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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Idaho

Larry E. Craig (Republican) beat Walt Minnick (Democrat) in Idaho in 1996, 57.0% to 39.9%, a margin of 17.1 points and 85,110 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Larry E. Craig also won.

Republicans led in 41 of the 44 counties and Democrats in 3. The largest, Ada, cast 118,903 votes and went to the Republican by 5.5 points. The closest was Camas, where 169 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Larry E. Craig won Republican 283,532 57.0%
Walt Minnick Democratic 198,422 39.9%
All other candidates 15,279 3.1%
Total497,233

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 54,748 46.0% 61,244 51.5% 2,911 118,903 R+5.5
Canyon 14,727 36.0% 25,128 61.4% 1,052 40,907 R+25.4
Kootenai 17,262 43.3% 21,611 54.3% 954 39,827 R+10.9
Bonneville 9,352 27.9% 22,759 67.9% 1,411 33,522 R+40.0
Bannock 14,400 45.2% 15,862 49.7% 1,631 31,893 R+4.6
Twin Falls 9,014 38.5% 13,599 58.1% 793 23,406 R+19.6
Nez Perce 8,113 48.1% 8,425 50.0% 315 16,853 R+1.9
Latah 8,364 50.6% 7,721 46.7% 431 16,516 D+3.9
Bingham 4,945 32.8% 9,437 62.5% 717 15,099 R+29.8
Bonner 6,841 46.5% 7,405 50.4% 459 14,705 R+3.8
Blaine 5,266 63.7% 2,796 33.8% 199 8,261 D+29.9
Madison 1,594 20.3% 6,054 77.3% 188 7,836 R+56.9
Jefferson 1,835 24.5% 5,382 71.8% 277 7,494 R+47.3
Cassia 1,880 25.2% 5,321 71.3% 258 7,459 R+46.1
Minidoka 2,251 31.2% 4,662 64.7% 292 7,205 R+33.5
Payette 2,634 36.8% 4,331 60.6% 183 7,148 R+23.7
Idaho 2,254 31.7% 4,677 65.9% 170 7,101 R+34.1
Elmore 2,687 38.3% 4,124 58.8% 206 7,017 R+20.5
Gem 2,407 37.8% 3,799 59.7% 158 6,364 R+21.9
Jerome 2,221 35.2% 3,865 61.3% 216 6,302 R+26.1
Shoshone 3,300 55.0% 2,491 41.5% 208 5,999 D+13.5
Gooding 1,783 33.7% 3,277 62.0% 223 5,283 R+28.3
Fremont 1,333 26.9% 3,442 69.4% 185 4,960 R+42.5
Valley 1,840 42.2% 2,421 55.6% 96 4,357 R+13.3
Washington 1,444 34.6% 2,633 63.1% 99 4,176 R+28.5
Franklin 877 22.1% 2,941 74.0% 155 3,973 R+52.0
Clearwater 1,610 40.9% 2,230 56.6% 97 3,937 R+15.7
Boundary 1,406 36.5% 2,318 60.1% 131 3,855 R+23.7
Benewah 1,641 42.7% 2,093 54.5% 105 3,839 R+11.8
Lemhi 955 24.9% 2,753 71.8% 126 3,834 R+46.9
Owyhee 951 29.1% 2,234 68.4% 80 3,265 R+39.3
Caribou 863 27.9% 2,125 68.7% 107 3,095 R+40.8
Boise 1,072 36.2% 1,781 60.2% 106 2,959 R+24.0
Power 1,083 36.8% 1,710 58.1% 148 2,941 R+21.3
Bear Lake 798 29.2% 1,843 67.3% 96 2,737 R+38.2
Teton 958 38.9% 1,384 56.2% 121 2,463 R+17.3
Custer 604 26.5% 1,589 69.7% 86 2,279 R+43.2
Adams 565 29.0% 1,340 68.9% 41 1,946 R+39.8
Lewis 742 40.0% 1,078 58.1% 37 1,857 R+18.1
Oneida 495 29.0% 1,153 67.7% 56 1,704 R+38.6
Lincoln 583 37.8% 912 59.1% 48 1,543 R+21.3
Butte 458 31.6% 920 63.5% 70 1,448 R+31.9
Camas 170 32.3% 339 64.3% 18 527 R+32.1
Clark 96 21.9% 323 73.7% 19 438 R+51.8

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