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2014Final results

2014 election for Idaho Legislative District 5

Idaho State Senate · Idaho

Dan J. Schmidt (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating John Carlson (R) by 4.6 points.

Dan J. SchmidtDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.3%7,421
John CarlsonRepublican
47.7%6,769
14,190 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+41.82004R+33.32006D+2.02012D+4.62014R+1.52016D+12.12018

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