RepublicanNot in office · last served 1990Last on a ballot: Nov 1990

John O. Sessions

John O. Sessions ran in 12 elections between 1968 and 1990, winning 11. Served in the Idaho House of Representatives (District 31 and District 32).

Last office: Idaho House of Representatives, District 32

Elections: 12; 1968–1990
Won: 11; generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

Offices held, and every time Sessions was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Idaho House of Representatives, District 31 Idaho House of Representatives, District 32Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Sessions has run

Margin: how far Sessions finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1990	Idaho House of Representatives, District 32	General	Lost	M. Reed Hansen (R), Mel Richardson (R), Con Mahoney (R)	11.7%	D+3.7
1988	Idaho House of Representatives, District 32	General	Won	Mel Richardson (R), M. Reed Hansen (R), Con Mahoney (R)	16.9%	D+0.8
1986	Idaho House of Representatives, District 32	General	Won	M. Reed Hansen (R), Linden Bateman (R), Preston B. Brimhall (R)	15.3%	D+0.2
1984	Idaho House of Representatives, District 32	General	Won	M. Reed Hansen (R), Linden Bateman (R), Preston B. Brimhall (R)	15.2%	R+0.4
1982	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Linden Bateman (R), W. D. Woodbury (D)	48.1%	R+10.3
1980	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Linden Bateman (R)	50.4%	R+0.8
1978	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Linden Bateman (R), Richard Stallings (D), George Wehman (D)	32.9%	R+1.6
1976	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Linden Bateman (R), Edward Charles Baum (I)	47.8%	R+4.8
1974	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Clifford Scoresby (R), Richard Stallings (D), M. C. Chick Heileson (D)	30.2%	R+3.2
1972	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Clifford Scoresby (R), Beverly Grabow (D), Roger Jephson (D)	37.1%	R+3.4
1970	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Clifford Scoresby (R), S. Reed Andrus (D)	40.3%	R+5.4
1968	Idaho House of Representatives, District 31	General	Won	Clifford Scoresby (R), Charles R. Andrus (D), James E. Gamblin (D)	31.6%	R+0.9

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Seats Sessions has held

Idaho House of Representatives, District 32 · 1985–1990
Idaho House of Representatives, District 31 · 1969–1984

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Who Sessions has run against

M. Reed Hansen (R) · 1990 election, lost
Mel Richardson (R) · 1988 election, won
Linden Bateman (R) · 1982 election, won
Clifford Scoresby (R) · 1974 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)