2022 Idaho Senate election

2022 Idaho State Senate election

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All 35 seats in the Idaho Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kelly Anthon Michelle Stennett (retired) Party Idaho Republican Party Democratic Leader's seat 27th District 26th district Seats before 28 7 Seats after 28 7 Seat change Popular vote 400,702 103,634 Percentage 76.90% 19.89% Swing 16.68% 13.85%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
Majority Leader before election Kelly Anthon Idaho Republican Party Elected Majority Leader Kelly Anthon Idaho Republican Party

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The 2022 Idaho State Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022.^[1] Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022.^[2] Idaho voters elected state senators in all 35 seats of the Senate, electing one state senator and two state representatives in each of the 35 Idaho state legislative districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Idaho Senate.^[3]

The election coincided with United States national elections and Idaho state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and Idaho House.^[4][5] Since the previous election in 2020, Republicans held a 28-to-7-seat supermajority over Democrats. Republicans maintained the same supermajority in 2022, winning 28 seats.^[6]

These were the first elections in Idaho following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in some members being assigned to new districts.^[7][8][9]

1. District 2: Steve Bair: Retired
2. District 4: Mary Souza: Retired to run for Secretary of State^[10]
3. District 6: Dan G. Johnson: Retired
4. District 11: Patti Anne Lodge: Retired^{[11][better source needed]}
5. District 21: Regina Bayer: Retired
6. District 23: Christy Zito: Retired
7. District 24: Lee Heider: Retired^[12]

1. District 16: Grant Burgoyne: Retired^{[11][better source needed]}
2. District 27: Michelle Stennett: Retired
3. District 29: Mark Nye: Retired

1. District 1: Jim Woodward was defeated by Scott Herndon.
2. District 5: Peter Riggs was defeated by Carl Bjerke.
3. District 7: Carl Crabtree was defeated by Cindy Carlson.
4. District 13: Jeff Agenbroad was defeated by Brian Lenney.
5. District 14: Steven Thayn was defeated by fellow incumbent C. Scott Grow in a redistricting race.
6. District 15: Fred Martin was defeated by Codi Galloway.
7. District 24: Jim Patrick was defeated by Glenneda Zuiderveld.

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Idaho Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	35	400,702	76.90%	28	28	28	28
	Democratic	13	103,634	19.89%	7	7	7	7
	Constitution	6	8,765	1.68%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	2	4,926	0.95%	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	2	3,011	0.58%	0	0	0	0
Total			521,038	100.00%	35	35	35	35
Source: Idaho Elections Results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.^[14][15][16]

Sources for election results: ^[21][22]

• 2022 United States elections
• 2022 United States Senate election in Idaho
• 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho
• 2022 Idaho elections
• 2022 Idaho gubernatorial election
• 2022 Idaho House of Representatives election
• Idaho Legislature
• List of Idaho state legislatures

• State Legislature
• Election at Ballotpedia
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Idaho", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Idaho: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Idaho". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)