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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Idaho

Frank Church (Democrat) beat Robert L. Smith (Republican) in Idaho in 1974, 56.1% to 42.1%, a margin of 13.9 points and 36,068 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1968, when Frank Church also won.

Democrats led in 34 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 10. The largest, Ada, cast 47,575 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.8 points. The closest was Clark, where 15 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Frank Church won Democratic 145,140 56.1%
Robert L. Smith Republican 109,072 42.1%
All other candidates 4,635 1.8%
Total258,847

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 26,439 55.6% 20,357 42.8% 779 47,575 D+12.8
Canyon 10,428 46.8% 11,614 52.1% 263 22,305 R+5.3
Bannock 12,111 66.2% 5,869 32.1% 318 18,298 D+34.1
Bonneville 9,215 53.9% 7,539 44.1% 335 17,089 D+9.8
Twin Falls 6,778 45.6% 7,794 52.4% 303 14,875 R+6.8
Kootenai 7,952 62.1% 4,741 37.0% 104 12,797 D+25.1
Nez Perce 6,928 71.8% 2,558 26.5% 158 9,644 D+45.3
Bingham 5,484 60.1% 3,398 37.2% 250 9,132 D+22.8
Latah 6,438 73.9% 2,157 24.7% 121 8,716 D+49.1
Bonner 4,350 64.8% 2,241 33.4% 121 6,712 D+31.4
Cassia 2,212 41.5% 2,893 54.2% 229 5,334 R+12.8
Shoshone 3,662 69.8% 1,534 29.3% 47 5,243 D+40.6
Minidoka 2,392 49.7% 2,280 47.3% 144 4,816 D+2.3
Madison 2,463 51.9% 2,178 45.9% 103 4,744 D+6.0
Jefferson 1,901 43.6% 2,359 54.1% 103 4,363 R+10.5
Idaho 2,276 52.9% 1,970 45.8% 56 4,302 D+7.1
Payette 2,114 52.5% 1,846 45.9% 66 4,026 D+6.7
Jerome 1,693 42.2% 2,252 56.2% 63 4,008 R+13.9
Gem 2,046 53.4% 1,722 45.0% 61 3,829 D+8.5
Gooding 1,803 47.9% 1,899 50.5% 61 3,763 R+2.6
Elmore 2,311 65.6% 1,169 33.2% 45 3,525 D+32.4
Fremont 1,832 52.1% 1,649 46.9% 37 3,518 D+5.2
Franklin 1,441 43.2% 1,794 53.8% 100 3,335 R+10.6
Washington 1,807 56.1% 1,375 42.7% 39 3,221 D+13.4
Clearwater 2,039 76.5% 577 21.6% 51 2,667 D+54.8
Bear Lake 1,395 53.8% 1,150 44.3% 49 2,594 D+9.4
Blaine 1,615 65.9% 803 32.8% 31 2,449 D+33.2
Caribou 1,205 51.0% 1,095 46.3% 64 2,364 D+4.7
Boundary 1,302 55.5% 1,022 43.6% 21 2,345 D+11.9
Benewah 1,511 64.8% 802 34.4% 19 2,332 D+30.4
Lemhi 905 39.7% 1,150 50.5% 222 2,277 R+10.8
Owyhee 994 51.2% 926 47.7% 21 1,941 D+3.5
Power 1,271 66.8% 601 31.6% 32 1,904 D+35.2
Valley 1,053 57.0% 772 41.8% 23 1,848 D+15.2
Oneida 734 50.9% 671 46.5% 38 1,443 D+4.4
Lewis 914 66.3% 439 31.8% 26 1,379 D+34.4
Lincoln 628 46.4% 696 51.4% 29 1,353 R+5.0
Boise 721 57.0% 529 41.8% 15 1,265 D+15.2
Adams 613 49.8% 597 48.5% 21 1,231 D+1.3
Butte 703 59.0% 473 39.7% 15 1,191 D+19.3
Teton 623 53.4% 527 45.2% 17 1,167 D+8.2
Custer 428 36.9% 711 61.2% 22 1,161 R+24.4
Camas 227 55.8% 175 43.0% 5 407 D+12.8
Clark 183 51.0% 168 46.8% 8 359 D+4.2

Counties as they stood in 1974; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Idaho Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Mike Crapo (R) R+31.9
2020 Jim Risch (R) R+29.4
2016 Mike Crapo (R) R+38.4
2014 James E. Risch (R) R+30.7
2010 Mike Crapo (R) R+46.2
2008 Jim Risch (R) R+23.5
2004 Mike Crapo (R) R+99.2
2002 Larry E. Craig (R) R+32.6
1998 Mike Crapo (R) R+41.1
1996 Larry E. Craig (R) R+17.1
1992 Dirk Kempthorne (R) R+13.0
1990 Larry E. Craig (R) R+22.6
1986 Steve Symms (R) R+3.1
1984 James A. McClure (R) R+46.2
1980 Steve Symms (R) R+1.0
1978 James A. McClure (R) R+36.9
1974 Frank Church (D) D+13.9
1972 James A. McClure (R) R+6.7
1968 Frank Church (D) D+20.5
1966 Len B. Jordan (R) R+10.8
1962 Frank Church (D) D+9.5
1960 Henry C. Dworshak (R) R+4.5
1956 Frank Church (D) D+17.5
1954 Henry C. Dworshak (R) R+25.7
1950 Herman Welker (R) R+23.4
1948 Bert C. Miller (D) D+1.5
1944 Glen H. Taylor (D) D+2.3
1942 John Thomas (R) R+3.1
1938 D. Worth Clark (D) D+9.8
1936 William E. Borah (R) R+26.7
1932 James Pope (D) D+13.4
1930 William E. Borah (R) R+44.8
1926 Frank R. Gooding (R) R+20.4
1924 William E. Borah (R) R+59.4
1920 Frank R. Gooding (R) R+8.2
1918 William E. Borah (R) R+34.4
1914 James H. Brady (R) R+5.7