The 2022 Idaho State Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022. Idaho voters elected state senators in all 35 seats of the Senate, electing one state senator and two state representatives in each of the 35 Idaho state legislative districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Idaho Senate.
The election coincided with United States national elections and Idaho state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and Idaho House. Since the previous election in 2020, Republicans held a 28-to-7-seat supermajority over Democrats. Republicans maintained the same supermajority in 2022, winning 28 seats.
These were the first elections in Idaho following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in some members being assigned to new districts.
Retirements Republicans District 2: Steve Bair: Retired District 4: Mary Souza: Retired to run for Secretary of State District 6: Dan G. Johnson: Retired District 11: Patti Anne Lodge: Retired District 21: Regina Bayer: Retired District 23: Christy Zito: Retired District 24: Lee Heider: Retired
Democrats District 16: Grant Burgoyne: Retired District 27: Michelle Stennett: Retired District 29: Mark Nye: Retired
Incumbents defeated in primary Republicans District 1: Jim Woodward was defeated by Scott Herndon. District 5: Peter Riggs was defeated by Carl Bjerke. District 7: Carl Crabtree was defeated by Cindy Carlson. District 13: Jeff Agenbroad was defeated by Brian Lenney. District 14: Steven Thayn was defeated by fellow incumbent C. Scott Grow in a redistricting race. District 15: Fred Martin was defeated by Codi Galloway. District 24: Jim Patrick was defeated by Glenneda Zuiderveld.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Results summary + Summary of the November 8, 2022 Idaho Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % Before Up Won After +/– Republican 35 400,702 76.90% 28 28 28 28 Democratic 13 103,634 19.89% 7 7 7 7 Constitution 6 8,765 1.68% 0 0 0 0 Independent 2 4,926 0.95% 0 0 0 0 Libertarian 2 3,011 0.58% 0 0 0 0 Total 521,038 100.00% 35 35 35 35 Source: Idaho Elections Results
Close races
District Winner Margin District 15 Democratic 1.77% District 6 Republican 2.1% District 26 Democratic 3.26% District 16 Republican 19.18% District 17 Republican 19.56%
Summary of results by State Senate district Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party. Senate districtIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1 Jim Woodward Rep Scott Herndon Rep 2 Steve Vick Rep Phil Hart Rep 3 Peter Riggs Rep Doug Okuniewicz Rep 4 Mary Souza Rep Ben Toews Rep 5 David Nelson Dem Carl Bjerke Rep 6 Robert Blair Rep Dan Foreman Rep 7 Carl Crabtree Rep Cindy Carlson Rep 8 Steven Thayn Rep Geoff Schroeder Rep 9 Abby Lee Rep Abby Lee Rep 10 Jim Rice Rep Tammy Nichols Rep 11 Patti Anne Lodge Rep Chris Trakel Rep 12 Todd Lakey Rep Ben Adams Rep 13 Jeff Agenbroad Rep Brian Lenney Rep 14 C. Scott Grow Rep C. Scott Grow Rep 15 Fred Martin Rep Rick Just Dem 16 Grant Burgoyne Dem Alison Rabe Dem 17Carrie Semmelroth DemCarrie Semmelroth Dem 18Janie Ward-Engelking DemJanie Ward-Engelking Dem 19Melissa Wintrow DemMelissa Wintrow Dem 20Chuck Winder RepChuck Winder Rep 21 Regina Bayer Rep Treg Bernt Rep 22 Lori Den Hartog Rep Lori Den Hartog Rep 23 Christy Zito Rep Todd Lakey Rep 24 Lee Heider Rep Glenneda Zuiderveld Rep 25 Jim Patrick Rep Linda Wright Hartgen Rep 26 Michelle Stennett Dem Ron Taylor Dem 27 Kelly Anthon Rep Kelly Anthon Rep 28 Jim Guthrie Rep Jim Guthrie Rep 29 Mark Nye Dem James Ruchti Dem 30 Kevin Cook Rep Julie VanOrden Rep 31 Julie VanOrden Rep Van Burtenshaw Rep 32 Mark Harris Rep Kevin Cook Rep 33 Dave Lent Rep Dave Lent Rep 34 Doug Ricks Rep Doug Ricks Rep 35 Van Burtenshaw Rep Mark Harris Rep
Detailed Results by Senate District Sources for election results:
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__NOTOC__
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See also 2022 United States elections 2022 United States Senate election in Idaho 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho 2022 Idaho elections 2022 Idaho gubernatorial election 2022 Idaho House of Representatives election Idaho Legislature List of Idaho state legislatures
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References
External links State Legislature Election at Ballotpedia
(State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)