3
LD-23	Wes Trounson (R)	36.9
LD-24	John Barker (R)	Unopposed
LD-25	Laird Noh (R)	Unopposed
LD-26	Denton Darrington (R)	9.7
LD-27	Israel Merrill (D)	10.4
LD-28	Mark G. Ricks (R)	32.7
LD-29	J. Marsden Williams (R)	19.5
LD-30	Dane Watkins (R)	9.2
LD-31	William L. Floyd (R)	9.7
LD-32	Reed Budge (R)	6.6
LD-33	Bert W. Marley (D)	12.1
LD-34	Gary Gould (D)	25.2
LD-35	Chick Bilyeu (D)	11.1

Idaho House of Representatives

D 19 · R 51

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	James Stoicheff · Tim Tucker (D)	3.7
LD-2	Hilde Kellogg · Frank Findlay (DEM)	2.3	Incumbent lost
LD-3	Robert M. Scates · Dean Haagenson (R)	2.2
LD-4	Louis J. Horvath · Dorothy McCann (D)	2.4	Incumbent lost
LD-5	Tom Boyd · James Lucas (R)	2.1
LD-6	Paul C. Keeton · George F. Johnson (D)	Unopposed
LD-7	Carl Braun · Claud Judd (D)	5.7
LD-8	Harold W. Reid · Richard L. Adams (D)	Unopposed
LD-9	Lydia Justice Edwards · Thomas R. Cushman (R)	7.3
LD-10	Wayne Sutton · Walter E. Little (R)	9.9
LD-11	Dorothy Reynolds · Carroll Dean (R)	6.2
LD-12	Mike Strasser · Robert M. Forrey (R)	3.4
LD-13	Virginia Smith · Michael Sharp (R)	0.4
LD-14	Jerry Deckard · Don Loveland (R)	16.1
LD-15	Peggy Bunting · Rachel S. Gilbert (R)	4.5
LD-16	James Dean Golder · Christopher Hooper (R)	18.7
LD-17	Kathleen W. Gurnsey · Larry W. Harris (R)	12.5
LD-18	Pamela I. Bengson · Jack C. Kennevick (R)	Unopposed
LD-19	Gary Montgomery · Lyman Gene Winchester (R)	9.3
LD-20	Ray Infanger · Joan Wood (R)	21.0
LD-21	Steve Antone · Mack W. Neibaur (R)	13.4
LD-22	Dan Kelly · Mark A. Larson (REP)	4.4
LD-23	Gordon Hollifield · John H. Brooks (R)	0.6
LD-24	Lawrence Knigge · Noy Brackett (R)	20.7
LD-25	T. W. Stivers · Donna Scott (R)	6.5
LD-26	J. Vard Chatburn · Ernest A. Hale (R)	Unopposed
LD-27	Raymond Parks · D. Cornell Thomas (R)	7.3
LD-28	Rich E. Orme · F. Melvin Hammond (REP)	Unopposed
LD-29	Kurt L. Johnson · Martin Trillhaase (R)	2.4
LD-30	Gary L. Paxman · J. F. Chadband (R)	9.6
LD-31	John O. Sessions · Linden Bateman (R)	23.7
LD-32	Robert C. Geddes · Eugene B. Stucki (R)	Unopposed
LD-33	Larry Echohawk · Pete Black (D)	0.1	Incumbent lost
LD-34	Ralph E. Lacy · Patricia McDermott (D)	14.8
LD-35	Dwight W. Horsch · Albert M. Johnson (D)	0.6

Idaho

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab