Election Name: | 1984 United States Senate election in Idaho |
Country: | Idaho |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1978 United States Senate election in Idaho |
Previous Year: | 1978 |
Next Election: | 1990 United States Senate election in Idaho |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1984 |
Image1: | File:Jimmcclure.jpg |
Nominee1: | James A. McClure |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 293,193 |
Percentage1: | 72.19% |
Nominee2: | Peter M. Busch |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 105,591 |
Percentage2: | 26.00% |
Map Size: | 230px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | James A. McClure |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | James A. McClure |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1984 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 6, 1984.
Incumbent Senator James A. McClure was re-elected to a third term in office.
Senator McClure was unopposed for re-nomination by the Republican Party.
The campaign was largely uneventful given McClure's large lead in polls and the Republican tendency of Idaho.
During the campaign, Democratic candidate Peter Busch was involved in a minor plane crash. Busch would die in a similar crash while campaigning for Congress in 1986.[1]