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1996Final results

1996 election for Idaho Legislative District 6

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Bruce Sweeney (D) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Joe Stegner (R) by 10.2 points.

Bruce SweeneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.1%8,199
Joe StegnerRepublican
44.9%6,678
14,877 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+32.81994D+10.21996R+5.81998R+19.32002R+14.32008D+6.62010

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