Political party strength in Idaho

Politics in the US state of Idaho

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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Idaho:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Secretary of State
* Attorney General
* State Auditor/State Controller[a]
* State Treasurer
* Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Inspector of Mines (before 1974)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

* State Senate
* State House of Representatives
* State delegation to the United States Senate
* State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:  Democratic (D),  Democratic-Populist fusion (D/P),  Democratic-Populist-Silver Republican fusion (D/P/SR),  Democratic-Silver Republican fusion (D/SR),  Independent (I),  Populist (P),  Republican (R),  Socialist (S),  Silver Republican (SR), and  a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

## 1863–1890

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Year | Executive offices  | Territorial Council  | U.S. Congress

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Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst.  | Senate  | House | Territorial delegate
1863  | William H. Wallace (R)[b] | William B. Daniels[c] | no such office | John M. Bacon | Derrick S. Kenyon | no such office | no such offices | no such office
1864  | Caleb Lyon (R)[b] | C. DeWitt Smith[c] | Benjamin F. Lamkin | Ephraim Smith | J. R. Chittenden | D maj.  | D maj.  | William H. Wallace (R)[d]
1865  | Horace G. Gilson[c] | Edward D. Holbrook (D)[d]
1866  | David W. Ballard (R)[b] | S. R. Howlett[c] | W. R. Bishop
1867  | Horace B. Lane | Edward C. Sterling | Jacob K. Shafer (D)[d]
William R. Bishop
1868  | Daniel Cram
1869  | Edward J. Curtis[c]
1870  | Samuel Bard[b]
Gilman Marston (R)[b]
1871  | Alexander H. Conner (R)[b] | John S. Gray (R) | Samuel A. Merritt (D)[d]
Thomas M. Bowen (R)[b]
Thomas W. Bennett (R)[b]
1872  | John Huntoon
1873  | John Hailey (D)[d]
1874
1875  | David P. Thompson (D)[b] | Joseph Perrault | Thomas W. Bennett (I)[d]
1876  | Mason Brayman (R)[b] | Stephen S. Fenn (D)[d]
1877
1878  | John Philo Hoyt (R)[b] | Robert A. Sidebotham[c]
1879  | George Ainslie (D)[d]
1880  | John Baldwin Neil (R)[b] | Theodore Frelinghuysen
Singiser (R)[c]
1881  | James L. Onderdonk | [?] | [?]
1882
1883  | John N. Irwin (R)[b] | Edward L. Curtis[c] | Theodore Felinghuysen
Singiser (R)[d]
1884  | William M. Bunn (R)[b] | David P. B. Pride[c]
1885  | Edward A. Stevenson (D)[b] | Edward J. Curtis[c] | David P. B. Pride | Silas W. Moody | Joseph Perrault | John Hailey (D)[d]
1886
1887  | Richard Z. Johnson | J. H. Wickersham | Charlies Himrod | Silas W. Moody  | Fred Dubois (R)[d]
1888
1889  | George L. Shoup (R)[b] | Charles C. Stevenson
1890

