Larry LaRocco
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| Larry LaRocco | |
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| In office January 3, 1991 – January 4, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Larry Craig |
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| Succeeded by | Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
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| Born | August 25, 1946 Van Nuys, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Christine LaRocco |
| Residence | McCall |
| Profession | Public affairs consultant |
Larry LaRocco (born August 25, 1946) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
LaRocco was born in Van Nuys, a suburban part of Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University's Institute of Television and Radio [this information is disputed, because Stanford University has no Institute of Television and Radio, and Mr. Larocco does not appear in a database of Stanford University alumni], as well as the University of Portland, receiving his B.A. in 1967. He gained his M.S. from Boston University in 1969; during the 1968–69 period, he also studied at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
[edit] Military
After his studies, he joined the U.S. Army as a captain in military intelligence. He left the Army in 1972.
[edit] Political career
In 1975, LaRocco took a job as northern Idaho field coordinator for Idaho U.S. Senator Frank Church, a position he held until Church's defeat in 1980; in 1976, he also was the coordinator for the Oregon primary election for Church's Presidential run. In the 1982 elections, LaRocco was the Democratic nominee for Idaho's 1st District; he lost to incumbent Larry Craig, but received 46.5 percent of the vote on his first try for public office. LaRocco also gained notice that year for taking jobs for one week in each of the district's 19 counties. He worked on a garbage truck, picked apples, waited on tables, worked on a logging road crew and in a nursing home, and many others.
After the 1982 race, he became the vice-president of a brokerage firm in 1983. In 1986, he ran for the Idaho Legislature, losing an Idaho State Senate race in Ada County to Republican incumbent Jim Risch.
In 1990 LaRocco ran for House of Representatives and won the First District House seat. He was re-elected in 1992, winning every county in the district and a 50,000-vote margin over his main opponent. LaRocco was defeated in his attempt to win a third term in 1994 by Republican Helen Chenoweth. He became one of a large number of Democrats to lose their seats in a nationwide string of Republican victories as the Republicans took control of the House for the first time in 40 years. To date, he is the last Democrat to represent Idaho in Congress.
[edit] Other races
On March 17, 2006, LaRocco filed to run for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho. In the May 23 primary he won the nomination but lost to Risch in the November 7, 2006 general election[1].
In April 2007, LaRocco announced he will be a candidate for the U.S. Senate. It will be the third time LaRocco will face off with Republican Jim Risch in an election. Governor Jim Risch is heavily favored to win the general election in November 2008.
See: Idaho United States Senate election, 2008
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[edit] External links
- Larry LaRocco at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- SourceWatch Congresspedia - Larry LaRocco profile
- LaRocco for U.S. Senate
| Preceded by Larry Craig |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 1st congressional district January 3, 1991 – January 4, 1995 |
Succeeded by Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
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