1. Lawrence Paul LaRocco was born on August 25,1946 and is an American politician who served two terms in the US House of Representatives, representing the Idaho's 1st congressional district from 1991 to 1995.
15 Facts About Larry LaRocco
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Larry LaRocco ran for the state's lieutenant governorship in 2006 and for the US Senate in 2008, but was defeated by Jim Risch in the general election both times.
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Larry LaRocco was born in Van Nuys, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.
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Larry LaRocco earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Portland in 1967.
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Larry LaRocco studied at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Larry LaRocco joined the US Army and was commissioned on August 15,1969; he was eventually promoted to captain and served in military intelligence at the Intelligence Data Handling Systems at 7th Army Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany towards the end of his army career.
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In 1975, Larry LaRocco took a job as northern Idaho field co-ordinator for Idaho US Senator Frank Church, a position he held until Church's defeat in 1980; in 1976, he was the co-ordinator for the Oregon primary election for Church's Presidential run.
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Larry LaRocco gained notice that year for taking jobs for one week in each of the district's 19 counties.
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Larry LaRocco 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.
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LaRocco won Idaho's 1st congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1990 when incumbent Larry Craig ran successfully for the United States Senate.
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Larry LaRocco was the only member of Congress from Idaho to vote for the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
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Larry LaRocco was decisively defeated in his attempt to win a third term in 1994 by Republican Helen 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.
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Larry LaRocco would be the last Democrat to represent Idaho in Congress until the election of Walt Minnick to the 1st congressional district seat in 2008.
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On March 18,2006, Larry LaRocco filed to run for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho.
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Larry LaRocco engaged his opponents in a series of debates around the state of Idaho.