## 1890–1974

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lt. Gov. | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor/
Controller | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Insp. Mines | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator
(Class II) | U.S. Senator
(Class III) | U.S. House
District 1 | U.S. House
District 2
1890  | George L. Shoup (R)[e] | N. B. Willey (R) | A. J. Pinkham (R) | George H. Roberts (R) | Silas W. Moody (R) | Frank R. Coffin (R) | Joseph Harroun (R) | no such
office | 14R, 4D  | 31R, 5D  | vacant | William J. McConnell (R) | Willis Sweet (R) |
1891  | N. B. Willey (R)[f] | John S. Gray (R) | George L. Shoup (R) | Fred Dubois (R)
1892  | Weaver/
Field (Pop) N
1893  | William J. McConnell (R) | F. B. Willis (R) | J. F. Curtis (R) | George M. Parsons (R) | Frank C. Ramsey (R) | W. C. Hill (R) | B. B. Lower (R) | William S. Haskins | 8D, 6R, 4Pop[g] | 20R, 9D, 7Pop
1894
1895  | F. J. Mills (R) | I. W. Garrett (R) | Charles Bunting (R) | C. A. Foresman (R) | E. H. Dewey (R) | 10R, 5Pop, 2D, 1I  | 25R, 8Pop, 1D, 1I  | Edgar Wilson (R)
1896  | Fred Dubois (SvR) | Bryan/
Sewall (D/SvR) N
1897  | Frank Steunenberg (D/Pop) | George F. Moore (D/Pop) | George Lewis (D/Pop) | Robert E. McFarland (D/Pop) | James H. Anderson (D/Pop) | George H. Storer (D/Pop) | Louis Anderson (D/Pop) | Benjamin Hastings (D/Pop) | 7D, 7Pop, 7R[h] | 17R, 16Pop, 15D[i] | Henry Heitfeld (D/Pop) | James Gunn (Pop)
1898
1899  | J. H. Hutchinson (D/SvR) | M. A. Patrie (R) | S. H. Hays (D) | Bartlett Sinclair (D) | L. C. Rice
(D/Pop/SvR) | Permeal J. French (D) | Jay A. Czizek (D/SvR) | 9R, 7D/Pop/SvR, 3D, 2P[j] | 17D/Pop/SvR, 14D, 12R, 6Pop[k] | Edgar Wilson (SvR)
1900  | Bryan/
Stevenson (D) N
1901  | Frank W. Hunt (D) | Thomas F. Terrell (D) | Charles Bassett (D/SvR) | Frank Martin (D) | E. W. Jones (D/SvR) | J. J. Plummer (D) | Martin Jacobs
(D/Pop/SvR) | 10D, 7R, 3Pop, 1SvR[l] | 20R, 16D, 7SvR, 6Pop[m] | Fred Dubois (SvR) | Thomas L. Glenn (Pop)
1902  | Fred Dubois (D)
1903  | John T. Morrison (R) | James M. Stevens (R) | Will H. Gibson (R) | John A. Bagley (R) | Theo Turner (R) | Henry C. Coffin (R) | May L. Scott (R) | Robert N. Bell (R) | 14R, 6D, 1I  | 36R, 13D  | Weldon B. Heyburn (R) | Burton L. French (R)
1904  | Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) Y
1905  | Frank R. Gooding (R) | Burpee L. Steeves (R) | John Guheen (R) | Robert S. Bragaw (R) | 19R, 2D  | 48R, 2D
1906
1907  | Ezra A. Burrell (R) | Robert Lansdon (R) | C. A. Hastings (R) | S. Belle Chamberlain (R) | 15R, 6D  | 38R, 12D, 1I  | William Borah (R)[n]
1908  | Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
