Year |
First |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
1890 |
George L. Shoup
Republican
10,262
56.35% |
B. Wilson
Democratic
7,948
43.65% |
1892 |
William J. McConnell
Republican
8,178
40.21% |
John M. Burke
Democratic
6,769
33.28% |
Abraham J. Crook
Populist
4,865
24.23% |
J. A. Clark
Prohibition
264
1.32% |
1894 |
William J. McConnell
Republican
10,208
41.51% |
James W. Ballantine
Populist
7,121
28.96% |
Edward A. Stevenson
Democratic
7,057
28.70% |
Other candidates
various
205
0.83% |
1896 |
Frank Steunenberg[1]
Democratic–Populist
22,096
76.79% |
David H. Budlong
Republican
6,441
22.38% |
Other candidates
various
239
0.83% |
1898 |
Frank Steunenberg
Democratic
19,407
48.83% |
A. B. Moss
Republican
13,794
34.71% |
J. H. Anderson
Populist
5,371
13.51% |
Other candidates
various
1,175
2.96% |
1900 |
Frank W. Hunt
Democratic
28,628
50.78% |
D. W. Standrod
Republican
26,468
46.95% |
Other candidates
various
1,227
2.27% |
1902 |
John T. Morrison
Republican
31,874
52.90% |
Frank W. Hunt
Democratic
26,021
43.18% |
Other candidates
various
2,362
3.92% |
1904 |
Frank R. Gooding
Republican
41,877
58.74% |
Henry Heitfeld
Democratic
24,252
34.02% |
Theodore B. Shaw
Socialist
4,000
5.61% |
Other candidates
various
1,169
1.64% |
1906 |
Frank R. Gooding
Republican
38,386
52.18% |
Charles O. Stockslager
Democratic
29,496
40.09% |
Thomas F. Kelley
Socialist
4,650
6.32% |
Other candidates
various
1,169
1.64% |
1908 |
James H. Brady
Republican
47,864
49.61% |
Moses Alexander
Democratic
40,145
41.61% |
Ernest Unterman
Socialist
6,155
6.38% |
Other candidates
various
2,310
2.39% |
1910 |
James H. Hawley
Democratic
40,856
47.42% |
James H. Brady
Republican
39,961
46.38% |
S. W. Motley
Socialist
5,342
6.20% |
1912 |
John M. Haines
Republican
35,074
33.24% |
James H. Hawley
Democratic
33,992
32.22% |
G. H. Martin
Progressive
24,325
23.05% |
L. A. Coblentz
Socialist
11,094
10.51% |
1914 |
Moses Alexander
Democratic
47,618
44.13% |
John M. Haines
Republican
40,349
37.39% |
Hugh E. McElroy
Progressive
10,583
9.81% |
L. A. Coblentz
Socialist
7,967
7.38% |
1916 |
Moses Alexander
Democratic
63,877
47.49% |
D. W. Davis
Republican
63,305
47.07% |
Annie E. Triplow
Socialist
7,321
5.44% |
1918 |
D. W. Davis
Republican
57,626
59.95% |
H. F. Samuels
Democratic
38,499
40.05% |
1920 |
D. W. Davis
Republican
75,748
52.97% |
Ted A. Walters
Democratic
38,509
26.93% |
Sherman D. Fairchild
Independent
28,752
20.11% |
1922 |
Charles C. Moore
Republican
50,538
39.53% |
H. F. Samuels
Progressive
40,516
31.69% |
Moses Alexander
Democratic
36,810
28.79% |
1924 |
Charles C. Moore
Republican
65,408
43.91% |
H. F. Samuels
Progressive
58,163
39.04% |
A. L. Freehafer
Democratic
25,081
16.84% |
Other candidates
various
321
0.22% |
1926 |
H. C. Baldridge
Republican
61,575
51.05% |
W. Scott Hall
Progressive
34,208
28.36% |
Asher B. Wilson
Democratic
24,837
20.59% |
1928 |
H. C. Baldridge
Republican
87,681
57.82% |
C. Ben Ross
Democratic
