Richard H. Stallings

Infobox_Congressman


name=Richard H. Stallings


state=Idaho
district=2nd
term_start = January 4, 1985
term_end = January 5, 1993
preceded=George V. Hansen
succeeded=Mike Crapo
date of birth=birth date and age|1940|10|7
place of birth=Ogden, Utah
dead = alive
date of death=
place of death=
spouse= Renee Stallings
profession=Professor
religion=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
party=Democratic|

Richard Howard Stallings (born October 7, 1940 in Ogden, Utah) represented the Idaho Second District in the House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career.

Stallings earned degrees from Weber State College, Utah State University and Colorado College. Beginning in 1969 Stallings taught history at Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho.

Idaho Democrats nominated Stallings to challenge Rep. George V. Hansen in 1982, but he lost in the general election. In 1984, after Hansen was censured by the House of Representatives for various ethics violations, Stallings defeated him in a hotly contested race by fewer than 200 votes. Despite representing a heavily Republican district, Stallings won his subsequent reelection campaigns by comfortable margins.

A conservative Democrat, Stallings unexpectedly won three votes for the presidential nomination from pro-life delegates to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

Stallings was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Idaho in 1992 but lost to Republican Dirk Kempthorne. In 1993 he was appointed United States Nuclear Waste Negotiator by President Bill Clinton. He served in that capacity until the office was eliminated in early 1995.

In 1998 Stallings attempted to win his old House seat back but was defeated by Mike Simpson. After leaving Congress, Stallings later served as executive director of the Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services and later on the Pocatello, Idaho, City Council.

In 2005 Stallings won both election as chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party and reelection to the Pocatello City Council. Stallings was reelected state Democratic chair in 2007. He resigned from both posts on December 20, 2007. [cite web|last=Robinson|first=Jeff|title=Richard Stallings Resigns as State Democratic Party Chair|url=http://www.kidk.com/news/local/12755707.html|accessdate=2007-12-22]

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* [http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/d/StaffLeaders/pid/304505 Idaho Democrats]