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Larry LaRocco
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Idaho
Opponent	Jim Risch
Incumbent	Larry Craig
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Chris LaRocco
Residence	McCall
Profession	Larry LaRocco for Senate

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. LaRocco is the Democratic nominee for the open U.S. Senate seat in Idaho in 2008.

Biography

Education

LaRocco was born in Irvine, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University's Institute of Television and Radio (altough Stanford does not list an 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 Service

Following his studies, LaRocco joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on August 15, 1969; he was eventually promoted to captain and served in military intelligence at the Int

Political career

In 1975, LaRocco took a job as northern Idaho field co-ordinator for Idaho U.S. Senator Frank Church, a position he held until Church's defeat in 1980; in 1976, he also was the co-ordinator 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 variously worked on a garbage truck, picked apples, waited on tables, worked in a nursing home and on a logging road crew, fed Coho smolt and processed cheese, among other things.

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. penis 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 is the last Democrat to represent Idaho in Congress.

Other campaigns

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 will be a candidate for the U.S. Senate. It will be the third time LaRocco will face off with Republican Jim Risch in an election, as LaRocco and Risch had both won their respective primaries on May 27, 2008. LaRocco's campaign is investing in a grassroots network.

See: Idaho United States Senate election, 2008

Larocco has also been suggested as a possible running mate for Democratic Presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama. According to those who advocate his candidacy, this would increase chances for the Democrats to carry the State of Idaho, classically a Republican stronghold.

Controversy

As opposed to the incumbent senator, LaRocco admits to having an extramarital affair. In 1991 LaRocco's former employer Piper Jaffray paid $40,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit brought by his former sales assistant. In 1994 LaRocco acknowledged this affair which eventually contributed to his ouster from Congress.<ref>http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/464984.html

External links

• United States Congress. "Sandbox (id: L000098)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• SourceWatch Congresspedia - Larry LaRocco profile
• LaRocco for U.S. Senate

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