Idaho's 1st congressional district

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Idaho's 1st congressional district
Idaho's 1st congressional district in Boise (since 2023).svg
Idaho's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 65.82% urban
  • 34.18% rural
Population (2023)1,008,961
Median household
income
$76,925 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+22 [2]

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. The 1st district is currently represented by Russ Fulcher, a Republican from Meridian, who was first elected in 2018, and re-elected in 2020 and 2022.

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History

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 2020 redistricting cycle, however, saw the 1st pushed to the west, shifting almost all of its share of Boise to the 2nd district. [3] This was due to a significant increase in population directly west of Boise over the previous decade, in Canyon County and western Ada County. 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.

Recent statewide election results

Presidential election results

Results from previous presidential elections

YearOfficeResults
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 J. Trump 63.7% - Hillary Clinton 25.4%
2020 President Donald J. Trump 67.1% - Joe Biden 30.1%

Non-presidential results

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

YearOffice1Results
2016Senate Mike Crapo 68.9% - Jerry Sturgill 25.3%
2018Governor Brad Little 63.5% - Paulette Jordan 34.8%
2018Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin 63.9% - Kristin Collum 36.1%
2018Attorney General Lawrence Wasden 68.7% - Bruce S. Bistline 31.3%
2020Senate Jim Risch 65.9% - Paulette Jordan 30.1%

Composition

The 1st district includes the entirety of the following councils, with the exception of Ada, which it shares with the 2nd district. Ada County municipalities included within the 1st district include Eagle, Star, Meridian, Kuna, and portions of Boise.

#CountySeatPopulation
1 Ada Boise 524,673
3 Adams Council 4,903
9 Benewah St. Maries 10,369
15 Boise Idaho City 8,517
17 Bonner Sandpoint 52,547
21 Boundary Bonners Ferry 13,557
27 Canyon Caldwell 257,674
35 Clearwater Orofino 9,214
45 Gem Emmett 21,071
49 Idaho Grangeville 17,890
55 Kootenai Coeur d'Alene 185,010
57 Latah Moscow 41,301
61 Lewis Nezperce 3,739
69 Nez Perce Lewiston 42,987
73 Owyhee Murphy 12,722
75 Payette Payette 27,279
79 Shoshone Wallace 14,026
85 Valley Cascade 12,644
87 Washington Weiser 11,425

List of Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

2,500 – 10,000 people

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyTermCong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1919
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Burton French
(Moscow)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
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Compton White
(Clark Fork)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1947
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
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Abe Goff
(Moscow)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
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Compton White
(Clark Fork)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
81st Elected in 1948.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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John T. Wood
(Coeur d'Alene)
Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
82nd Elected in 1950.
Lost re-election.
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Gracie Pfost
(Nampa)
Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Compton White Jr.
(Clark Fork)
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
88th
89th
Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
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Jim McClure
(Payette)
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Steve Symms
(Caldwell)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Larry Craig
(Boise)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1991
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Larry LaRocco
(McCall)
Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1995
102nd
103rd
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Lost re-election.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage
(Boise)
Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2001
104th
105th
106th
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired.
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Butch Otter
(Star)
Republican January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2007
107th
108th
109th
Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired to run for Governor.
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Bill Sali
(Kuna)
Republican January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
110th Elected in 2006.
Lost re-election.
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Walt Minnick
(Boise)
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
111th Elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
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Raúl Labrador
(Eagle)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2019
112th
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired to run for Governor.
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Russ Fulcher
(Meridian)
Republican January 3, 2019 –
present
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Election results

2002

Idaho's 1st congressional district election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Butch Otter (incumbent) 120,743 58.57
Democratic Betty Richardson80,26938.94
Libertarian Steve Gothard5,1292.49
Total votes206,141 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Idaho's 1st congressional district election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Butch Otter (incumbent) 207,662 69.55
Democratic Naomi Preston90,92730.45
Total votes298,589 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Idaho's 1st congressional district election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Sali 115,843 49.94
Democratic Larry Grant 103,93544.81
Independent Dave Olson6,8572.96
Natural Law Andy Hedden-Nicely2,8821.24
Constitution Paul Smith2,4571.06
Total votes231,974 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Idaho's 1st congressional district election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walt Minnick 175,898 50.61
Republican Bill Sali (incumbent)171,68749.39
Total votes347,585 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

2010

Idaho's 1st congressional district election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador 126,231 51.02
Democratic Walt Minnick (incumbent)102,13541.28
Independent Dave Olson14,3655.81
Libertarian Mike Washburn4,6961.90
Total votes247,427 100.00
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador 58,003 80.6
Republican Reed McCandless13,91719.4
Total votes71,920 100
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Farris 5,362 53.2
Democratic Cynthia Clinkingbeard4,72346.8
Total votes10,085 100
Idaho 1st Congressional District 2012 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador (incumbent) 199,402 63.0
Democratic Jimmy Farris97,45030.8
Libertarian Rob Oates12,2653.9
Independent Pro-Life 7,6072.4
Total votes316,724 100.0

2014

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador 56,206 78.6
Republican Lisa Marie5,1647.2
Republican Michael Greenway3,4944.9
Republican Reed McCandless3,3734.7
Republican Sean Blackwell3,3044.6
Total votes71,541 100
Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shirley Ringo 9,047 82.0
Democratic Ryan Barone1,98118.0
Total votes11,028 100
Idaho's 1st congressional district election, 2014 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador (incumbent) 143,580 65.01
Democratic Shirley Ringo77,27734.99
OtherWrite-ins7<0.01
Majority66,30330.02%
Total votes220,864 100
Republican hold

2016

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador 51,568 80.98
Republican Gordon Counsil6,51010.22
Republican Isaac M. Haugen5,6058.80
Total votes63,683 100
Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Piotrowski 6,954 56.15
Democratic Shizandra Fox3,42827.68
Democratic Staniela Nikolova2,00216.17
Total votes12,384 100
Idaho's 1st congressional district election, 2016 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raúl Labrador (incumbent) 242,252 68.17
Democratic James Piotrowski113,05231.82
OtherWrite-ins530.01
Total votes355,357 100
Republican hold

2018

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Russ Fulcher 42,793 43.1
Republican David H. Leroy 15,45115.6
Republican Luke Malek 14,15414.3
Republican Christy Perry 11,11011.2
Republican Michael Snyder10,25510.3
Republican Alex Gallegos3,4783.5
Republican Nick Henderson2,0032.0
Total votes99,244 100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cristina McNeil 19,070 69.3
Democratic James Vandermaas4,49116.3
Democratic Michael Smith3,96314.4
Total votes27,524 100.0
Idaho's 1st congressional district election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Russ Fulcher 197,167 62.7
Democratic Cristina McNeil96,93230.8
Independent Natalie Fleming6,1882.0
Libertarian W. Scott Howard5,4351.7
Independent Paul Farmer4,4791.4
Constitution Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson3,1811.0
Independent Gordon Counsil1,0540.3
Independent Michael J. Rath (write-in)910.0
Total votes314,527 100.0
Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Russ Fulcher (incumbent) 310,736 67.8
Democratic Rudy Soto131,38028.6
Libertarian Joe Evans16,4533.6
Total votes458,569 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Russ Fulcher (incumbent) 222,901 71.3
Democratic Kaylee Peterson82,26126.3
Libertarian Darian Drake7,2802.3
Total votes312,442 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003 – 2013
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2013 – 2023

See also

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