1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	204,568	54.00%	2
	Democratic	169,389	44.71%	0
	Natural Law	4,854	1.28%	0	—
	Write-ins	18	0.00%	0	—
Totals		378,829	100.00%	2	—

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Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth ran for re-election to a third term. She defeated farmer Jim Pratt in the Republican primary by a wide margin, winning 71 percent of the vote. In the general election, she faced Democratic nominee Dan Williams, in a rematch of their 1996race. While Chenoweth only narrowly defeated Williams in 1996, she won by a wider margin the second time, receiving 55 percent of the vote to Williams's 45 percent.

• Helen Chenoweth, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Jim Pratt, farmer^[2]

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Helen Chenoweth (inc.)	43,941	71.02%
	Republican	Jim Pratt	17,926	28.98%
Total votes			61,867	100.00%

• Dan Williams, attorney, 1996 Democratic nominee for Congress^[4]
• Leif Skyving, comedian (write-in)^[5]

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Williams	16,338	99.98%
	Democratic	Leif Skyving (write-in)	4	0.02%
Total votes			16,342	100.00%

• Helen Chenoweth (Republican)
• Dan Williams (Democratic)

1998 Idaho's 1st congressional district general election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Helen Chenoweth (inc.)	113,231	55.30%
	Democratic	Dan Williams	91,653	44.70%
Total votes			204,884	100.00%
	Republican hold