2024 Idaho Senate election

2024 Idaho State Senate election
All 35 seats in the Idaho Senate; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain; Republican hold Democratic hold
Majority Leader before election; Kelly Anthon; Idaho Republican Party	Elected Majority Leader ; TBD;

The 2024 Idaho Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.^[1] For the first time in thirty years, the Idaho Democratic Party ran candidates in each legislative district on the ballot.^[2]

Partisan Background

In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 31 of Idaho's legislative districts, and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 4 districts. Going into the 2024 Idaho Senate election, there are 3 districts in which Trump won the most votes in 2020 that are currently represented by Democrats: District 15 in Suburban Ada County ( Trump + 5%); Blaine County-based District 26 ( Trump + 0.05%); and Pocatello-based District 29 ( Trump + 10%).

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Five incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the May 21 primary election.^[3]

Republicans

District 1: Scott Herndon lost renomination to Jim Woodward.
District 8: Geoff Schroeder lost renomination to Christy Zito.
District 11: Chris Trakel lost renomination to Camille Blaylock.
District 20: Chuck Winder lost renomination to Josh Keyser.
District 25: Linda Wright Hartgen lost renomination to Josh Kohl.

Detailed Results by Senate District

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

Note: Official primary results can be obtained here^[4]

District 1

Idaho Legislative District 1 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Jim Woodward	8,219	51.94
	Idaho Republican Party	Scott Herndon (incumbent)	7,606	48.06
Total votes			15,825	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 1 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Jim Woodward
	Independent	Steve Johnson
	Independent	Dan Rose
Total votes

District 2

Idaho Legislative District 2 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Phil Hart (incumbent)	7,503	100
Total votes			7,503	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 2 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Hearn	891	100.0
Total votes			891	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 2 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Phil Hart (incumbent)
	Democratic	Tom Hearn
Total votes

District 3

Idaho Legislative District 3 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Doug Okuniewicz (incumbent)	8,830	100
Total votes			8,830	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 3 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Seguin	732	100.0
Total votes			732	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 3 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Doug Okuniewicz (incumbent)
	Democratic	Brian Seguin
Total votes

District 4

Idaho Legislative District 4 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Ben Toews (incumbent)	5,374	100
Total votes			5,374	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 4 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carissa Hober	1,037	100.0
Total votes			1,037	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 4 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Ben Toews (incumbent)
	Democratic	Carissa Hober
Total votes

District 5

Idaho Legislative District 5 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Carl Bjerke (incumbent)	5,827	77.50
	Idaho Republican Party	Cheri Zao	1,692	22.50
Total votes			7,519	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 5 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Chapman	581	100.0
Total votes			581	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 5 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Carl Bjerke (incumbent)
	Democratic	Adam Chapman
Total votes

District 6

Idaho Legislative District 6 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Dan Foreman (incumbent)	3,396	53.24
	Idaho Republican Party	Robert Blair	2,983	46.76
Total votes			6,379	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 6 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Parker	1,086	100.0
Total votes			1,086	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 6 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Dan Foreman (incumbent)
	Democratic	Julia Parker
Total votes

District 7

Idaho Legislative District 7 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Cindy Carlson (incumbent)	6,444	100
Total votes			6,444	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 7 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Farmer	842	100.0
Total votes			842	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 7 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Cindy Carlson (incumbent)
	Democratic	Bill Farmer
Total votes

District 8

Idaho Legislative District 8 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Christy Zito	4,862	56.35
	Idaho Republican Party	Geoff Schroeder (incumbent)	3,766	43.65
Total votes			8,628	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 8 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Hoag	790	100.0
Total votes			790	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 8 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Christy Zito
	Democratic	David Hoag
Total votes

District 9

Idaho Legislative District 9 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Brandon Shippy	4,404	51.70
	Idaho Republican Party	Scott Syme	4,114	48.30
Total votes			8,518	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 9 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rachel Buck	412	100.0
Total votes			412	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 9 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Brandon Shippy (incumbent)
	Democratic	Rachel Buck
Total votes

District 10

Idaho Legislative District 10 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Tammy Nichols (incumbent)	5,915	64.11
	Idaho Republican Party	Lori Bishop	3,311	35.89
Total votes			9,226	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 10 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Letishia Silva	666	100.0
Total votes			666	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 10 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Tammy Nichols (incumbent)
	Democratic	Letishia Silva
Total votes

