{
 "topic": "senate",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-id",
  "name": "Idaho",
  "level": "us-state",
  "parent": "usa",
  "path": "us/id",
  "slug": "id",
  "state": "id",
  "state_name": "Idaho",
  "state_id": "us-id"
 },
 "question": "How did Idaho vote for the Senate?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "Mike Crapo (Republican) won by 31.9 points",
  "value": 31.9,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Senate, 2022: winner's margin",
  "lines": [
   "Mike Crapo (Republican) 60.7%, David Roth (Democrat) 28.7%, Scott Oh Cleveland (Independent) 8.4%",
   "590,890 votes for Senate candidates"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2022",
 "as_of_label": "2022",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "senate-margin",
   "title": "Every regular Senate election in Idaho since 1978",
   "description": "16 regular elections; Democrats were ahead in 0 and Republicans in 16.",
   "indicator": "Democratic candidate's share of Senate votes minus the Republican's, points (regular elections; special elections are in the table)",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Above the line: the Democrat got more votes.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       1978,
       -36.888,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1980,
       -0.97,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1984,
       -46.188,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1986,
       -3.112,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1990,
       -22.582,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1992,
       -13.048,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1996,
       -17.117,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1998,
       -41.143,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2002,
       -32.613,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2004,
       -99.179,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2008,
       -23.549,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2010,
       -46.247,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2014,
       -30.656,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2016,
       -38.408,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2020,
       -29.376,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2022,
       -31.94,
       "rep"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat ahead",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican ahead",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents."
 ],
 "method": "Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "electiondata.dev senate-results, version 2026-10-25.247421eda6",
   "url": "https://electiondata.dev/",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PEJ5QU",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "races": [
   {
    "year": 1978,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 284047,
    "votes": {
     "James A. Mcclure": 194412,
     "Dwight Jensen": 89635
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1980,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 439647,
    "votes": {
     "Steve Symms": 218701,
     "Frank Church": 214439,
     "Larry Fullmer": 6507
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1984,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 406168,
    "votes": {
     "James A. Mcclure": 293193,
     "Peter M. Busch": 105591,
     "Donald B. Billings": 7384
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1986,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 382024,
    "votes": {
     "Steve Symms": 196958,
     "John V. Evans": 185066
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1990,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 315936,
    "votes": {
     "Larry E. Craig": 193641,
     "Ron J. Twilegar": 122295
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1992,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 478504,
    "votes": {
     "Dirk Kempthorne": 270468,
     "Richard H. Stallings": 208036
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1996,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 497233,
    "votes": {
     "Larry E. Craig": 283532,
     "Walt Minnick": 198422,
     "Mary J. Charbonneau": 10137,
     "Susan Vegors": 5142
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1998,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 378174,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Crapo": 262966,
     "Bill Mauk": 107375,
     "George J. Mansfeld": 7833
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2002,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 408544,
    "votes": {
     "Larry E. Craig": 266215,
     "Alan Blinken": 132975,
     "Donovan Bramwell": 9354
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2004,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 503932,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Crapo": 499796
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2008,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 644780,
    "votes": {
     "Jim Risch": 371744,
     "Larry Larocco": 219903,
     "Rex Rammell": 34510,
     "Kent A. Marmon": 9958,
     "Pro-life": 8662
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2010,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 449530,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Crapo": 319953,
     "P. Tom Sullivan": 112057,
     "Randy Lynn Bergquist": 17429
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2014,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 437170,
    "votes": {
     "James E. Risch": 285596,
     "Nels Mitchell": 151574
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2016,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 678943,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Crapo": 449017,
     "Jerry Sturgill": 188249,
     "Ray J. Writz": 41677
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2020,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 859827,
    "votes": {
     "Jim Risch": 538446,
     "Paulette Jordan": 285864,
     "Natalie M. Fleming": 25329,
     "Ray J. Writz": 10188
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2022,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 590890,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Crapo": 358539,
     "David Roth": 169808,
     "Scott Oh Cleveland": 49917,
     "Ray J. Writz": 8500,
     "Idaho Sierra Law": 4126
    }
   }
  ],
  "dataset": "senate-results",
  "version": "2026-10-25.247421eda6"
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every Senate race since 1976",
  "columns": [
   "Race",
   "Winner",
   "Runner-up",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "num": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "2022",
    "Mike Crapo (R) 60.7%",
    "David Roth (D) 28.7%",
    "31.9 pts",
    "590,890"
   ],
   [
    "2020",
    "Jim Risch (R) 62.6%",
    "Paulette Jordan (D) 33.2%",
    "29.4 pts",
    "859,827"
   ],
   [
    "2016",
    "Mike Crapo (R) 66.1%",
    "Jerry Sturgill (D) 27.7%",
    "38.4 pts",
    "678,943"
   ],
   [
    "2014",
    "James E. Risch (R) 65.3%",
    "Nels Mitchell (D) 34.7%",
    "30.7 pts",
    "437,170"
   ],
   [
    "2010",
    "Mike Crapo (R) 71.2%",
    "P. Tom Sullivan (D) 24.9%",
    "46.2 pts",
    "449,530"
   ],
   [
    "2008",
    "Jim Risch (R) 57.7%",
    "Larry Larocco (D) 34.1%",
    "23.5 pts",
    "644,780"
   ],
   [
    "2004",
    "Mike Crapo (R) 99.2%",
    "unopposed",
    "99.2 pts",
    "503,932"
   ],
   [
    "2002",
    "Larry E. Craig (R) 65.2%",
    "Alan Blinken (D) 32.5%",
    "32.6 pts",
    "408,544"
   ],
   [
    "1998",
    "Mike Crapo (R) 69.5%",
    "Bill Mauk (D) 28.4%",
    "41.1 pts",
    "378,174"
   ],
   [
    "1996",
    "Larry E. Craig (R) 57.0%",
    "Walt Minnick (D) 39.9%",
    "17.1 pts",
    "497,233"
   ],
   [
    "1992",
    "Dirk Kempthorne (R) 56.5%",
    "Richard H. Stallings (D) 43.5%",
    "13.0 pts",
    "478,504"
   ],
   [
    "1990",
    "Larry E. Craig (R) 61.3%",
    "Ron J. Twilegar (D) 38.7%",
    "22.6 pts",
    "315,936"
   ],
   [
    "1986",
    "Steve Symms (R) 51.6%",
    "John V. Evans (D) 48.4%",
    "3.1 pts",
    "382,024"
   ],
   [
    "1984",
    "James A. Mcclure (R) 72.2%",
    "Peter M. Busch (D) 26.0%",
    "46.2 pts",
    "406,168"
   ],
   [
    "1980",
    "Steve Symms (R) 49.7%",
    "Frank Church (D) 48.8%",
    "1.0 pts",
    "439,647"
   ],
   [
    "1978",
    "James A. Mcclure (R) 68.4%",
    "Dwight Jensen (D) 31.6%",
    "36.9 pts",
    "284,047"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "api": {
  "now": "/data/places/us-id/senate.json",
  "source": "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv",
  "source_label": "Every Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key)"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T20:05:12+00:00"
}