2022 Idaho House of Representatives election

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2022 Idaho House of Representatives election
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All 70 seats in the Idaho House
36 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Scott Bedke
(retired)		 Ilana Rubel
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceDecember 5, 2012December 10, 2019
Leader's seat 27th Oakley 18th Boise
Seats before58, 82.9%12, 17.1%
Seats after5911
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote810,556243,576
Percentage76.27%22.92%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.15%Decrease2.svg 2.49%
2022 Idaho House of Representatives Seat A Election Map.svg
2022 Idaho House of Representatives Seat B Election Map.svg
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Speaker of the House before election

Scott Bedke
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Mike Moyle
Republican

The 2022 Idaho House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections on November 8, 2022. 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.

Contents

Following the previous election, Republicans held a 58-to-12-seat majority over Democrats.

Swing districts

Retirements

Republicans

  1. District 2B: Doug Okuniewicz: Retiring to run for state senate
  2. District 5B: Caroline Nilsson Troy: Retiring
  3. District 7A: Priscilla Giddings: Retiring to run for Lieutenant Governor [1]
  4. District 8A: Terry Gestrin: Retiring to run for state senate
  5. District 8B: Dorothy Moon: Retiring to run for Secretary of State [2]
  6. District 10B: Gregory Chaney: Retiring to run for state senate [3]
  7. District 11B: Tammy Nichols: Retiring to run for state senate [4] [ better source needed ]
  8. District 12B: Rick Youngblood: Retiring
  9. District 13B: Ben Adams: Retiring to run for state senate [5]
  10. District 15B: Codi Galloway: Retiring to run for state senate [4] [ better source needed ]
  11. District 21A: Steven Harris: Retiring
  12. District 24B: Linda Wright Hartgen: Retiring to run for state senate [4] [ better source needed ]
  13. District 25A: Laurie Lickley: Retiring to run for state senate
  14. District 25B: Clark Kauffman: Retiring [6]
  15. District 27A: Scott Bedke: Retiring to run for Lieutenant Governor [7]
  16. District 27B: Fred Wood: Retiring [8]
  17. District 28A: Randy Armstrong: Retiring
  18. District 30A: Gary Marshall: Retiring
  19. District 32A: Marc Gibbs: Retiring

Democrats

  1. District 16A: John McCrostie: Retiring
  2. District 26B: Sally Toone: Retiring [9]
  3. District 29B: James Ruchti: Retiring to run for state senate

Incumbents defeated in primaries

Republicans

  1. District 4A: Jim Addis was defeated by Joe Alfieri.
  2. District 4B: Paul Amador was defeated by Elaine Price.
  3. District 9A: Ryan Kerby was defeated by Jacyn Gallagher.
  4. District 9B: Scott Syme was defeated by fellow incumbent Judy Boyle in a redistricting race.
  5. District 14B: Gayann DeMordaunt was defeated by Josh Tanner.
  6. District 22A: Greg Ferch was defeated by fellow incumbent John Vander Woude in a redistricting race.
  7. District 31A: Karey Hanks was defeated by Jerald Raymond.
  8. District 34B: Ron Nate was defeated by Britt Raybould.
  9. District 35B: Chad Christensen was defeated by Josh Wheeler.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Safe RMay 19, 2022

Summary of results

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Idaho House of Representatives election results
PartyVotes %Seats+/– %
Republican Party 810,55676.27%59+184.29%
Democratic Party 243,57622.92%11-115.71%
Constitution Party 6,4510.61%0–0%
Libertarian Party 1,1240.10%0–0%
Independent 1,0390.10%0–0%
Total1,062,746100.00%70–

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Seat A, 5.88%
  2. Seat B, 5.42%
  1. Seat A, 0.24%
  2. Seat B, 0.54% gain
  1. Seat A, 4.56%
  2. Seat B, 0.78%

Summary of Results by House District

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References

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  2. ↑ "Rep. Dorothy Moon announces run for Secretary of State". www.idahopress.com. The Idaho Press-Tribune. November 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ Pruett, Greg (November 17, 2021). "Rep. Greg Chaney Files to Run for State Senate in Potential New District 11" . Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Pruett, Greg (December 26, 2021). "Which Idaho Legislators are Retiring or Going for a Different Chamber in 2022?" . Retrieved January 3, 2022.
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  6. ↑ Nettleton, Lorien (January 25, 2022). "'Life's priorities change with age, and so have mine' - Rep. Kauffman will not seek reelection" . Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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  8. ↑ Dutton, Audrey (January 31, 2022). "The last M.D. left in the Idaho Legislature will not seek re-election" . Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  9. ↑ Nash, Drew (February 24, 2022). "Rep. Toone won't run again" . Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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