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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's State capital (United States), state capital and largest city is Boise, Idaho, Boise. With an area of , Idaho is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 13th-least populous and the List of U.S. states by population density, seventh-least densely populated of the List of US states, 50 U.S. states. For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho had been inhabited by Native American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise, Idaho
Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area's elevation is Sea level#AMSL, above sea level. It is the county seat of Ada County, Idaho, Ada County. The Boise metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five County (United States), counties with a combined population of 749,202, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, Idaho, Nampa, and Meridian, Idaho, Meridian. The Boise metropolitan area, Boise–Nampa Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 74th most populous List of metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Downtown Boise is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho's 2nd Congressional District
Idaho's 2nd congressional district is one of two congressional districts in the U.S. state of Idaho, in the eastern portion of the state. Beginning with the 2012 election, the district expanded westward and now includes most of Boise, Idaho, Boise, the state capital and largest city. The district is currently represented by Mike Simpson, a Republican Party (United States), Republican of Idaho Falls. A former dentist in Blackfoot, Idaho, Blackfoot, he was first elected in United States House of Representatives elections, 1998#Idaho, 1998; the seat opened when his predecessor Mike Crapo successfully ran for the United States Senate, U.S. Senate. History After statehood in 1890, Idaho had a single seat in Congress through the United States House of Representatives elections, 1910, 1910 election, a statewide Idaho's at-large congressional district, at-large seat. Following the 1910 United States Census, 1910 census, Idaho gained its second seat in the House; it was first contested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho's 1st Congressional District
Idaho's 1st congressional district is one of two congressional districts in the U.S. state of Idaho. It comprises the western portion of the state. The 1st district is currently represented by Russ Fulcher, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from Meridian, Idaho, Meridian, who was first elected in 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho#District 1, 2018, and re-elected in 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho#District 1, 2020 and 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho#District 1, 2022. History From statehood in 1890 to the 1910 United States House of Representatives elections, 1910 election, Idaho was represented by a statewide Idaho's at-large congressional district, at-large seat. Following the 1910 United States Census, 1910 census, Idaho gained a second House seat; it was first contested in 1912 United States House of Representatives elections, 1912. However, through the 1916 United States Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Little
Bradley Jay Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019 and as an Idaho Senate, Idaho state senator from 2001 to 2009. Little is a graduate of the University of Idaho, having earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976. He has been involved in public service since the 1980s. Little was appointed as an Idaho state senator by Governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2001, a position he held for just under eight years. During his senate tenure, Little chaired the majority caucus and represented the Idaho Legislative District 8, 8th and (after redistricting in 2002) Idaho Legislative District 11, 11th legislative districts. In 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Little to the office of lieutenant governor after the previous lieutenant governor, Jim Risch, resign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Senate
The Idaho State Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho Legislature. It consists of 35 senators elected to two-year terms, each representing a district of the state. The Senate meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho. Composition of the Senate Since 1992, the Idaho Senate has been controlled by the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Leadership of the 68th Legislature Committee chairs of the 68th Legislature Members of the Idaho Senate Past composition of the Senate See also * Idaho House of Representatives References External linksIdaho State Legislature''official government website''State Senate of Idaho at Project Vote Smart * {{Coord, 43, 37, 04, N, 116, 11, 59, W, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark_region:US-ID State upper houses in the United States Idaho Legislature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise Metropolitan Area
The Boise, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (commonly known as the Boise Metropolitan Area or the Treasure Valley) is an area that encompasses Ada County, Idaho, Ada, Boise County, Idaho, Boise, Canyon County, Idaho, Canyon, Gem County, Idaho, Gem, and Owyhee County, Idaho, Owyhee counties in southwestern Idaho, anchored by the cities of Boise, Idaho, Boise and Nampa, Idaho, Nampa. It is the main component of the wider Boise–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area, which adds Elmore County, Idaho, Elmore and Payette County, Idaho, Payette counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. It is the state's largest officially designated United States metropolitan area, metropolitan area and includes Idaho's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and Meridian, Idaho, Meridian. Nearly 40 percent of Idaho's total population lives in the area. As of the 2021 estimate, the Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 795,268, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Risch
James Elroy Risch ( ; born May 3, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter, and briefly as governor between their terms. Raised in Milwaukee, Risch moved to Idaho in the early 1960s. After graduating from the University of Idaho, he received a B.S. degree in forestry in 1965 and earned a J.D. in 1968. Afterward, he taught criminal law at Boise State University, and in 1970 was elected as Ada County prosecuting attorney. He was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1974 and was a member until 1988. In 1995, he was appointed to the state Senate, where served until 2002. Risch ran for lieutenant governor of Idaho in 2002, defeating incumbent Jack Riggs in the primary. After incumbent governor Dirk Kempthorne resigned to become the United States Secretary of the Interior in May 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada County, Idaho
Ada County is located in the southwestern part of Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 494,967, which by 2024 was estimated to have risen to 535,799. Ada County is by far the state's most populous county; it is home to 26.8% of the state's population. The county seat and largest city is Boise, which is also the state capital. Ada County is included in the Boise metropolitan area. The Ada County Highway District has jurisdiction over all the local county and city streets, except for private roads and state roads. In the interior Pacific Northwest east of the Cascade Range, Ada County ranks second in population, behind Spokane County, Washington. History Ada County was created by the Idaho Territory legislature on December 22, 1864, partitioned from Boise County. It is named for Ada Riggs, the daughter of H. C. Riggs, a member of the legislature; he established the county and was a co-founder of Boise. Canyon County, which origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Panhandle
The Idaho panhandle—locally known as North Idaho, Northern Idaho, or simply the Panhandle—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone (though the southern part of the region is sometimes referred to as North Central Idaho). The panhandle is bordered by the state of Washington to the west, Montana to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. The Idaho panhandle, along with Eastern Washington, makes up the region known as the Inland Northwest, headed by its largest city, Spokane, Washington. Coeur d'Alene is the largest city within the Idaho panhandle. Spokane is around west of Coeur d'Alene, and its Spokane International Airport is the region's main air hub. Other important cities in the region include Lewiston, Moscow, Post Falls, Hayden, Sandpoint, and the smaller towns of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho House Of Representatives
The Idaho House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Idaho Legislature. It consists of 70 representatives elected to two-year terms. The state is divided into 35 districts, each of which elects two representatives to separate seats. It meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, in the State Capitol Building. Composition of the House The Idaho House of Representatives has been continuously controlled by the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party since the late 1950s, usually by a wide margin. Democrats picked up six seats in the 2006 elections. In the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 2010 elections Republicans won back many of those seats, gaining five. In the 2012 elections, the first election after redistricting in 2011, Democrats gained two seats in Ada County, Idaho, Ada County, but Republicans offset those gains by winning a seat in Bannock County, Idaho, Bannock County and a seat in the district representing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Simpson
Michael Keith Simpson (born September 8, 1950) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Idaho, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Idaho, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Idaho, Sun Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise, Idaho, Boise. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Simpson was first elected to public office in 1984, and was elected to the House in the 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, 1998 elections, succeeding Mike Crapo. He served as List of Speakers of the Idaho House of Representatives, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998. Generally regarded as a Moderate Republican (modern United States), moderate Republican, Simpson supports DACA, Illegal immigration to the United States, work visas for illegal immigrants i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bedke
Scott Conrad Bedke (born April 27, 1958) is an American politician serving as the 44th lieutenant governor of Idaho since 2023. A Republican, he served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives for the 27A district. In December 2012, Bedke defeated fellow Republican Lawerence Denney to become speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives. Early life and education Bedke was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He graduated from Oakley High School and from Brigham Young University with Bachelor of Science in finance. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy from 1977 to 1979. Career When long-time legislator Jim Kempton resigned his seat for an appointment to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Legislative District 25 Central Committee met to fill the vacancy in House Seat A, sending three names in order of preference to Governor Dirk Kempthorne: Bedke, Garry Turner of Burley, and ODeen Redman of Albion. Governor Kempthore appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
