2016Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2016 election for Idaho Legislative District 5
Idaho State Senate · Idaho
Dan Foreman (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Dan J. Schmidt (D) by 1.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dan ForemanRepublican · winner
50.8%11,275
Dan J. SchmidtDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%10,939
22,214 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 2016
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET