- Larry LaRocco
Infobox_Congressman
name=Larry LaRocco
state2=Idaho
district2=1st
term_start2=January 3 ,1991
term_end2=January 4 ,1995
preceded2=Larry Craig
succeeded2=Helen Chenoweth-Hage
party=Democratic
date of birth=birth date and age|1946|08|25
place of birth=Van Nuys, California
dead = alive
date of death=
place of death=
alma_mater=Stanford University ,University of Portland ,Boston University ,School of Advanced International Studies
profession=Army ,banking ,politics
spouse=Chris LaRocco
residence=McCall, Idaho
religion=
website= [http://laroccoforsenate.com/ Larry LaRocco for Senate]Larry LaRocco (born
August 25 ,1946 ) is a Democraticpolitician from theU.S. state ofIdaho , who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. LaRocco is the Democratic nominee for the openU.S. Senate seat in Idaho in 2008.Early life and family
LaRocco was born in Van Nuys, a suburb of
Los Angeles, California . He attendedStanford University 's Institute of Television and Radio, as well as theUniversity of Portland , receiving his B.A. in 1967. He earned his M.S. fromBoston University in 1969; during the 1968–69 period, he also studied at the Johns HopkinsSchool of Advanced International Studies . [ [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000098/ Larry LaRocco] "Washington Post" Congress votes database] [ [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26829 Larry LaRocco - Biography] "Project Vote Smart"]LaRocco and his wife Chris have two children and one grandchild.
Military service
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 inmilitary intelligence at the Intelligence Data Handling Systems (IDHS) at 7th Army Headquarters inHeidelberg , Germany towards the end of his army career. On May 24, 1972, the Baader-Meinhof Gang, the precursor of theRed Army Faction , exploded a car bomb outside ofCampbell Barracks which killed three of LaRocco's fellow soldiers; it was his first encounter withterrorism . LaRocco was honorably discharged June 10, 1972. [ [http://www.idahostatesman.com/letters/story/444427.html Military Record] Larry LaRocco, "Idaho Statesman", July 17, 2008]Political career
In 1975, LaRocco took a job as northern
Idaho field co-ordinator for Idaho U.S. SenatorFrank Church , a position he held until Church's defeat in 1980; in 1976, he also was the co-ordinator for theOregon primary election for Church's Presidential run.In the 1982 elections, LaRocco was the Democratic nominee for
Idaho's 1st congressional district ; he lost to incumbentLarry 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, fedCoho 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 incumbentJim Risch .U.S. House of Representatives
LaRocco won
Idaho's 1st congressional district seat in theUnited States House of Representatives in 1990. He was re-elected in 1992, winning every county in the district and with a 50,000-vote margin over his main opponent. He was defeated in his attempt to win a third term in 1994 by RepublicanHelen Chenoweth , becoming 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.Lieutenant Governor campaign
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