2022 Idaho Senate election


The 2022 Idaho State Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022. 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.
The election coincided with United States national elections and Idaho state elections, including [2022 United States Idaho Senate|Senate election in Idaho|U.S. Senate], U.S. House, Governor, and Idaho House. 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.
These were the first elections in Idaho following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in some members being assigned to new districts.

Retirements

Republicans

  1. District 2: Steve Bair: Retired
  2. District 4: Mary Souza: Retired to run for Secretary of State
  3. District 6: Dan G. Johnson: Retired
  4. District 11: Patti Anne Lodge: Retired
  5. District 21: Regina Bayer: Retired
  6. District 23: Christy Zito: Retired
  7. District 24: Lee Heider: Retired

Democrats

  1. District 16: Grant Burgoyne: Retired
  2. District 27: Michelle Stennett: Retired
  3. District 29: Mark Nye: Retired

Incumbents defeated in primary

Republicans

  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.

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
[|District 15]Democratic1.77%
[|District 6]Republican2.1%
[|District 26]Democratic3.26%
[|District 16]Republican19.18%
[|District 17]Republican19.56%

Summary of results by State Senate">Idaho Senate">State Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

Detailed Results by Senate District">Idaho Senate">Senate District

Sources for election results:

[|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]

District 8