2008 United States Senate election in Idaho
The 2008 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on May 27. Incumbent Senator Larry Craig decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Fellow Republican Jim Risch won the open seat.
Image: James E. Risch, official Senate photo portrait, 2009
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Image: Rex "T Rex" Rammell at Campbell County League of Women Voters' General Election Candidates' Forum in Gillette, Wyoming (cropped)
Lawrence Edwin Craig is an American retired politician who served in the United States Senate representing Idaho from 1991 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Idaho's 1st District from 1981 to 1991. A Republican, his 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate.
Larry Craig
Senator Larry Craig with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz at The Pentagon on December 13, 2002.
Craig with Rick Santorum, Frank Murkowski, and Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2001
The bathroom at the Minneapolis–St. Paul airport in which the 2007 incident occurred
