State Senate State Representative
Primary Elections
Candidates 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 † 2000 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 † 2000
All 72 68 72 72 93 62 134 136 140 142 175 139
Democrat 20 22 30 22 32 13 42 48 47 43 60 40
Female 7 5 6 4 7 5 21 21 21 17 23 17
Male 13 17 24 18 25 8 21 27 26 26 37 23
Republican 52 46 42 50 61 49 92 88 93 99 115 99
Female 8 5 3 6 10 6 13 16 18 20 30 24
Male 44 41 39 44 51 43 79 72 75 79 85 75
Incumbents 34 32 29 31 28 32 48 64 47 65 59 63
Challengers 34 30 25 25 35 19 62 57 61 64 69 57
Open Seat 4 6 18 16 30 11 24 15 32 13 47 19
Democrats w/ opposition for nomination 17 0 8 0 2 2 3 0 2 7 14 2
Democrats w/o opposition for nomination 3 22 22 22 30 11 39 48 45 36 46 38
Republicans w/ opposition for nomination 31 23 16 28 46 26 42 45 52 56 80 55
Republicans w/o opposition for nomination 21 23 26 22 15 23 50 43 41 43 35 44
General Elections
Candidates 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 † 2000 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 † 2000
All 57 56 62 57 75 60 113 115 119 122 146 118
Democrat 18 21 26 21 28 13 40 46 46 39 51 39
Female 7 5 5 3 7 5 21 21 21 14 22 17
Male 11 16 21 18 21 8 19 25 25 25 29 22
Republican 35 33 32 33 35 34 68 63 62 68 67 66
Female 7 4 3 4 5 5 11 11 13 17 21 17
Male 28 29 29 29 30 29 57 52 49 51 46 49
Minor Party, Independent, Etc. 4 2 4 3 12 13 5 6 11 15 28 13
Female 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 7 9
Male 3 1 0 2 10 11 4 5 7 13 21 4
Incumbents 30 30 29 29 23 32 60 60 59 58 54 61
Challengers 19 18 21 18 23 22 35 37 40 40 59 44
Open Seat 8 8 12 10 29 6 18 18 20 24 33 13
Democrats with opposition * 18 19 23 19 28 12 38 39 38 37 47 35
Democrats without opposition * 0 2 3 2 0 1 2 7 8 2 4 4
Republicans with opposition * 18 19 23 19 28 12 38 39 38 37 47 35
Republicans without opposition * 17 14 9 14 7 22 30 24 24 31 19 31
Total Number of Seats 35 35 35 35 35 35 70 70 70 70 70 70
Winners - Democrat 7 7 7 7 7 3 13 18 19 13 16 9
Female 3 3 2 1 1 1 8 11 12 9 8 4
Male 4 4 5 6 6 2 5 7 7 4 8 5
Winners - Republican 28 28 28 28 28 32 57 52 51 57 54 61
Female 6 4 3 3 3 5 11 7 7 16 16 16
Male 22 24 25 25 25 27 46 45 44 41 38 45
Winners - Incumbent 30 30 29 28 22 32 58 59 53 55 48 58
Winners - Challenger ‡ 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6 3 5 3
Winners - Open Seat 5 5 6 6 12 3 10 10 11 12 17 9

Footnotes

* major party opposition (i.e. Republican or Democrat)

† 2002 is a first election held after reapportionment. For purposes of this compilation, incumbents are persons running for the same office which they held at the time of the election. For example, a person running for Senate who was holding the office of Representative was not counted as an incumbent.

In the election year after redistricting, officeholders are counted as incumbents if they ran for the same chamber (i.e. senator running for senate) regardless of district.

The 2002 general election saw 1 race in which incumbents faced each other.

Dist/Race Candidate Vote Candidate Vote
08 Rep B Charles Cuddy (D) 7,355 Twila Hornbeck (R) 6,688

The 2002 primary election saw 6 races in which incumbents faced each other for the party nomination, all between republicans.

Dist/Race Party Candidate Vote Candidate Vote
04 Senate (R) John Goedde 1,883 Kathy Sims 1,852
27 Senate (R) Denton Darrington 3,141 Moon Wheeler 2,131
31 Rep A (R) Larry Bradford 3,370 Tom Loertscher 3,234
31 Rep B (R) Eulalie T. Langford 2,594 Cameron Wheeler 2,559
33 Rep A (R) Jack Barraclough 2,155 Kent Higgins 1,450
35 Rep B (R) Lenore Hardy Barrett 3,755 Janet Arave Aikele 3,007

‡ Incumbents defeated by challengers (in the general election):

Year Dist/Race Challenger over Incumbent
2010 None
2008 33 Rep A Thompson (R) Shively (D)
2006 16 Rep B Bock (D) Kemp (R)
17 Rep A Killen (D) Garrett (R)
17 Rep B Chew (D) Miller (R)
18 Rep A Durst (D) Field (R)
18 Rep B King (D) Ellsworth (R)
33 Rep A Shively (D) Barraclough (R)
2004 02 Senate Broadsword (R) Calabretta (D)
08 Rep B Shepherd (R) Cuddy (D)
25 Rep B Pence (D) Ridinger (R)
29 Rep A Andrus (R) Andersen (D)
2002 04 Rep B Sayler (D) Ellis (R)
05 Rep B Eberle (R) Pischner (R) (incumbent lost primary, ran as W/I in general)
06 Rep B Ringo (D) Young (R)
07 Rep A Mitchell (D) Bruneel (R)
16 Rep B Langhorst (D) Pomeroy (R)
17 Senate Werk (D) Ipsen (R)
2000 01 Rep B Eskridge (R) Stoicheff (D)
05 Rep B Young (R) Ringo (D)
07 Rep B Harwood (R) Judd (D)
1998 05 Rep B Ringo (D) Miller (R)