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1998 Senate elections · Idaho history

Idaho U.S. Senate election 1998

Mike Crapo REP +41.1 · Class III seat · held 11/3/98

Votes counted
378,174
Margin
41.1 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld

General election 11/3/98

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Mike Crapo WonREP262,96669.54%
Bill MaukDEM107,37528.39%
George J. MansfeldNLP7,8332.07%
Total378,174

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Idaho Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIMike Crapo31.9
2020Class IIJames E. Risch29.4
2016Class IIIMike Crapo38.4
2014Class IIJames E. Risch30.7
2010Class IIIMike Crapo46.3
2008Class IIJames E. Risch23.6
2004Class IIIMike Crapo98.4
2002Class IILarry E. Craig32.6
1998Class IIIMike Crapo41.1
1996Class IILarry E. Craig17.1
1992Class IIIC. Dirk Kempthorne13.1
1990Class IILarry E. Craig22.6

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1998 Idaho Senate race?

Mike Crapo (REP) won with 69.5% of the vote, ahead of Bill Mauk (28.4%), a margin of 41.1 points.

Did the Idaho Senate seat change party in 1998?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1998 Idaho Senate race?

378,174 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.