State Senator
State Senate District 16; Idaho
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 51,835 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,934,262 ÷ 51,835) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.73, measured against a statewide vote in ID (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Geoffrey Surbeck is a Republican candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 16 (2024) in 2026.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 for, Public Education Quality 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Democratic · declared
Soñia Galaviz is a Democratic candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 16 (2024) in 2026.
Records: Corporate Accountability 3 for, 1 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 3 for, 1 against, Social Programs and Welfare 4 for,
Source: ballotpedia.org