2020 Idaho House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2020 Idaho House of Representatives election
Country:	Idaho
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2018 Idaho House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Election:	2022 Idaho House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2022
Seats For Election:	All 70 seats in the Idaho House
Majority Seats:	36
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Image1:	File:Scott Bedke in 2022 (cropped).jpg
Leader1:	Scott Bedke
Party1:	Republican
Colour1:	ff3333
Leaders Seat1:	27th Oakley
Leader Since1:	December 5, 2012
Seats Before1:	56
Seat Change1:	2
Seats After1:	58
Popular Vote1:	1,125,614
Percentage1:	72.12%
Leader2:	Ilana Rubel
Party2:	Idaho Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	18th-Boise
Leader Since2:	December 10, 2019
Seats Before2:	14
Seat Change2:	2
Seats After2:	12
Popular Vote2:	396,678
Percentage2:	25.42%
Speaker of the House
Before Election:	Scott Bedke
Before Party:	Republican
After Election:	Scott Bedke
After Party:	Republican

The 2020 Idaho House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections on November 3, 2020. Idaho voters elected state representatives in all 70 seats of the House, electing 2 state representatives in each of the 35 Idaho state legislative districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Idaho House of Representatives.

Following the previous election, Republicans held a 56-to-14-seat majority over Democrats.

Republicans retained control of the Idaho House of Representatives following the 2020 general election and gained two seats with the balance of power shifting to 58 (R) to 12 (D).

Summary of Results

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Idaho House of Representatives election results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	%
		1,125,614	72.12%	58	+2	82.86%
		396,678	25.42%	12	-2	17.14%
		17,441	1.12%	0	–	0%
		12,702	0.81%	0	–	0%
		8,213	0.53%	0	–	0%
Total	1,560,648	100.00%	70	–

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

• District 15

2. gain

• District 26

• District 29

1. gain

Summary of Results by House District

House District	Seat	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1	A	Heather Scott		Rep	Heather Scott		Rep
	B	Sage Dixon		Rep	Sage Dixon		Rep
2	A	Vito Barbieri		Rep	Vito Barbieri		Rep
	B	Tim Remington		Rep	Doug Okuniewicz		Rep
3	A	Ron Mendive		Rep	Ron Mendive		Rep
	B	Tony Wisniewski		Rep	Tony Wisniewski		Rep
4	A	Jim Addis		Rep	Jim Addis		Rep
	B	Paul Amador		Rep	Paul Amador		Rep
5	A	Bill Goesling		Rep	Brandon Mitchell		Rep
	B	Caroline Nilsson Troy		Rep	Caroline Nilsson Troy		Rep
6	A	Aaron von Ehlinger		Rep	Aaron von Ehlinger		Rep
	B	Mike Kingsley		Rep	Mike Kingsley		Rep
7	A	Priscilla Giddings		Rep	Priscilla Giddings		Rep
	B	Paul Shepherd		Rep	Charlie Shepherd		Rep
8	A	Terry Gestrin		Rep	Terry Gestrin		Rep
	B	Dorothy Moon		Rep	Dorothy Moon		Rep
9	A	Ryan Kerby		Rep	Ryan Kerby		Rep
	B	Judy Boyle		Rep	Judy Boyle		Rep
10	A	Jarom Wagoner		Rep	Julie Yamamoto		Rep
	B	Gregory Chaney		Rep	Gregory Chaney		Rep
11	A	Scott Syme		Rep	Scott Syme		Rep
	B	Tammy Nichols		Rep	Tammy Nichols		Rep
12	A	Robert Anderst		Rep	Bruce Skaug		Rep
	B	Rick Youngblood		Rep	Rick Youngblood		Rep
13	A	Brent Crane		Rep	Brent Crane		Rep
	B	Gary Collins		Rep	Ben Adams		Rep
14	A	Mike Moyle		Rep	Mike Moyle		Rep
	B	Gayann DeMordaunt		Rep	Gayann DeMordaunt		Rep
15	A	Steve Berch		Dem	Steve Berch		Dem
	B	Jake Ellis		Dem	Codi Galloway		Rep
16	A	John McCrostie		Dem	John McCrostie		Dem
	B	Rob Mason		Dem	Colin Nash		Dem
17	A	John Gannon		Dem	John Gannon		Dem
	B	Sue Chew		Dem	Sue Chew		Dem
18	A	Ilana Rubel		Dem	Ilana Rubel		Dem
	B	Brooke Green		Dem	Brooke Green		Dem
19	A	Lauren Necochea		Dem	Lauren Necochea		Dem
	B	Melissa Wintrow		Dem	Chris Mathias		Dem
20	A	Joe Palmer		Rep	Joe Palmer		Rep
	B	James Holtzclaw		Rep	James Holtzclaw		Rep
21	A	Steven Harris		Rep	Steven Harris		Rep
	B	Megan Kiska		Rep	Greg Ferch		Rep
22	A	John Vander Woude		Rep	John Vander Woude		Rep
	B	Jason Monks		Rep	Jason Monks		Rep
23	A	Christy Zito		Rep	Matthew Bundy		Rep
	B	Megan Blanksma		Rep	Megan Blanksma		Rep
24	A	Lance Clow		Rep	Lance Clow		Rep
	B	Linda Wright Hartgen		Rep	Linda Wright Hartgen		Rep
25	A	Laurie Lickley		Rep	Laurie Lickley		Rep
	B	Clark Kauffman		Rep	Clark Kauffman		Rep
26	A	Marianna Davis		Dem	Marianna Davis		Dem
	B	Sally Toone		Dem	Sally Toone		Dem
27	A	Scott Bedke		Rep	Scott Bedke		Rep
	B	Fred Wood		Rep	Fred Wood		Rep
28	A	Randy Armstrong		Rep	Randy Armstrong		Rep
	B	Kevin Andrus		Rep	Kevin Andrus		Rep
29	A	Chris Abernathy		Dem	Dustin W. Manwaring		Rep
	B	Elaine Smith		Dem	James Ruchti		Dem
30	A	Gary Marshall		Rep	Gary Marshall		Rep
	B	Wendy Horman		Rep	Wendy Horman		Rep
31	A	Neil Anderson		Rep	David Cannon		Rep
	B	Julianne Young		Rep	Julianne Young		Rep
32	A	Marc Gibbs		Rep	Marc Gibbs		Rep
	B	Chad Christensen		Rep	Chad Christensen		Rep
33	A	Barbara Ehardt		Rep	Barbara Ehardt		Rep
	B	Bryan Zollinger		Rep	Marco Erickson		Rep
34	A	Doug Ricks		Rep	Jon Weber		Rep
	B	Britt Raybould		Rep	Ronald M. Nate		Rep
35	A	Jerald Raymond		Rep	Karey Hanks		Rep
	B	Rod Furniss		Rep	Rod Furniss		Rep

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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 and official general election results here.

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See also

• 2020 Idaho elections
  • 2020 Idaho Senate election
  • 2020 United States Senate election in Idaho
  • 2020 United States presidential election in Idaho
  • 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho

Notes and References

1. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
2. Web site: 2020 State Primary Election Official Election Results . . January 8, 2021.
3. Web site: 2020 General Election Results-Legislative . . January 8, 2021.