Lawrence Wasden

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Lawrence Wasden
32nd Attorney General of Idaho
In office
January 6, 2003 –January 2, 2023

In July 2017, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led a group of Republican Attorneys General from nine other states, including Wasden, plus Idaho Governor Butch Otter, in threatening the Donald Trump administration that they would litigate if the president did not terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy that had been implemented by President Barack Obama. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery subsequently reversed his position and withdrew his participation from the proposed suit. Slatery went further to urge passage of the DREAM Act. [4] [5] The other attorneys general who joined in making the threats against Trump included Steve Marshall of Alabama, Leslie Rutledge of Arkansas, Derek Schmidt of Kansas, Jeff Landry of Louisiana, Doug Peterson of Nebraska, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, and Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia. [6]

In 2019, Wasden and 16 other A.G. declined to join a letter in support of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (H.R. 1595), sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), which would permit marijuana-related businesses in states and territories to use the banking system. [7]

In 2020, Wasden declined to join the Texas v. Pennsylvania , saying "Idaho is a sovereign state and should be free to govern itself without interference from any other state. Likewise, Idaho should respect the sovereignty of its sister states." [8]

2022 primary election

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Results by county
  Labrador
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  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Wasden
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%

In 2022, Wasden faced heavy opposition from the right. Attorney Arthur Macomber and former Congressman Raúl Labrador both filed to run against Wasden. Wasden lost the May 17 primary to Labrador by over thirteen points. [9]

Personal

Wasden is married and has four children.[ citation needed ]

Electoral history

Idaho Attorney General Republican Primary Election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden39,91732.20
RepublicanMichael Bogert37,86230.50
Republican Todd Lakey 29,15423.50
RepublicanMyron Dan Gabbert17,07113.80
Idaho Attorney General Election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden231,85158.10
Democratic R. Keith Roark 167,35341.90
Idaho Attorney General Republican Primary Election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden (inc.)89,32773.70
RepublicanMyron Dan Gabbert31,79526.30
Idaho Attorney General Election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden (inc.)267,70061.75
DemocraticRobert "Bob" Wallace165,85738.25
Idaho Attorney General Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden (inc.)367,737100.00
Idaho Attorney General Republican Party Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden (inc.)83,85059.10
Republican"Chris" Troupis58,02540.90
Idaho Attorney General Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawrence Wasden (inc.)289,67268.00
DemocraticBruce Bistline136,08132.00

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References

  1. ↑ "NAAG | Lawrence Wasden". www.naag.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Lawrence's Bio". www.lawrencewasden.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  3. ↑ "BIO". www.lawrencewasden.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  4. ↑ "Tennessee's attorney general: I've changed my mind, DACA is good, pass the DREAM Act".
  5. ↑ Aguilar, Julián (2017-06-29). "Texas leads 10 states in urging Trump to end Obama-era immigration program". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ↑ "SPLC denounces letter from 10 attorneys general seeking 'cruel and heartless' repeal of DACA". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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