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2000Final results

2000 election for Idaho Legislative District 2

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Clyde Boatright (R) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Don Hesselgesser (Ind) by 52.8 points.

Clyde BoatrightRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.6%12,512
Don HesselgesserIndependent
15.8%2,874
Nelson CampbellConstitution
15.7%2,856
18,242 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+5.71992R+7.81994R+17.91996R+22.01998D+9.42002R+6.62004

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