Vito Barbieri | |
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Member of the Idaho House of Representatives | |
Assumed office December 1, 2010 Servingwith Jordan Redman | |
Preceded by | Jim Clark |
Constituency | 3rd district Seat A (2010-2012) 2nd district Seat A (2012-2022) 3rd district Seat A (2022-present) |
Personal details | |
Born | James Vito Barbieri II [1] October 22,1951 San Antonio,Texas,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Joy |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Dalton Gardens,Idaho |
Education | El Camino College (AA) Western State College of Law (BS,JD) [2] |
Website | vitobarbieri |
James Vito Barbieri II (born October 22,1951) [3] is an American politician and lawyer from Idaho. He is a Republican Idaho State Representative since 2010 representing District 3 in the A seat. [4]
Barbieri earned his associate degree from El Camino College and his bachelor's degree and J.D. from Western State College of Law. [5] [6] [7]
He practiced law in California for 20 years. [6] Since moving to Idaho in 2004,he has operated several small businessess,including a catering business and owns an electronic cigarette store in Post Falls. [6]
Barbieri previously served on the Revenue and Taxation Committee from 2010 to 2012.
Year | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct |
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2010 Primary [8] | Vito Barbieri | 2,047 | 39.4% | Duane Rasmussen | 1,298 | 25.0% | Jeri DeLange | 1,057 | 20.3% | Fred Meckel | 794 | 15.3% |
2010 General [9] | Vito Barbieri | 12,168 | 100% |
Year | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Candidate | Votes | Pct |
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2012 Primary [10] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 3,147 | 57.0% | Mark Fisher | 2,373 | 43.0% |
2012 General [11] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 14,142 | 65.7% | Cheryl Stransky | 7,371 | 34.3% |
2014 Primary [12] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 3,253 | 67.5% | Fritz Wiedenhoff | 1,568 | 32.5% |
2014 General [13] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 9,470 | 65.9% | Cheryl Stransky | 4,901 | 34.1% |
2016 Primary [14] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 3,250 | 67.9% | Fritz Wiedenhoff | 1,539 | 32.1% |
2016 General [15] | Vito Barbieri (incumbent) | 17,115 | 72.2% | Kathy Kraack Kahn | 6,581 | 27.8% |
On November 23,2020,Barbieri announced that he would run for Idaho House of Representatives assistant majority leader against Jason Monks. [16]
Barbieri came to national attention on February 23,2015,after asking a doctor giving testimony if a woman could swallow a camera in order to undergo a remote gynecological exam and received the answer that such was not possible as swallowing a pill will not lead it to the vagina. In response to commentary on social media about the seeming anatomical confusion,he explained his remarks:"I was being rhetorical,because I was trying to make the point that equalizing a colonoscopy to this particular procedure was apples and oranges... So I was asking a rhetorical question that was designed to make her say that they weren't the same thing,and she did so. It was the response I wanted." [17] [18]
However,upon receiving the explanation from the testifying doctor,Barbieri's response was,"Fascinating". The exchange included Barbieri's question:"Can this same procedure then be done in a pregnancy? Swallowing a camera and helping the doctor to determine what the situation is?" Dr. Julie Madsen,MD responded:"Mr. Chairman and Representative,it cannot be done in pregnancy simply because when you swallow a pill it would not end up in the vagina." Barbieri replied,"Fascinating. That certainly makes sense." [19] [20]