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1986 United States Senate election in Idaho

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election_name1986 United States Senate election in Idaho
countryIdaho
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1980 United States Senate election in Idaho
previous_year1980
next_election1992 United States Senate election in Idaho
next_year1992
election_dateNovember 4, 1986
image1File:Stevesymms.jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Steve Symms**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**196,958**
percentage1**51.56%**
image2File:John V. Evans (Idaho Governor).jpg
nominee2John V. Evans
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2185,066
percentage248.44%
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionSteve Symms
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionSteve Symms
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)
map_image1986 United States Senate election in Idaho results map by county.svg
map_size180px
map_captionCounty results
**Symms:**
**Evans:**

Symms:
Evans:
The 1986 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1986, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Steve Symms narrowly won re-election to a second term. As of , this is the last time that a U.S. Senate race in Idaho was decided by a single-digit margin. This was the first time since 1926 that an incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected to this seat.

Candidates

Democratic

  • John V. Evans, Governor

Republican

  • Steve Symms, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

References

References

  1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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