1909  | James H. Brady (R) | Lewis H. Sweetser (R) | D. C. McDougall (R) | S. D. Taylor (R) | F. Cushing Moore (R) | 13R, 10D  | 44R, 9D  | Thomas R. Hamer (R)
1910
1911  | James H. Hawley (D) | Wilford L. Gifford (R) | O. V. Allen (R)[o] | Grace M. Shepherd (R) | Robert N. Bell (R) | 14R, 9D  | 34R, 25D  | Burton L. French (R)
1912  | Kirtland I. Perky (D) | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
1913  | John M. Haines (R) | Herman H. Taylor (R) | Joseph H. Peterson (R) | Fred L. Huston (R) | 21R, 3D  | 56R, 4D  | James H. Brady (R) | Burton L. French (R)[p] | Addison T. Smith (R)[p]
1914  | E. H. Dewey (R)[q]
1915  | Moses Alexander (D) | George R. Barker (R) | John W. Eagleson (R) | Bernice McCoy (R) | 19R, 11D, 2Prog, 1Soc  | 32R, 28D, 1Prog  | Robert M. McCracken (R)[p]
1916
1917  | Ernest L. Parker (D) | William T. Dougherty (D) | T. A. Walters (D) | Clarence Van Deusen (D) | Ethel E. Redfield (R) | 21D, 16R  | 36D, 29R  | Burton L. French (R)[p]
1918  | John F. Nugent (D)
1919  | D. W. Davis (R) | Charles C. Moore (R) | Robert O. Jones (R) | Roy L. Black (R) | Edward G. Gallett (R) | 29R, 12D  | 46R, 18D  | Burton L. French (R) | Addison T. Smith (R)
1920  | Harding/
Coolidge (R) Y
1921  | Daniel F. Banks (R) | Stewart Campbell (R) | 39R, 5D  | 51R, 3D  | Frank R. Gooding (R)
1922
1923  | Charles C. Moore (R) | H. C. Baldridge (R) | F. A. Jeter (R) | A. H. Conner (R) | Elizabeth Russum (R) | 25R, 14D, 5Prog  | 37R, 22D, 6Prog
1924  | Coolidge/
Dawes (R) Y
1925  | 32R, 7Prog, 5D  | 45R, 12Prog, 5D
1926
1927  | H. C. Baldridge (R) | O. E. Hailey (R) | Fred E. Lukens (R) | Frank L. Stephan (R) | Byron Defenbach (R) | Mabelle McConnell Lyman (R) | 29R, 11D, 4Prog  | 52R, 8Prog, 7D, 1I
1928  | John Thomas (R) | Hoover/
Curtis (R) Y
1929  | W. B. Kinne[n] | W. D. Gillis (R) | Myrtle R. Davis (R) | 32R, 12D  | 50R, 9D
O. E. Hailey (R)
1930
1931  | C. Ben Ross (D) | G. P. Mix (D) | Fred J. Babcock (R) | George Barrett (R) | 23R, 21D  | 43R, 27D
1932  | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933  | George Hill (D) | Franklin Girard (D) | Bert H. Miller (D) | Harry C. Parsons (D) | Myrtle P. Enking (D) | John W. Condie (D) | W. H. Simons (D) | 35D, 9R  | 59D, 4R  | James P. Pope (D) | Compton I. White (D) | Thomas C. Coffin (D)
1934
1935  | G. P. Mix (D) | Arthur Campbell (D) | 36D, 8R  | 53D, 6R  | D. Worth Clark (D)
1936
1937  | Barzilla W. Clark (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D) | Ira H. Masters (D) | J. W. Taylor (D) | 33D, 11R  | 50D, 9R
1938
1939  | C. A. Bottolfsen (R) | Donald S. Whitehead (R) | George H. Curtis (D) | Calvin E. Wright (D) | 27R, 17D  | 39R, 20D  | D. Worth Clark (D) | Henry Dworshak (R)
