2020 Idaho Senate election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Idaho.

2020 Idaho Senate election

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

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

Retirements

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

Republicans

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
CNalysis	Safe R	November 2, 2020
The Cook Political Report	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	+/–
style="background-color:Template:Idaho Republican Party/meta/color" |	Republican	34	284,487	60.22%	28	28	28	28
style="background-color:Template:Idaho Democratic Party/meta/color" |	Democratic	16	159,391	33.74%	7	7	7	7
style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" |	Independent	3	22,101	4.68%	0	0	0	0
style="background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color" |	Libertarian	1	4,916	1.04%	0	0	0	0
style="background-color:Template:Constitution Party (United States)/meta/color" |	Constitution	1	1,528	0.32%	0	0	0	0
Total			472,423	100.0%	35	35	35	35
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	0.8%
District 15	Republican	6.0%
District 26	Republican	12.8%

Summary of results by State Senate District

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

Detailed Results

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Woodward	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Woodward	22,433	77.40%
						Democratic	Vera Gadman	6,549	22.60%
2		Idaho Republican Party	Steve Vick	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Steve Vick	26,240	100.00%
3		Idaho Republican Party	Don Cheatham	Retired		Idaho Republican Party	Peter Riggs	24,141	100.00%
4		Idaho Republican Party	Mary Souza	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Mary Souza	17,462	64.51%
						Democratic	Sharon "Shari" L. Williams	9,608	35.49%
5		Democratic	David Nelson	Re-elected		Democratic	David Nelson	12,691	50.44%
						Idaho Republican Party	Dan Foreman	12,471	49.56%
6		Idaho Republican Party	Dan G. Johnson	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Dan G. Johnson	19,722	100.00%
7		Idaho Republican Party	Carl Crabtree	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Carl Crabtree	19,896	100.00%
8		Idaho Republican Party	Steven Thayn	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Steven Thayn	20,173	73.93%
						Independent	Bill Sifford	5,589	20.48%
						Constitution	Kirsten Faith Richardson	1,526	5.59%
9		Idaho Republican Party	Abby Lee	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Abby Lee	20,157	100.00%
10		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Rice	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Rice	11,446	64.84%
						Democratic	Toni Ferro	6,207	35.16%
11		Idaho Republican Party	Patti Anne Lodge	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Patti Anne Lodge	20,631	100.00%
12		Idaho Republican Party	Todd Lakey	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Todd Lakey	14,509	69.91%
						Democratic	Chelle Gluch	6,245	30.09%
13		Idaho Republican Party	Jeff Agenbroad	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Jeff Agenbroad	15,222	70.74%
						Democratic	Melissa Sue Robinson	6,290	29.23%
						Independent	Michaella J. Franklin	7	0.03%
14		Idaho Republican Party	C. Scott Grow	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	C. Scott Grow	29,523	72.96%
						Independent	Ellen B. Spencer	10,942	27.04%
15		Idaho Republican Party	Fred S. Martin	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Fred S. Martin	12,009	52.99%
						Democratic	Rick Just	10,654	47.01%
16		Democratic	Grant Burgoyne	Re-elected		Democratic	Grant Burgoyne	15,128	62.30%
						Idaho Republican Party	LeeJoe Lay	9,154	37.70%
17		Democratic	Maryanne Jordan	Retired		Democratic	Ali Rabe	12,891	61.79%
						Idaho Republican Party	Gary L. Smith	7,972	38.21%
18		Democratic	Janie Ward-Engelking	Re-elected		Democratic	Janie Ward-Engelking	17,928	61.92%
						Idaho Republican Party	Mark A. Bost	11,022	38.07%
						Independent	Hilary A. Lee	5	0.02%
19		Democratic	Cherie Buckner-Webb	Retired		Democratic	Melissa Wintrow	21,344	68.60%
						Idaho Republican Party	Aaron J. Tribble	9,768	31.40%
20		Idaho Republican Party	Chuck Winder	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Chuck Winder	21,042	100.00%
21		Idaho Republican Party	Regina Bayer	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Regina Bayer	19,869	63.88%
						Democratic	Dawn Pierce	11,235	36.12%
22		Idaho Republican Party	Lori Den Hartog	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Lori Den Hartog	17,997	74.25%
						Democratic	Mik Lose	6,242	25.75%
23		Idaho Republican Party	Bert Brackett	Retired		Idaho Republican Party	Christy Zito	13,282	76.28%
						Democratic	Laura Bellegante	4,130	23.72%
24		Idaho Republican Party	Lee Heider	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Lee Heider	13,587	70.96%
						Independent	Rocky Ferrenburg	5,560	29.04%
25		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Patrick	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Patrick	17,211	100.00%
26		Democratic	Michelle Stennett	Re-elected		Democratic	Michelle Stennett	12,291	56.35%
						Idaho Republican Party	Eric Parker	9,519	43.65%
27		Idaho Republican Party	Kelly Anthon	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Kelly Arthur Anthon	15,832	100.00%
28		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Guthrie	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Jim Guthrie	17,067	77.64%
						Libertarian	Dan Karlan	4,916	22.36%
29		Democratic	Mark Nye	Re-elected		Democratic	Mark Nye	14,821	100.00%
30		Idaho Republican Party	Dean Mortimer	Retired		Idaho Republican Party	Kevin Cook	19,188	100.00%
31		Idaho Republican Party	Steve Bair	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Steve Bair	16,955	100.00%
32		Idaho Republican Party	Mark Harris	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Mark Harris	20,462	100.00%
33		Idaho Republican Party	Dave Lent	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Dave Lent	13,201	100.00%
34		Idaho Republican Party	Brent Hill	Retired		Idaho Republican Party	Doug Ricks	18,547	100.00%
35		Idaho Republican Party	Van Burtenshaw	Re-elected		Idaho Republican Party	Van Burtenshaw	20,334	100.00%

See also

• 2020 Idaho elections