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2012Final results

2012 election for Idaho Legislative District 5

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Dan J. Schmidt (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Gresham Bouma (R) by 2.0 points.

Dan J. SchmidtDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.0%10,340
Gresham BoumaRepublican
49.0%9,936
20,276 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+4.22002R+41.82004R+33.32006D+2.02012D+4.62014R+1.52016

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