1940  | John Thomas (R) | Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) Y
1941  | Chase A. Clark (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D) | Bert H. Miller (D) | C. E. Roberts (D)[o] | 23D, 21R  | 38D, 21R
1942
1943  | C. A. Bottolfsen (R) | Edwin Nelson (R) | 31R, 13D  | 32R, 27D
1944  | Acel H. Chatburn (R)[q] | Roosevelt/
Truman (D) Y
1945  | Charles C. Gossett (D)[r] | Arnold Williams (D) | Ira H. Masters (D) | Frank Langley (D) | Ernest G. Hansen (D) | Ruth G. Moon (D) | G. C. Sullivan (D) | 24R, 20D  | 30R, 29D  | Glen H. Taylor (D)
Arnold Williams (D)[f] | A. R. McCabe (D) | Charles C. Gossett (D)
1946  | Henry Dworshak (R)
1947  | C. A. Robins (R) | Donald S. Whitehead (R) | Cy Price (R) | Robert Ailshie (R)[n] | N. P. Nielson (R)[n] | Lela D. Painter (R)[n] | Alton B. Jones (R) | George A. McDowell (R)[o] | 31R, 13D  | 42R, 17D  | Abe Goff (R) | John C. Sanborn (R)
Robert E. Smylie (R)[s]
1948  | Truman/
Barkley (D) Y
1949  | 24D, 20R  | 35R, 24D  | Bert H. Miller (D)[n] | Compton I. White (D)
1950  | Henry Dworshak (R)
1951  | Leonard B. Jordan (R) | Edson H. Deal (R) | Ira H. Masters (D)[n] | 29R, 15D  | 36R, 23D  | Herman Welker (R) | John Travers Wood (R) | Hamer H. Budge (R)
1952  | Margaret Gilbert (R)[q] | Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) Y
1953  | 33R, 11D  | 45R, 14D  | Gracie Pfost (D)
1954
1955  | Robert E. Smylie (R) | J. Berkeley Larsen (R) | Graydon W. Smith (R) | Ruth G. Moon (D)[n] | 24R, 20D  | 36R, 23D
1956  | James H. Young (R)[q]
1957  | Rulon A. Swensen (R)[q] | 25D, 19R  | 32R, 27D  | Frank Church (D)
1958  | O. T. Hansen (R)[q]
1959  | W. E. Drevlow (D) | Arnold Williams (D)[o] | Frank L. Benson (D) | Joe R. Williams (D)[o] | Rulon A. Swensen (R)[q] | D. F. Engelking (D) | George D. Fletcher (D) | 27D, 17R  | 35D, 24R
1960  | Nixon/
Lodge (R) N
1961  | 23R, 21D  | 31R, 28D  | Ralph R. Harding (D)
1962  | Leonard B. Jordan (R)
1963  | Allan Shepard (R)[o] | Marjorie Ruth Moon (D) | O. T. Hansen  | 34R, 29D  | Compton I. White Jr. (D)
1964  | Johnson/
Humphrey (D) Y
1965  | 25R, 19D  | 42R, 37D  | George V. Hansen (R)
1966  | Louis E. Clapp (D)[q]
1967  | Don Samuelson (R) | Jack M. Murphy (R) | Edson H. Deal (R)[n] | 22R, 13D  | 38R, 32D  | Jim McClure (R)
Pete Cenarrusa (R)[s]
1968  | Nixon/
Agnew (R) Y
1969  | Robert M. Robson (R)[q] | 20R, 15D  | Orval H. Hansen (R)
1970
1971  | Cecil Andrus (D) | W. Anthony Park (D) | W. Carl Griner[t] | 19R, 16D  | 41R, 29D
1972
1973  | 23R, 12D  | 51R, 19D  | Jim McClure (R) | Steve Symms (R)
1974  | office
abolished[u]

