Idaho's 1st congressional district
Idaho's 1st congressional district is one of two congressional districts in the U.S. state of Idaho. It comprises the western portion of the state.
Idaho's 1st congressional district | |||
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![]() Idaho's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2018 est.) | 912,950 | ||
Median income | $56,709[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+21[3] |
From statehood in 1890 to the 1910 election, Idaho was represented by a statewide at-large seat. Following the 1910 census, Idaho gained a second House seat; it was first contested in 1912. However, through the 1916 election, both seats were statewide at-large seats. The first election in Idaho with two congressional districts was in 1918.
The 2012 election cycle saw the district remain largely in the shape it has had since the 1950s, encompassing the western third of the state. Historically, it has been reckoned as the Boise district, as it usually included most of the state capital. The latest round of redistricting, however, saw the 1st pushed to the west, shifting almost all of its share of Boise to the 2nd district.[4] A significant increase in population directly west of Boise over the previous decade, in western Ada and Canyon counties, was responsible for the westward shift of the boundary. However, the 1st continues to include most of Boise's suburbs. In Ada County itself, the district continues to include Meridian, Eagle, Kuna and some parts of Boise south of Interstate 84. It also includes the entire northern portion of the state, through the Panhandle.
The 1st district is currently represented by Russ Fulcher, a Republican from Boise. First elected in 2018, he defeated Democratic candidate Cristina McNeil and Libertarian candidate W. Scott Howard.
Recent results in presidential elections
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 64.61% - Al Gore 27.59% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 68.92% - John Kerry 29.53% |
2008 | President | John McCain 60.69% - Barack Obama 35.22% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 64.9% - Barack Obama 32.2% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 63.7% - Hillary Clinton 25.4% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1919 | |||
![]() Burton French |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 |
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Redistricted from the at-large district. Lost re-election. |
![]() Compton White |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Abe Goff |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Compton White |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
81st | [data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
John T. Wood | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
82nd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Gracie Pfost |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
![]() Compton White Jr. |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
88th 89th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Jim McClure |
Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 |
90th 91st 92nd |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
![]() Steve Symms |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
![]() Larry Craig |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
![]() Larry LaRocco |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
102nd 103rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
104th 105th 106th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
![]() Butch Otter |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
107th 108th 109th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor. |
![]() Bill Sali |
Republican | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
110th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Walt Minnick |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
111th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Raúl Labrador |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 |
112th 113th 114th 115th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor. |
![]() Russ Fulcher |
Republican | January 3, 2019 – Present |
116th | Elected in 2018. |
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Butch Otter (Incumbent) | 120,743 | 58.57 | |
Democratic | Betty Richardson | 80,269 | 38.94 | |
Libertarian | Steve Gothard | 5,129 | 2.49 | |
Total votes | 206,141 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Butch Otter (Incumbent) | 207,662 | 69.55 | |
Democratic | Naomi Preston | 90,927 | 30.45 | |
Total votes | 298,589 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Sali (Incumbent) | 115,843 | 49.94 | |
Democratic | Larry Grant | 103,935 | 44.81 | |
Independent | Dave Olson | 6,857 | 2.96 | |
Natural Law | Andy Hedden-Nicely | 2,882 | 1.24 | |
Constitution | Paul Smith | 2,457 | 1.06 | |
Total votes | 231,974 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Walt Minnick | 175,898 | 50.61 | |||
Republican | Bill Sali (Incumbent) | 171,687 | 49.39 | |||
Total votes | 347,585 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Raúl Labrador | 126,231 | 51.02 | |||
Democratic | Walt Minnick (Incumbent) | 102,135 | 41.28 | |||
Independent | Dave Olson | 14,365 | 5.81 | |||
Libertarian | Mike Washburn | 4,696 | 1.90 | |||
Total votes | 247,427 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador | 58,003 | 80.6 | |
Republican | Reed McCandless | 13,917 | 19.4 | |
Total votes | 71,920 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jimmy Farris | 5,362 | 53.2 | |
Democratic | Cynthia Clinkingbeard | 4,723 | 46.8 | |
Total votes | 10,085 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador (Incumbent) | 199,402 | 63.0 | |
Democratic | Jimmy Farris | 97,450 | 30.8 | |
Libertarian | Rob Oates | 12,265 | 3.9 | |
Independent | Pro-Life | 7,607 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 316,724 | 100.0 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador | 56,206 | 78.6 | |
Republican | Lisa Marie | 5,164 | 7.2 | |
Republican | Michael Greenway | 3,494 | 4.9 | |
Republican | Reed McCandless | 3,373 | 4.7 | |
Republican | Sean Blackwell | 3,304 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 71,541 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shirley Ringo | 9,047 | 82.0 | |
Democratic | Ryan Barone | 1,981 | 18.0 | |
Total votes | 11,028 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador (Incumbent) | 143,580 | 65.01 | |
Democratic | Shirley Ringo | 77,277 | 34.99 | |
Other | Write-ins | 7 | <0.01 | |
Majority | 66,303 | 30.02% | ||
Total votes | 220,864 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador | 51,568 | 80.98 | |
Republican | Gordon Counsil | 6,510 | 10.22 | |
Republican | Isaac M. Haugen | 5,605 | 8.80 | |
Total votes | 63,683 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Piotrowski | 6,954 | 56.15 | |
Democratic | Shizandra Fox | 3,428 | 27.68 | |
Democratic | Staniela Nikolova | 2,002 | 16.17 | |
Total votes | 12,384 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Raúl Labrador (Incumbent) | 242,252 | 68.17 | |
Democratic | James Piotrowski | 113,052 | 31.82 | |
Other | Write-ins | 53 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 355,357 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Russ Fulcher | 42,793 | 43.1 | |
Republican | David H. Leroy | 15,451 | 15.6 | |
Republican | Luke Malek | 14,154 | 14.3 | |
Republican | Christy Perry | 11,110 | 11.2 | |
Republican | Michael Snyder | 10,255 | 10.3 | |
Republican | Alex Gallegos | 3,478 | 3.5 | |
Republican | Nick Henderson | 2,003 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 99,244 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cristina McNeil | 19,070 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | James Vandermaas | 4,491 | 16.3 | |
Democratic | Michael Smith | 3,963 | 14.4 | |
Total votes | 27,524 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Russ Fulcher | 197,167 | 62.7 | |
Democratic | Cristina McNeil | 96,932 | 30.8 | |
Independent | Natalie Fleming | 6,188 | 2.0 | |
Libertarian | W. Scott Howard | 5,435 | 1.7 | |
Independent | Paul Farmer | 4,479 | 1.4 | |
Constitution | Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson | 3,181 | 1.0 | |
Independent | Gordon Counsil | 1,054 | 0.3 | |
Independent | Michael J. Rath (write-in) | 91 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 314,527 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries

References
- "My Congressional District".
- "Census profile: Congressional District 1, ID".
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Adopted Redistricting Plans Archived May 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (accessed February 2, 2012)
- "May 15, 2012 Primary Election Results". Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "2012 General Results statewide". Idaho Secretary of State Election Division. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- "May 20, 2014 Primary Election Results". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- "Nov 04, 2014 General Election Results". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- "Official Primary Election Statewide Totals". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- "Nov 08, 2016 General Election Results". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
External links
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present