Legislature Stats

Idaho Secretary of State
Election Division

Make-up of Legislature

	State Senate						State Representative
Primary Elections
Candidates	2006	2004	2002	2000	1998	1996		2006	2004	2002	2000	1998	1996
			**							**
All	72	72	93	62	64	76		140	142	175	139	122	141
Democrat	30	22	32	13	18	27		47	43	60	40	35	49
Female	6	4	7	5	8	11		21	17	23	17	11	18
Male	24	18	25	8	10	16		26	26	37	23	24	31
Republican	42	50	61	49	46	49		93	99	115	99	87	92
Female	3	6	10	6	6	6		18	20	30	24	21	22
Male	39	44	51	43	40	43		75	79	85	75	66	70
Incumbents	29	31	28	32	33	32		47	65	59	63	65	56
Challengers	25	27	35	19	26	37		61	64	69	57	44	43
Open Seat	18	14	30	11	5	7		32	13	47	19	13	42
Democrats w/ opposition for nomination	8	0	2	2	2	6		2	7	14	2	2	8
Democrats w/o opposition for nomination	22	22	30	11	16	21		45	36	46	38	33	41
Republicans w/ opposition for nomination	16	28	46	26	25	28		52	56	80	55	40	48
Republicans w/o opposition for nomination	26	22	15	23	21	21		41	43	35	44	47	44
General Elections
Candidates	2006	2004	2002	2000	1998	1996		2006	2004	2002	2000	1998	1996
			**							**
All	62	57	75	60	54	60		119	122	146	118	108	116
Democrat	26	21	28	13	15	23		46	39	51	39	33	38
Female	5	3	7	5	6	10		21	14	22	17	10	15
Male	21	18	21	8	9	13		25	25	29	22	23	23
Republican	32	33	35	34	33	34		62	68	67	66	67	67
Female	3	4	5	5	4	5		13	17	21	17	17	18
Male	29	29	30	29	29	29		49	51	46	49	50	49
Minor Party, Independent, Etc.	4	3	12	13	6	3		11	15	28	13	8	11
Female	4	1	2	2	0	0		4	2	7	9	3	2
Male	0	2	10	11	6	3		7	13	21	4	5	9
Incumbents	29	29	23	32	33	31		59	58	54	61	62	52
Challengers	21	18	23	22	17	22		40	40	59	44	33	29
Open Seat	12	10	29	6	4	7		20	24	33	13	13	35
Democrats with opposition *	23	19	28	12	13	22		38	37	47	35	30	35
Democrats without opposition *	3	2	0	1	2	1		8	2	4	4	3	3
Republicans with opposition *	23	19	28	12	13	23		38	37	47	35	30	35
Republicans without opposition *	9	14	7	22	20	11		24	31	19	31	37	32
Total Number of Seats	35	35	35	35	35	35		70	70	70	70	70	70
Winners - Democrat	7	7	7	3	4	5		19	13	16	9	12	11
Female	2	1	1	1	2	2		12	9	8	4	5	4
Male	5	6	6	2	2	3		7	4	8	5	7	7
Winners - Republican	28	28	28	32	31	30		51	57	54	61	58	59
Female	3	3	3	5	4	4		7	16	16	16	15	15
Male	25	25	25	27	27	26		44	41	38	45	43	44
Winners - Incumbent	29	28	22	32	33	29		53	55	48	58	61	49
Winners - Challenger ***	0	1	1	0	0	2		6	3	5	3	1	3
Winners - Open Seat	6	6	12	3	2	4		11	12	17	9	8	18

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