Election results heading into midnight showed a big shakeup in the Magic Valley, with four incumbents voted out.

Several Twin Falls Republican incumbents lost their seats: Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld lost to Brent Reinke, Sen. Josh Kohl fell short against Casey Swensen, and Rep. David Leavitt was defeated by Cherie Vollmer. Rep. Steve Miller, R-Fairfield, also lost to Chance Requa.

The results represent a shift to more moderate or mainstream Republicans in Magic Valley. Zuiderveld, Kohl and Leavitt are members of the hardline Gang of Eight.

Rep. Clint Hostetler, R-Twin Falls, also a Gang of Eight member, appears to be the only incumbent group member in District 24 and 25 to keep his seat.

Meanwhile, in Idaho Falls, Rep. Barbara Ehardt has fought off her challenger, firefighter Connor Cook.

In District 28, Sen. Jim Guthrie and Rep. Rick Cheatum will also move on to the November general election. Guthrie defeated challenger David Worley, and Cheatum fought off James Lamborn and Mike Saville.

In North Idaho, Rep. Elaine Price has defeated challenger Christa Hazel, representing a win for the hardline conservative Kootenai County Republican Central Committee over the mainstream North Idaho Republicans faction.

Democrats

While Republicans were duking it out in 46 primaries, Democrats faced off in five primaries.

Rep. Soñia Galaviz, D-Boise, easily won her primary against Justin Mitson for the Senate seat in reliably blue District 16. She vacated her seat in the House, paving the way for nonprofit director Megan Woller, who won her primary against West Ada union leader Jeffrey Watkins.

All three seats in District 6 had Democratic primaries. Back in 2020, two Democrats held seats in the district but Republicans have dominated since then. Senate primary winner Robin Weldy and House primary winners Trish Carter-Goodheart and Kathy Dawes hope to change that in November.

As of  12:50 p.m., 26 out of 44 counties have fully reported results.

Of the 105 members of the Legislature, 42 incumbents faced primary challengers on Tuesday. Many of these races pitted mainstream conservatives against hardline conservatives. As Idaho is a Republican supermajority state, the GOP primary outcome is often considered the most important election of the year. 

By the numbers

• 46 Republican primaries
• 5 Democratic primaries
• 2 Senate Education Committee members primaried
• 7 House Education Committee members primaried
• $4.8 million raised in campaign contributions
• $3.6 million reported spending through independent expenditures

See our live tracker for results of the most important races for education policy. Click here for more on those races. 

Winners below will have a ✅ next to their name. Incumbents are marked in bold.

These results are unofficial and collected from county websites and VoteIdaho.gov.

Democratic primaries