Legislature Stats

Idaho Secretary of State
Election Division

Make-up of Legislature

	State Senate						State Representative
Primary Elections
Candidates	2008	2006	2004	2002	2000	1998		2008	2006	2004	2002	2000	1998
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All	68	72	72	93	62	64		136	140	142	175	139	122
Democrat	22	30	22	32	13	18		48	47	43	60	40	35
Female	5	6	4	7	5	8		21	21	17	23	17	11
Male	17	24	18	25	8	10		27	26	26	37	23	24
Republican	46	42	50	61	49	46		88	93	99	115	99	87
Female	5	3	6	10	6	6		16	18	20	30	24	21
Male	41	39	44	51	43	40		72	75	79	85	75	66
Incumbents	32	29	31	28	32	33		64	47	65	59	63	65
Challengers	30	25	27	35	19	26		57	61	64	69	57	44
Open Seat	6	18	14	30	11	5		15	32	13	47	19	13
Democrats w/ opposition for nomination	0	8	0	2	2	2		0	2	7	14	2	2
Democrats w/o opposition for nomination	22	22	22	30	11	16		48	45	36	46	38	33
Republicans w/ opposition for nomination	23	16	28	46	26	25		45	52	56	80	55	40
Republicans w/o opposition for nomination	23	26	22	15	23	21		43	41	43	35	44	47
General Elections
Candidates		2006	2004	2002	2000	1998		2008	2006	2004	2002	2000	1998
				**							**
All	56	62	57	75	60	54		115	119	122	146	118	108
Democrat	21	26	21	28	13	15		46	46	39	51	39	33
Female	5	5	3	7	5	6		21	21	14	22	17	10
Male	16	21	18	21	8	9		25	25	25	29	22	23
Republican	33	32	33	35	34	33		63	62	68	67	66	67
Female	4	3	4	5	5	4		11	13	17	21	17	17
Male	29	29	29	30	29	29		52	49	51	46	49	50
Minor Party, Independent, Etc.	2	4	3	12	13	6		6	11	15	28	13	8
Female	1	4	1	2	2	0		1	4	2	7	9	3
Male	1	0	2	10	11	6		5	7	13	21	4	5
Incumbents	30	29	29	23	32	33		60	59	58	54	61	62
Challengers	18	21	18	23	22	17		37	40	40	59	44	33
Open Seat	8	12	10	29	6	4		18	20	24	33	13	13
Democrats with opposition *	19	23	19	28	12	13		39	38	37	47	35	30
Democrats without opposition *	2	3	2	0	1	2		7	8	2	4	4	3
Republicans with opposition *	19	23	19	28	12	13		39	38	37	47	35	30
Republicans without opposition *	14	9	14	7	22	20		24	24	31	19	31	37
Total Number of Seats	35	35	35	35	35	35		70	70	70	70	70	70
Winners - Democrat	7	7	7	7	3	4		18	19	13	16	9	12
Female	3	2	1	1	1	2		11	12	9	8	4	5
Male	4	5	6	6	2	2		7	7	4	8	5	7
Winners - Republican	28	28	28	28	32	31		52	51	57	54	61	58
Female	4	3	3	3	5	4		7	7	16	16	16	15
Male	24	25	25	25	27	27		45	44	41	38	45	43
Winners - Incumbent	30	29	28	22	32	33		59	53	55	48	58	61
Winners - Challenger ***	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	6	3	5	3	1
Winners - Open Seat	5	6	6	12	3	2		10	11	12	17	9	8

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