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2008Final results

2008 election for Idaho Legislative District 4

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

John W. Goedde (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Ken Howard (D) by 8.0 points.

John W. GoeddeRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.9%9,525
Ken HowardDemocrat
43.0%8,036
6.1%1,145
18,706 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+3.71996R+25.32002R+1.62006R+8.02008R+21.62012R+25.92016

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