The 1992 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1992, 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 decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Republican nominee and Boise mayor Dirk Kempthorne won the open seat, defeating Democratic Congressman Richard H. Stallings.
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 County results Kempthorne: 50–60% 60–70% Stallings: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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To date, Stallings' 43 percent is the last time that the Democrats have won more than 40 percent of the vote in a Senate election in Idaho. This was the first open-seat Senate election in Idaho for this seat since 1903.
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Richard H. Stallings, U.S. Representative
- Matt Schaffer
- David W. Sheperd
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Richard H. Stallings | 40,102 | 71.66% | |
| Democratic | Matt Schaffer | 8,976 | 16.04% | |
| Democratic | David W. Sheperd | 6,882 | 12.30% | |
| Total votes | 55,960 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Dirk Kempthorne, Mayor of Boise
- Rod Beck, former State Senator
- Milt Erhart
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dirk Kempthorne | 67,001 | 57.43% | |
| Republican | Rod Beck | 26,977 | 23.12% | |
| Republican | Milt Erhart | 22,682 | 19.44% | |
| Total votes | 116,660 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editCandidates
edit- Dirk Kempthorne (R), Mayor of Boise
- Richard H. Stallings (D), U.S. Representative
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dirk Kempthorne | 270,468 | 56.52% | +4.97% | |
| Democratic | Richard H. Stallings | 208,036 | 43.48% | −4.97% | |
| Majority | 62,432 | 13.05% | +9.93% | ||
| Turnout | 478,504 | +20.17% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.