Idaho Congressional District

Idaho Congressional DistrictToday Idaho is one of the most republican states in the United States. Since 1968, 11 of the 14 House of Representatives have been republican. Also, since 1968, there has been only one senator that was not republican. Since 1968, Idaho has been consistent with voting for a republican president. Before 1968 Idaho had a strong democratic presence. The state of Idaho has two congressional districts, the 1st congressional district and the 2nd congressional district. I currently reside in the 1st congressional district which takes up the western part of the state and the panhandle.
Idaho was granted statehood in 1890. At that time Idaho had only one seat in congress. It was not until the 1910 census that Idaho gained
Raul is from Las Vegas, NV. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1985. After high school Raul attended Brigham Young University in Utah. In 1987 Raul went on a mission to Chile for the LDS Church. After he returned from his mission in Chile, he continued his education in Utah where he met his wife. Raul was married in 1991. Raul earned his law degree from the University of Washington, School of Law in Seattle, Washington, in 1995. After earning his law degree, Raul and his family moved to Idaho and Raul established his law practice in Nampa and Boise. “Today, Raul Labrador is proud to represent Idaho’s First Congressional District, which spans the western half of Idaho from Canada in the north to Nevada in the south. Raul has stood for Idaho’s values and for America’s future. He has fought for tax reform, fiscal responsibility, regulatory restraint, increased domestic energy production, transparency in government and the protection of civil liberties. He was noted by Idaho and national press as the architect of the Balanced Budget Amendment vote in the debt ceiling negations of 2011.”("Labrador," n.d)Idaho’s senator is Mike Crapo. The following background information was taken from Senator Crapo’s
Since 1968, 11 of the 14 House of Representatives have been republican and there has been only one senator that was not republican. Since 1968, Idaho has been consistent with voting for a republican president. Before 1968 Idaho had a strong democratic presence. The state of Idaho has two congressional districts, the 1st congressional district and the 2nd congressional district. I currently reside in the 1st congressional district which takes up the western part of the state and the panhandle. The representative for my district is Raul Labrador and my senator is Mike