Everything about Larry Larocco totally explained
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.
Biography
Education
LaRocco was born in
Van Nuys, a suburban part of
Los Angeles, California, and attended
Stanford University's Institute of Television and Radio, 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.
Military
After his studies, he joined the
U.S. Army as a
captain in
military intelligence. He left the Army in
1972.
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's the last Democrat to represent Idaho in Congress.
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.
In April 2007, LaRocco announced he'll be a candidate for the
U.S. Senate. If things turn out as expected in the primaries, it'll be the third time LaRocco will face off with Risch in an election.
See:
Idaho United States Senate election, 2008Further Information
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