## 1975–present

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor/
Controller | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator
(Class II) | U.S. Senator
(Class III) | U.S. House
District 1 | U.S. House
District 2
1975  | Cecil Andrus (D)[v] | John Evans (D) | Pete Cenarrusa (R) | Wayne L. Kidwell (R) | Joe R. Williams (D) | Marjorie Ruth Moon (D) | Roy F. Truby (D) | 21R, 14D  | 43R, 27D  | Jim McClure (R) | Frank Church (D) | Steve Symms (R) | George V. Hansen (R) |
1976  | Ford/
Dole (R) N
1977  | 20R, 15D  | 48R, 22D
John Evans (D)[w] | William J. Murphy (D)[q]
1978
1979  | Phil Batt (R) | David H. Leroy (R) | Jerry L. Evans (R) | 19R, 16D  | 50R, 20D
1980  | Reagan/
Bush (R) Y
1981  | 23R, 12D  | 56R, 14D  | Steve Symms (R) | Larry Craig (R)
1982
1983  | David H. Leroy (R) | Jim Jones (R) | 21R, 14D  | 51R, 19D
1984
1985  | 28R, 14D  | 67R, 17D  | Richard H. Stallings (D)
1986
1987  | Cecil Andrus (D) | Butch Otter (R)[x] | Lydia Justice-Edwards (R) | 26R, 16D  | 64R, 20D
1988  | Bush/
Quayle (R) Y
1989  | 23R, 19D
J. D. Williams (D)[s]
1990
1991  | Larry Echo Hawk (D) | 21R, 21D[y] | 56R, 28D  | Larry Craig (R) | Larry LaRocco (D)
1992  | Bush/
Quayle (R) N
1993  | 23R, 12D  | 50R, 20D  | Dirk Kempthorne (R) | Mike Crapo (R)
1994
1995  | Phil Batt (R) | Alan Lance (R) | Anne C. Fox (R) | 27R, 8D  | 57R, 13D  | Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R)
1996  | Dole/
Kemp (R) N
1997  | 30R, 5D  | 59R, 11D
1998
1999  | Dirk Kempthorne (R)[v] | Ron Crane (R) | Marilyn Howard (D) | 31R, 4D  | 58R, 12D  | Mike Crapo (R) | Mike Simpson (R)
2000  | Bush/
Cheney (R) Y
2001  | Jack Riggs (R) | 32R, 3D  | 61R, 9D  | Butch Otter (R)
2002
Keith Johnson (R)[s]
2003  | Jim Risch (R) | Ben Ysursa (R) | Lawrence Wasden (R) | 28R, 7D  | 54R, 16D
2004
2005  | 57R, 13D
2006
Jim Risch (R)[f] | Mark Ricks (R)[z]
2007  | Butch Otter (R) | Jim Risch (R)[aa] | Donna Jones (R)[o] | Tom Luna (R) | 51R, 19D  | Bill Sali (R)
2008  | McCain/
Palin (R) N
2009  | Brad Little (R)[q] | 52R, 18D  | Jim Risch (R) | Walt Minnick (D)
2010
2011  | 57R, 13D  | Raúl Labrador (R)
2012  | Romney/
Ryan (R) N
2013  | Brandon Woolf (R)
2014
2015  | Lawerence Denney (R) | Sherri Ybarra (R) | 56R, 14D
2016  | Trump/
Pence (R) Y
2017  | 29R, 6D  | 59R, 11D
2018
2019  | Brad Little (R) | Janice McGeachin (R) | Julie Ellsworth (R) | 28R, 7D  | 56R, 14D  | Russ Fulcher (R)
2020  | Trump/
Pence (R) N
2021  | 58R, 12D
2022
2023  | Scott Bedke (R) | Phil McGrane (R) | Raúl Labrador (R) | Debbie Critchfield (R) | 59R, 11D
2024  | Trump/
Vance (R) Y
2025  | 29R, 6D  | 61R, 9D

1. ^ Office renamed per 1994 amendment to state Constitution.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Territorial governor appointed by the President of the United States.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Secretary of Idaho Territory.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Idaho Territory.
5. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
6. ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
7. ^ A Democrat, Alexander Mayhew, was chosen as President Pro Tempore and a coalition of Democrats and Populists and organized the chamber.
8. ^ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Populist, Joseph C. Rich, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
9. ^ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
10. ^ A coalition of Republicans and Populists elected a Republican, Frank R. Gooding, as President Pro Tempore, and organized the chamber.
11. ^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
12. ^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Populist, J.W. Ballantine, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
13. ^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, Glenn P. McKinley, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Died in office.
15. ^ a b c d e f g Resigned.
16. ^ a b c d Elected at-large on a general ticket.
17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appointed to fill a vacancy.
18. ^ Resigned so that Lieutenant Governor Arnold Williams would succeed him and then appoint him to the United States Senate.
19. ^ a b c d Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
20. ^ Inspector of Mines became appointed position effective January 1971.
21. ^ Office abolished by state legislature, with duties delegated to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Services, effective July 1, 1974.
22. ^ a b Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
23. ^ As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
24. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
25. ^ The Republican Lt. Governor, Butch Otter, broke the tie to keep a Republican, Mike Crapo, as President Pro Tempore. The membership of committees, however, was split evenly between the parties.[1]
26. ^ Appointed by governor to fill vacancy and confirmed by state Senate.
27. ^ Resigned following election to United States Senate.

## See also

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* Politics in Idaho

## References

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1. ^ Fick, Bob (31 December 1990). "IDAHO DOMINATED BY DEBATE OVER ABORTION". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2021-06-21.

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