1. Helen Chenoweth-Hage remains one of two women to ever represent Idaho in the United States Congress and the only one from the Republican Party.
15 Facts About Helen Chenoweth-Hage
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage's family moved west to Los Angeles when Helen was a year old, then north to southern Oregon when she was 12, to run a dairy farm near Grants Pass.
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Later, Helen developed and managed the Northside Medical Clinic, where she initiated a physician recruitment practice for under-served rural communities, while Nick attended the UI law school in Moscow.
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The Chenoweths divorced in 1975 and Helen Chenoweth-Hage moved to Boise to become executive director of the Idaho Republican Party.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage pledged to serve no more than three terms in the US House if elected.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage defeated two-term Democratic incumbent Larry LaRocco by almost 11 points in the Republican wave that saw that party take control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage staunchly opposed government regulation, and was a strong supporter of school prayer.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage later said that she regretted limiting herself to three terms and called the whole concept of term limits bad policy.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage nonetheless honored her pledge and did not run for reelection to a fourth term in 2000.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Butch Otter, a fellow Republican.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage requested to see a copy of the regulation granting United States Department of Homeland Security the authority to search her without cause.
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On October 2,2006, Helen Chenoweth-Hage was killed after being thrown from the passenger seat of a sport utility vehicle that overturned on an isolated highway in central Nevada, near Tonopah.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage was memorialized at a service held in Meridian, Idaho, on October 9,2006.
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage is buried alongside husband Wayne Hage at the Pine Creek Ranch Family Cemetery in Monitor Valley, Nevada.