Initial election results in south central Idaho’s District 26 showed victories for all three Republican candidates. Boise State Public Radio reported this on air on Wednesday and Thursday morning as part of a four-seat loss for Democrats statewide.
Blaine County released a final batch of counted ballots late Wednesday, showing that Democratic Sen. Ron Taylor has in fact retained his seat, defeating Republican challenger Laurie Lickley by 367 votes.
That update means District 26 remains split, with a Democratic senator and two Republican representatives. Idaho Democrats lost three seats statewide this election, not four.
The Republican supermajority will be 90 members of 105 total seats in the upcoming sessions of the 68th Idaho legislature.
