2020 Idaho Senate election

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2020 Idaho Senate election
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November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
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All 35 seats in the Idaho Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chuck Winder Michelle Stennett
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 20th District 26th district
Seats before 28 7
Seats after 28 7
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 284,487 159,391
Percentage 60.22% 33.74%
Results:
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Majority Leader before election

Chuck Winder
Republican

 Elected Majority Leader

Kelly Anthon
Republican

The 2020 Idaho Senate election took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Idaho voters elected state senators in all of the state's 35 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Idaho Senate.

No seats changed hands in the election, with the closest, the Moscow-based District 5, being within one percentage point of flipping.

Republicans

Six incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

  1. District 3: Don Cheatham: Retiring
  2. District 23: Bert Brackett: Retiring
  3. District 30: Dean Mortimer: Retiring
  4. District 34: Brent Hill: Retiring

Democrats

  1. District 17: Maryanne Jordan: Retiring
  2. District 19: Cherie Buckner-Webb: Retiring

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[1] Safe R October 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Idaho Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 34 284,487 60.22% 28 28 28 28 Steady
Democratic 16 159,391 33.74% 7 7 7 7 Steady
Independent 3 22,101 4.68% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Libertarian 1 4,916 1.04% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Constitution 1 1,528 0.32% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 472,423 100.0% 35 35 35 35 Steady
Source: Idaho Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
 
 60.22%
Democratic
 
 33.74%
Independent
 
 4.68%
Libertarian
 
 1.04%
Constitution
 
 0.32%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 80%
Democratic
 
 20%

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 5 Democratic 0.88%
District 15 Republican 5.98%
District 26 Democratic 12.7%

Summary of results by State Senate district

State Senate district[2] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Idaho 1 Jim Woodward Rep Jim Woodward Rep
Idaho 2 Steve Vick Rep Steve Vick Rep
Idaho 3 Don Cheatham Rep Peter Riggs Rep
Idaho 4 Mary Souza Rep Mary Souza Rep
Idaho 5 David Nelson Dem David Nelson Dem
Idaho 6 Dan G. Johnson Rep Dan G. Johnson Rep
Idaho 7 Carl Crabtree Rep Carl Crabtree Rep
Idaho 8 Steven Thayn Rep Steven Thayn Rep
Idaho 9 Abby Lee Rep Abby Lee Rep
Idaho 10 Jim Rice Rep Jim Rice Rep
Idaho 11 Patti Anne Lodge Rep Patti Anne Lodge Rep
Idaho 12 Todd Lakey Rep Todd Lakey Rep
Idaho 13 Jeff Agenbroad Rep Jeff Agenbroad Rep
Idaho 14 C. Scott Grow Rep C. Scott Grow Rep
Idaho 15 Fred Martin Rep Fred Martin Rep
Idaho 16 Grant Burgoyne Dem Grant Burgoyne Dem
Idaho 17 Maryanne Jordan Dem Alison Rabe Dem
Idaho 18 Janie Ward-Engelking Dem Janie Ward-Engelking Dem
Idaho 19 Cherie Buckner-Webb Dem Melissa Wintrow Dem
Idaho 20 Chuck Winder Rep Chuck Winder Rep
Idaho 21 Regina Bayer Rep Regina Bayer Rep
Idaho 22 Lori Den Hartog Rep Lori Den Hartog Rep
Idaho 23 Bert Brackett Rep Christy Zito Rep
Idaho 24 Lee Heider Rep Lee Heider Rep
Idaho 25 Jim Patrick Rep Jim Patrick Rep
Idaho 26 Michelle Stennett Dem Michelle Stennett Dem
Idaho 27 Kelly Anthon Rep Kelly Anthon Rep
Idaho 28 Jim Guthrie Rep Jim Guthrie Rep
Idaho 29 Mark Nye Dem Mark Nye Dem
Idaho 30 Dean Mortimer Rep Kevin Cook Rep
Idaho 31 Steve Bair Rep Steve Bair Rep
Idaho 32 Mark Harris Rep Mark Harris Rep
Idaho 33 Dave Lent Rep Dave Lent Rep
Idaho 34 Brent Hill Rep Doug Ricks Rep
Idaho 35 Van Burtenshaw Rep Van Burtenshaw Rep

Detailed results

See also

References

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