District 11

Idaho Legislative District 11 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Camille Blaylock	1,746	51.92
	Idaho Republican Party	Chris Trakel (incumbent)	1,617	48.08
Total votes			3,363	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 11 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Fero	495	100.0
Total votes			495	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 11 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Camille Blaylock
	Democratic	Toni Fero
Total votes

District 12

Idaho Legislative District 12 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Ben Adams	2,580	57.58
	Idaho Republican Party	Victor Rodriguez	1,901	42.42
Total votes			4,481	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 12 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Ben Adams
	Idaho Republican Party hold

District 13

Idaho Legislative District 13 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Brian Lenney (incumbent)	2,695	55.58
	Idaho Republican Party	Jeff Agenbroad	2,154	44.42
Total votes			4,849	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 11 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Butler	492	100.0
Total votes			492	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 11 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Brian Lenney (incumbent)
	Democratic	Sarah Butler
Total votes

District 14

Idaho Legislative District 14 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	C. Scott Grow (incumbent)	6,585	100
Total votes			6,585	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 14 Senate Constitution Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Kirsten Faith Richardson	8	100.0
Total votes			8	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 14 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	C. Scott Grow (incumbent)
	Constitution	Kirsten Faith Richardson
Total votes

District 15

Idaho Legislative District 15 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Codi Galloway	3,286	100
Total votes			3,286	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 15 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Just (incumbent)	1,753	100.0
Total votes			1,753	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 15 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Codi Galloway
	Democratic	Rick Just (incumbent)
Total votes

District 16

Idaho Legislative District 16 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	LeeJoe Lay	2,145	100
Total votes			2,145	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 16 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alison Rabe (incumbent)	2,503	88.95
	Democratic	Justin "Justice" Miston	311	11.05
Total votes			2,814	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 16 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	LeeJoe Lay
	Democratic	Alison Rabe (incumbent)
Total votes

District 17

Idaho Legislative District 17 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Benjamin D. Chafetz	2,185	100
Total votes			2,185	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 17 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carrie Semmelroth (incumbent)	1,367	100
Total votes			1,367	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 17 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Benjamin D. Chafetz
	Democratic	Carrie Semmelroth (incumbent)
Total votes

District 18

Idaho Legislative District 18 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Dan Bridges	2,245	100
Total votes			2,245	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 18 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janie Ward-Engelking (incumbent)	1,560	100
Total votes			1,560	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 18 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Dan Bridges
	Democratic	Janie Ward-Engelking (incumbent)
Total votes

District 19

Idaho Legislative District 19 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Wintrow (incumbent)	2,293	100
Total votes			2,293	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 19 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Wintrow (incumbent)
	Democratic hold

District 20

Idaho Legislative District 20 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Josh Keyser	3,207	52.29
	Idaho Republican Party	Chuck Winder (incumbent)	2,926	47.71
Total votes			6,133	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 20 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Arriaga	955	100.0
Total votes			955	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 20 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Josh Keyser
	Democratic	Andy Arriaga
Total votes

District 21

Idaho Legislative District 21 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Treg Bernt (incumbent)	3,235	59.31
	Idaho Republican Party	Brenda Bourn	2,219	40.69
Total votes			5,454	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 21 Senate Libertarian Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian Party of Idaho	Mike Long	26	100.0
Total votes			26	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 21 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Treg Bernt (incumbent)
	Libertarian Party of Idaho	Mike Long
Total votes

District 22

Idaho Legislative District 22 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Lori Den Hartog (incumbent)	4,078	100
Total votes			4,078	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 22 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Pierce	1,085	100
Total votes			1,085	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 22 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Lori Den Hartog (incumbent)
	Democratic	Dawn Pierce
Total votes

District 23

Idaho Legislative District 23 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Todd Lakey (incumbent)	5,608	100
Total votes			5,608	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 23 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Morgan	469	100
Total votes			469	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 23 Senate Constitution Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Paul Smith	21	100
Total votes			21	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 23 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Todd Lakey (incumbent)
	Democratic	Paul Morgan
	Constitution	Paul Smith
Total votes

