1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Idaho State Senate election results, district by district

Every Idaho State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 42 seats

After the electionD 16 · R 26
Races33
Changed party3
Unopposed27%9 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 14 · R 19

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Kermit Kiebert (D)Unopposed
LD-2Mary Lou Reed (D)6.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-3Marti Calabretta (D)Unopposed
LD-4Mike Blackbird (D)45.5
LD-5Don Mackin (D)18.2
LD-6Bruce Sweeney (D)Unopposed
LD-7Marguerite McLaughlin (D)Unopposed
LD-8Ron Beitelspacher (D)23.7
LD-9Norris Hyde (R)1.7
LD-10Roger Fairchild (R)17.3
LD-11C. A. Smyser (R)0.8Incumbent lost
LD-12Claire Wetherell (D)17.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-13Phil Batt (R)Unopposed
LD-14Herb Carlson (R)Unopposed
LD-15Rod Beck (R)28.1
LD-16William F. Ringert (R)11.3
LD-17Rachel S. Gilbert (R)0.5
LD-18Jerry J. Hanson (R)Unopposed
LD-19Gail Bray (D)Unopposed
LD-20Karl Brooks (D)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21Jim Risch (R)8.1
LD-22John Peavey (D)8.1
LD-23Laird Noh (R)2.0Incumbent lost
LD-24Lynn S. Tominaga (R)3.0Incumbent lost
LD-25Larrey Anderson (R)20.7
LD-26Jerry T. Twiggs (R)21.9
LD-27Bert W. Marley (D)1.6Incumbent lost
LD-28Dennis S. Hansen (R)3.6
LD-29H. J. Christiansen (D)11.6
LD-30Vearl C. Crystal (R)Unopposed
LD-31Mark G. Ricks (R)7.7
LD-32Mike Crapo (R)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-33Ann Rydalch (R)23.6

Idaho State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner