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Raul Labrador

A candidate for U.S. Representative (GOP), Idaho Congressional District 1 in the 2012 Idaho Primary

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) 57,876 80.64%
Reed McCandless (R) 13,898 19.36%

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Bill would open door for more geothermal

BOISE – U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is pushing legislation to ease restrictions on geothermal exploration on federal lands, a move experts say could lead to more development of a green energy source for which the United States is the world’s leading producer. The bill, H.R. 2171, cleared a House committee on a bipartisan, 26-16 vote this week and is now headed to the full House for a vote, likely in the fall.

Idaho rep’s bill would speed geothermal exploration

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Blast From Past — Out, Out, GOP

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