District 24

Idaho Legislative District 24 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Glenneda Zuiderveld (incumbent)	4,923	54.59
	Idaho Republican Party	Alex Caval	4,095	45.41
Total votes			9,018	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 24 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Easterling	318	100.0
Total votes			318	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 24 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Glenneda Zuiderveld (incumbent)
	Democratic	Edward Easterling
Total votes

District 25

Idaho Legislative District 25 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Josh Kohl	3,008	63.07
	Idaho Republican Party	Linda Wright Hartgen (incumbent)	1,761	36.93
Total votes			4,769	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 25 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. Lane Startin	380	100.0
Total votes			380	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 25 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Josh Kohl
	Democratic	W. Lane Startin
Total votes

District 26

Idaho Legislative District 26 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Laurie Lickley	3,253	100
Total votes			3,253	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 26 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Taylor (incumbent)	3,153	100
Total votes			3,153	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 26 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Laurie Lickley
	Democratic	Ron Taylor (incumbent)
	Independent	Kala Tate
Total votes

District 27

Idaho Legislative District 27 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Kelly Anthon (incumbent)	5,910	100
Total votes			5,910	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 27 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Damian Rogriguez	209	100
Total votes			209	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 27 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Kelly Anthon (incumbent)
	Democratic	Damian Rodriguez
Total votes

District 28

Idaho Legislative District 28 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Jim Guthrie (incumbent)	6,118	100
Total votes			6,118	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 28 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell "Russ" Matter	552	100
Total votes			552	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 28 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Jim Guthrie (incumbent)
	Democratic	Russell "Russ" Matter
Total votes

District 29

Idaho Legislative District 29 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Ruchti (incumbent)	1,155	100
Total votes			1,155	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 29 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Ruchti (incumbent)
	Democratic hold

District 30

Idaho Legislative District 30 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Julie VanOrden (incumbent)	4,765	63.14
	Idaho Republican Party	Jerry Truth Bingham	2,782	36.86
Total votes			7.547	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 30 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Keith	286	100.0
Total votes			286	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 30 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Julie VanOrden (incumbent)
	Democratic	Karen Keith
Total votes

District 31

Idaho Legislative District 31 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Van Burtenshaw (incumbent)	8,788	100
Total votes			8,788	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 31 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Martonen	395	100
Total votes			395	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 31 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Van Burtenshaw (incumbent)
	Democratic	Dean Martonen
Total votes

District 32

Idaho Legislative District 32 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Kevin Cook (incumbent)	4,707	69.11
	Idaho Republican Party	Keith Newberry	2,104	30.89
Total votes			6,811	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 32 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Kevin Cook (incumbent)
	Idaho Republican Party hold

District 33

Idaho Legislative District 33 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Dave Lent (incumbent)	2,580	60.08
	Idaho Republican Party	Bryan Scholz	1,714	39.92
Total votes			4,294	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 33 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Dave Lent (incumbent)
Total votes
	Idaho Republican Party hold

District 34

Idaho Legislative District 34 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Doug Ricks (incumbent)	3,587	100
Total votes			3,587	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 34 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marsha Craner	129	100.0
Total votes			129	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 34 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Doug Ricks (incumbent)
	Democratic	Marsha Craner
Total votes

District 35

Idaho Legislative District 35 Senate Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Idaho Republican Party	Mark Harris	5,033	62.25
	Idaho Republican Party	Doug Toomer	3,052	37.75
Total votes			8.085	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 35 Senate Democratic Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Riley	489	100.0
Total votes			489	100.0

Idaho Legislative District 35 Senate General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Idaho Republican Party	Mark Harris
	Democratic	Chris Riley
Total votes

References

^ "Idaho State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Crampton, Liz (April 17, 2024). "Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda". Politico. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
^ Corbin, Clark (May 21, 2024). "2024 Idaho primary election results: 15 GOP incumbent legislators lose re-election campaigns". Idaho Capital Sun. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
^ "Primary 2024 Election Results". VoteIdaho. Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved May 24, 2024.

[1] "Idaho State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[2] Crampton, Liz (April 17, 2024). "Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda". Politico. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

[3] Corbin, Clark (May 21, 2024). "2024 Idaho primary election results: 15 GOP incumbent legislators lose re-election campaigns". Idaho Capital Sun. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[4] "Primary 2024 Election Results". VoteIdaho. Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved May 24, 2024.

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