2022 Idaho Senate election

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2022 Idaho State Senate election

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All 35 seats in the Idaho Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kelly Anthon Michelle Stennett (retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 27th District 26th district
Seats before 28 7
Seats after 28 7
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 400,702 103,634
Percentage 76.90% 19.89%
Swing Increase 16.68% Decrease 13.85%

Results:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

Majority Leader before election

Kelly Anthon
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Kelly Anthon
Republican

The 2022 Idaho State Senate election was held on Tuesday November 8, as part of the biennial 2022 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.

Retirements

Republicans

  1. District 2: Steve Bair: Retired
  2. District 4: Mary Souza: Retired to run for Secretary of State[1]
  3. District 6: Dan G. Johnson: Retired
  4. District 11: Patti Anne Lodge: Retiring[2][better source needed]
  5. District 21: Regina Bayer: Retired
  6. District 23: Christy Zito: Retired
  7. District 24: Lee Heider: Retired[3]

Democrats

  1. District 16: Grant Burgoyne: Retired[2][better source needed]
  2. District 27: Michelle Stennett: Retired
  3. District 29: Mark Nye: Retired

Incumbents defeated in primary

Republicans

  1. District 1: Jim Woodward was defeated by Scott Herndon.
  2. District 5: Peter Riggs was defeated by Carl Bjerke.
  3. District 7: Carl Crabtree was defeated by Cindy Carlson.
  4. District 13: Jeff Agenbroad was defeated by Brian Lenney.
  5. District 14: Steven Thayn was defeated by fellow incumbent C. Scott Grow in a redistricting race.
  6. District 15: Fred Martin was defeated by Codi Galloway.
  7. District 24: Jim Patrick was defeated by Glenneda Zuiderveld.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R May 19, 2022

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Idaho Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 35 400,702 76.90% 28 28 28 28 Steady
Democratic 13 103,634 19.89% 7 7 7 7 Steady
Constitution 6 8,765 1.68% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Independent 2 4,926 0.95% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Libertarian 2 3,011 0.58% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 521,038 100.00% 35 35 35 35 Steady
Source: Idaho Elections Results

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 15 Democratic 1.77%
District 6 Republican 2.1%
District 26 Democratic 3.26%
District 16 Republican 19.18%
District 17 Republican 19.56%

Summary of results by State Senate District

State Senate District[5] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Idaho 1 Jim Woodward Rep Scott Herndon Rep
Idaho 2 Steve Vick Rep Phil Hart Rep
Idaho 3 Rep Doug Okuniewicz Rep
Idaho 4 Mary Souza Rep Ben Toews Rep
Idaho 5 Peter Riggs Rep Carl Bjerke Rep
Idaho 6 David Nelson Dem Dan Foreman Rep
Robert Blair Rep
Idaho 7 Carl Crabtree Rep Cindy Carlson Rep
Idaho 8 Geoff Schroeder Rep
Idaho 9 Abby Lee Rep Abby Lee Rep
Jim Rice
Idaho 10 Tammy Nichols Rep
Idaho 11 Patti Anne Lodge Rep Chris Trakel Rep
Idaho 12 Ben Adams Rep
Idaho 13 Jeff Agenbroad Rep Brian Lenney Rep
Idaho 14 C. Scott Grow Rep C. Scott Grow Rep
Steven Thayn
Idaho 15 Fred Martin Rep Rick Just Dem
Idaho 16 Grant Burgoyne Dem Alison Rabe Dem
Idaho 17 Carrie Semmelroth Dem Carrie Semmelroth Dem
Idaho 18 Janie Ward-Engelking Dem Janie Ward-Engelking Dem
Idaho 19 Melissa Wintrow Dem Melissa Wintrow Dem
Idaho 20 Chuck Winder Rep Chuck Winder Rep
Idaho 21 Regina Bayer Rep Treg Bernt Rep
Idaho 22 Lori Den Hartog Rep Lori Den Hartog Rep
Idaho 23 Christy Zito Rep Todd Lakey Rep
Todd Lakey
Idaho 24 Jim Patrick Rep Glenneda Zuiderveld Rep
Lee Heider
Idaho 25 Linda Wright Hartgen Rep
Idaho 26 Michelle Stennett Dem Ron Taylor Dem
Idaho 27 Kelly Anthon Rep Kelly Anthon Rep
Idaho 28 Jim Guthrie Rep Jim Guthrie Rep
Idaho 29 Mark Nye Dem James Ruchti Dem
Idaho 30 Julie VanOrden Rep Julie VanOrden Rep
Idaho 31 Van Burtenshaw Rep Van Burtenshaw Rep
Idaho 32 Kevin Cook Rep Kevin Cook Rep
Idaho 33 Dave Lent Rep Dave Lent Rep
Idaho 34 Doug Ricks Rep Doug Ricks Rep
Idaho 35 Mark Harris Rep Mark Harris Rep

Detailed results

See also

References

  1. ^ Northrup, Craig (April 4, 2021). "Souze leaving Senate, running for Secretary of State". Bonner County Daily Bee. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Pruett, Greg (December 26, 2021). "Which Idaho Legislators are Retiring or Going for a Different Chamber in 2022". Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Nettleton, Lorien (December 23, 2021). "Sen. Heider announces retirement, endorses Hartgen for Idaho Senate". Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS". State of Idaho - Elections Department. Retrieved August 28, 2020.