Raul Labrador

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

Party: Republican

Age: 58

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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Candidate	Votes	Pct
Raul Labrador (R)	57,876	80.64%
Reed McCandless (R)	13,898	19.36%

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Labrador launches re-election campaign

February 14, 2012

BOISE – Idaho congressman Raul Labrador launched his re-election bid Monday, flanked by more than 30 state lawmakers and a bevy of the state’s top GOP elected officials, declaring, “Washington has not changed me.” Some evidence: The freshman congressman hasn’t rented a home in Washington, D.C. – he’s sleeping on his office couch and returning to Idaho and his family each weekend.