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Election 1980 Results

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1980 US Senate election in Idaho

Steve Symms (Republican) beat Frank Church (Democrat) in Idaho in 1980, 49.7% to 48.8%, a margin of 1.0 point and 4,262 votes.

Idaho changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Frank Church.

Republicans led in 26 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Ada, cast 87,311 votes and went to the Republican by 0.1 points. The closest was Gem, where 1 vote separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Steve Symms won Republican 218,701 49.7%
Frank Church Democratic 214,439 48.8%
All other candidates 6,507 1.5%
Total439,647

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 42,928 49.2% 42,977 49.2% 1,406 87,311 R+0.1
Canyon 15,069 41.4% 20,842 57.3% 489 36,400 R+15.9
Bonneville 14,271 44.3% 17,391 54.0% 535 32,197 R+9.7
Bannock 17,661 58.6% 11,651 38.7% 821 30,133 D+19.9
Kootenai 13,403 49.5% 13,219 48.8% 465 27,087 D+0.7
Twin Falls 10,437 43.9% 13,104 55.1% 260 23,801 R+11.2
Nez Perce 10,466 65.7% 5,215 32.8% 238 15,919 D+33.0
Bingham 7,584 48.4% 7,780 49.7% 292 15,656 R+1.3
Latah 10,214 67.6% 4,680 31.0% 226 15,120 D+36.6
Bonner 6,955 58.9% 4,751 40.2% 98 11,804 D+18.7
Cassia 3,213 38.5% 4,988 59.8% 135 8,336 R+21.3
Minidoka 4,029 49.1% 4,062 49.5% 120 8,211 R+0.4
Shoshone 4,692 60.3% 2,993 38.4% 102 7,787 D+21.8
Madison 2,561 34.4% 4,811 64.5% 82 7,454 R+30.2
Idaho 2,961 42.2% 3,993 56.9% 66 7,020 R+14.7
Jefferson 2,149 30.8% 4,689 67.1% 150 6,988 R+36.3
Payette 3,106 45.8% 3,591 53.0% 80 6,777 R+7.2
Jerome 2,869 43.7% 3,633 55.4% 59 6,561 R+11.6
Elmore 3,259 53.5% 2,765 45.4% 66 6,090 D+8.1
Gem 2,845 49.1% 2,846 49.1% 104 5,795 level
Gooding 2,840 50.6% 2,711 48.3% 66 5,617 D+2.3
Blaine 3,827 68.7% 1,651 29.6% 93 5,571 D+39.1
Fremont 2,145 41.1% 3,029 58.1% 40 5,214 R+17.0
Washington 2,294 50.6% 2,212 48.8% 24 4,530 D+1.8
Clearwater 2,637 60.3% 1,685 38.5% 54 4,376 D+21.8
Franklin 1,026 23.7% 3,260 75.3% 43 4,329 R+51.6
Caribou 1,054 27.6% 2,735 71.5% 34 3,823 R+44.0
Benewah 2,083 54.7% 1,697 44.6% 28 3,808 D+10.1
Lemhi 1,248 34.3% 2,341 64.4% 46 3,635 R+30.1
Bear Lake 1,033 29.3% 2,479 70.3% 14 3,526 R+41.0
Boundary 1,862 53.0% 1,625 46.2% 28 3,515 D+6.7
Valley 1,444 44.6% 1,772 54.7% 21 3,237 R+10.1
Owyhee 1,157 37.1% 1,941 62.2% 23 3,121 R+25.1
Power 1,711 55.7% 1,315 42.8% 44 3,070 D+12.9
Lewis 1,188 58.5% 826 40.7% 17 2,031 D+17.8
Oneida 780 41.0% 1,104 58.1% 17 1,901 R+17.0
Adams 769 40.6% 1,115 58.8% 11 1,895 R+18.3
Custer 660 35.0% 1,204 63.8% 22 1,886 R+28.8
Lincoln 1,004 54.2% 826 44.6% 21 1,851 D+9.6
Boise 923 50.4% 885 48.4% 22 1,830 D+2.1
Butte 893 50.7% 847 48.1% 22 1,762 D+2.6
Teton 762 45.7% 888 53.2% 18 1,668 R+7.6
Camas 231 44.0% 290 55.2% 4 525 R+11.2
Clark 196 40.9% 282 58.9% 1 479 R+18.0

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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