1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Idaho Knowpia

1984 United States Senate election in Idaho
	County results ; McClure: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; James A. McClure; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; James A. McClure; Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 6, 1984.

Incumbent Senator James A. McClure was re-elected to a third term in office.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

James A. McClure, incumbent Senator

Results edit

Senator McClure was unopposed for re-nomination by the Republican Party.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Peter M. Busch, Vietnam War veteran
Louis Hathaway

Results edit

1984 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Busch	27,871	62.02%
	Democratic	Louis A. Hathaway	17,065	37.98%
Total votes			44,936	100.00%

Independents and third parties edit

Libertarian edit

Donald Billings

General election edit

Campaign edit

The campaign was largely uneventful given McClure's large lead in polls and the Republican tendency of Idaho.

During the campaign, Democratic candidate Peter Busch was involved in a minor plane crash. Busch would die in a similar crash while campaigning for Congress in 1986.^[2]

Results edit

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James A. McClure (incumbent)	293,193	72.19%	3.75
	Democratic	Peter M. Busch	105,591	26.00%	5.56
	Libertarian	Donald Billings	7,384	1.82%	1.82
Total votes			406,168	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

References edit

^ "ID US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Officials Confirm Three Dead In Crash Of Plane Carrying Candidates". Associated Press. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "ID US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 15, 2019.