1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Idaho Legislative District 21
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Jim Risch (R) won with 67.5% of the vote, defeating David Hammerquist (D) by 35.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim RischRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.5%52,386
David HammerquistDemocrat
32.5%25,222
77,608 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET