Raul Labrador
A candidate for U.S. Representative, Idaho Congressional District 1 in the 2014 Nov. 4 Idaho General Election
Party: Republican
Age: 56
City: Eagle, Idaho
Occupation: Incumbent congressman
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a law degree from the University of Washington.
Work experience: Immigration attorney
Political experience: Three-term congressman. Co-founder of the “Freedom Caucus” in the House, a group of conservatives who successfully engineered the ouster of then-House Speaker John Boehner. Ran unsuccessfully for House majority leader in 2014. Served two terms in the Idaho state House.
Family: Married. Has five children.
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Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Raul Labrador (R) | 143,528 | 65.01% |
| Shirley Ringo (D) | 77,253 | 34.99% |
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Idaho’s GOP convention adjourns without electing chairman, setting platform
Idaho’s state Republican Party convention degenerated into a fiasco Saturday after attempts to disqualify up to a third of the delegates attending appeared to be succeeding – and the convention adjourned without electing a chairman, setting a platform or doing any of its scheduled business. “For three weeks I’ve tried to broker a deal to prevent what happened today,” 1st District Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador told Idaho Public Television just after the convention adjourned. Labrador was the convention chairman and wants to be the next Majority Leader of the U.S. House.
Idaho Republican Labrador makes bid for House majority leader
BOISE – Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador announced Friday that he’s running for U.S. House majority leader, a big leap for the second-term tea-party favorite. Though his bid to take on popular GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for the post immediately was labeled a “long shot” by pundits in Washington, D.C., Labrador told reporters in Boise, “I’ve had some experiences with heavy favorites before.”