63,046
41.58% |
Other candidates
various
908
0.60% |
1930 |
C. Ben Ross
Democratic
73,896
56.03% |
John McMurray
Republican
58,002
43.98% |
1932 |
C. Ben Ross
Democratic
116,663
61.73% |
B. Defenbach
Republican
68,863
36.44% |
Other candidates
various
3,476
1.84% |
1934 |
C. Ben Ross
Democratic
93,313
54.58% |
Frank L. Stephan
Republican
76,659
44.25% |
Other candidates
various
2,001
1.17% |
1936 |
Barzilla W. Clark
Democratic
115,098
57.19% |
Frank L. Stephan
Republican
83,430
41.46% |
Other candidates
various
2,716
1.35% |
1938 |
C. A. Bottolfsen
Republican
106,268
57.30% |
C. Ben Ross
Democratic
77,697
41.89% |
Other candidates
various
1,494
0.81% |
1940 |
Chase A. Clark
Democratic
120,420
50.48% |
C. A. Bottolfsen
Republican
118,117
49.52% |
1942 |
C. A. Bottolfsen
Republican
72,260
50.15% |
Chase A. Clark
Democratic
71,826
49.85% |
1944 |
Charles C. Gossett
Democratic
109,527
52.64% |
W. H. Detweiler
Republican
98,532
47.36% |
1946 |
C. A. Robins
Republican
102,233
56.37% |
Arnold Williams
Democratic
79,131
43.63% |
1950 |
Len Jordan
Republican
107,642
52.56% |
Calvin Wright
Democratic
97,150
47.44% |
1954 |
Robert Smylie
Republican
124,038
54.24% |
Clark Hamilton
Democratic
104,647
45.76% |
1958 |
Robert Smylie
Republican
121,810
50.96% |
A. M. Derr
Democratic
117,236
49.04% |
1962 |
Robert Smylie
Republican
139,578
54.64% |
Vernon Smith
Democratic
115,876
45.36% |
1966 |
Don Samuelson
Republican
104,586
41.40% |
Cecil Andrus[2]
Democratic
93,744
37.11% |
Perry Swisher
Independent
30,913
12.24% |
Phillip Jungert
Independent
23,139
9.16% |
1970 |
Cecil Andrus
Democratic
128,004
52.22% |
Don Samuelson
Republican
117,108
47.78% |
1974 |
Cecil Andrus
Democratic
184,142
70.92% |
Jack M. Murphy
Republican
68,731
26.47% |
Nolan Victor
American
6,759
2.60% |
1978 |
John Evans
Democratic
169,540
58.75% |
Allan Larsen
Republican
114,149
39.56% |
Other candidates
various
4,877
1.69% |
1982 |
John Evans
Democratic
187,640
52.92% |
Phil Batt
Republican
166,911
47.08% |
1986 |
Cecil Andrus
Democratic
193,429
49.93% |
David Leroy
Republican
189,794
48.99% |
James A. Miller
Independent
4,203
1.08% |
1990 |
Cecil Andrus
Democratic
217,801
68.13% |
Roger Fairchild
Republican
101,885
31.87% |
1994 |
Phil Batt
Republican
216,123
51.05% |
Larry EchoHawk
Democratic
191,363
45.20% |
Ronald D. Rankin
Independent
15,793
3.73% |
1998 |
Dirk Kempthorne
Republican
258,095
67.69% |
Robert Huntley
Democratic
110,815
29.06% |
Peter Rickards
Independent
12,388
3.25% |
2002 |
Dirk Kempthorne
Republican
231,566
56.28% |
Jerry Brady
Democratic
171,711
41.73% |
Daniel L. J. Adams
Libertarian
8,187
1.99% |
2006 |
Butch Otter
Republican
237,437
52.67% |
Jerry Brady
Democratic
198,845
44.11% |
Marvin Richardson
Constitution
7,309
1.62% |
Ted Dunlap
Libertarian
7,241
1.61% |
2010 |
Butch Otter
Republican
267,483
59.11% |
Keith Allred
Democratic
148,680
32.85% |
Jana Kemp
Independent
26,655
5.89% |
Ted Dunlap
Libertarian
5,867
1.30% |