Republican Incumbents Hold Idaho Falls Legislative Seats

Three Republican incumbents won re-election in Idaho Falls' Legislature District 33 on Tuesday.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Legislative Policy

Republican Incumbents Hold Idaho Falls Legislative Seats

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Rep. Barbara Ehardt defeated Democrat Chance Marshall 6,946 to 6,142 in House Seat A, winning her sixth term. Rep. Marco Erickson defeated Democrat Todd DeVries 7,289 to 5,587 in House Seat B, and Sen. Dave Lent defeated Democrat Jan Brown 7,234 to 5,724.

Why it matters

The results keep the District 33 House and Senate seats in Republican hands for Idaho Falls residents and the wider state Legislature. Each race was a head-to-head contest between an incumbent and a Democratic challenger.

Ehardt won about 53% of the House Seat A vote, Erickson about 57% of House Seat B, and Lent about 56% of the Senate vote in the District 33 contests. The extraction does not report total turnout for the district.

The players

Barbara Ehardt

Ehardt is a Republican state representative from Idaho Falls who sponsored the Fairness in Women's Sports Act and won her sixth term in House Seat A.

Marco Erickson

Erickson is a Republican state representative who first took office in 2020 and won his fourth term in House Seat B.

Dave Lent

Lent is a Republican state senator who first took office in 2018 and won re-election in the District 33 Senate race.

The details

Voters in the District 33 races cast ballots on Tuesday, with each contest decided between a Republican incumbent and a Democratic challenger. Ehardt sponsored the Fairness in Women's Sports Act in 2020, and Erickson won his fourth term after first taking office in 2020.

Lent first took office in 2018.
Ehardt sponsored the Fairness in Women's Sports Act in 2020.
Erickson first took office in 2020.
Voters decided the District 33 races on November 3, 2026.

Legislative Policy

Ehardt's sixth term keeps the sponsor of the 2020 Fairness in Women's Sports Act in the House, where that measure originated in Idaho's Legislature. The District 33 results leave the sitting Republican majority of the delegation intact.

District 33 residents keep the same Republican representation in the House and Senate for the next term. The results mean no change in who represents Idaho Falls in these seats.

The takeaway

The District 33 results show continuity in Idaho Falls' legislative representation, with three incumbents returning to office by margins of roughly 53 to 57 percent. Residents tracking state policy can follow the sitting members' committee work over the coming session.