Idaho State Senate District 8
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Christy Zito Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Christy ZitoRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Christy Zito (Republican) won by 44.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Christy ZitoIncumbentRepublican
Source: run.voteidaho.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 24,609
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristy ZitoWon Republican 17,75072.1% DemocraticDavid Hoag Democratic 6,85927.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,776
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeoff SchroederWon Republican 13,776100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,288
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven ThaynWon(incumbent) Republican 20,17373.9% OtherBill Sifford Thayn Other 5,58920.5% OtherKirsten Faith Richardson Other 1,5265.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,903
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven P. ThaynWon(incumbent) Republican 14,12871.0% IndependentBill Sifford Independent 4,51022.7% OtherKirsten Faith Richardson Other 1,2656.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,218
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven P. ThaynWon(incumbent) Republican 16,01575.5% OtherKirsten Faith Richardson Other 4,82622.7% William A. Sifford Write-in 3771.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,941
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven P. ThaynWon(incumbent) Republican 10,67571.5% IndependentKirsten Faith Richardson Independent 4,26628.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,437
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven ThaynWon Republican 13,06861.0% DemocraticJoanna Clausen Democratic 6,65631.1% IndependentKirsten Faith Richardson Independent 1,7138.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,382
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSheryl L. NuxollWon Republican 10,05169.9% DemocraticLeta Strauss Democratic 4,33130.1% Robert Bruce Clark Write-in 00.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,545
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeland G. HeinrichWon(incumbent) Republican 11,43461.7% DemocraticRandy K. Doman Democratic 7,11138.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,361
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeland G. HeinrichWon Republican 7,40351.5% DemocraticScott McLeod Democratic 6,95848.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,140
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanR. Skipper BrandtWon(incumbent) Republican 14,140100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,081
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanR. Skipper BrandtWon(incumbent) Republican 8,55860.8% DemocraticDave Holland Democratic 5,52339.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,143
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith DanielsonWon(incumbent) Republican 13,143100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,831
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith DanielsonWon(incumbent) Republican 10,831100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,043
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith DanielsonWon(incumbent) Republican 13,043100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,407
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith DanielsonWon Republican 8,58059.5% DemocraticTerry A. Haun(incumbent) Democratic 5,82740.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,561
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry A. HaunWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,15352.4% RepublicanTwila Hornbeck Republican 7,40847.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,190
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,15764.4% RepublicanGregory C. Dickison Republican 10,03335.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,892
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,892100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,826
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,53961.9% RepublicanC. W. Eimers Republican 13,28738.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,093
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,093100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,862
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,98960.7% RepublicanJim S. Higgins Republican 3,87339.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,997
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon BeitelspacherWon Democratic 5,44654.5% RepublicanMichael P. Blewett Republican 4,55145.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,242
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael S. BlackWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,84153.0% RepublicanCharles B. Stegner Republican 3,40147.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,332
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael S. BlackWon Democratic 4,21250.5% RepublicanFrank Higgins Republican 4,12049.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,052
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1975)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticE. H. TackeWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,60559.6% RepublicanWalter L. Moffet Republican 2,44740.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,307
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticE. H. TackeWon Democratic 3,95854.2% RepublicanWalter L. Moffet Republican 3,34945.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,649
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNels L. SolbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,33859.1% RepublicanRobert E. Long Republican 2,31140.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,300
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Idaho Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNels L. SolbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,28452.1% RepublicanCurtis J. Berkland Republican 3,01647.9%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Idaho State Senate District 8, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/id/senate/8. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:id/sldu:8
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026