Mike Crapo | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Mike Crapo


00:01:41 1 Early life
00:02:25 2 Early political career
00:04:15 3 U.S. Senate
00:04:19 3.1 Elections
00:05:35 3.2 Tenure
00:08:25 3.3 Committee assignments
00:09:12 3.4 Caucus memberships
00:09:42 4 Political positions
00:09:51 4.1 Abortion
00:10:11 4.2 Gun law
00:11:27 5 Personal life



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Michael Dean Crapo ( KRAY-poh; born May 20, 1951) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Idaho, a seat he was first elected to in 1998. A Republican, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 1999.
Born in Idaho Falls, Crapo is a graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in his home city throughout the 1980s, while also maintaining an active role in local Republican politics. His brother Terry Crapo was majority leader in the Idaho House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972 and an influential political figure until his death from leukemia in 1982. After his brother's death, Crapo successfully ran for the Idaho Senate in 1984. Crapo served as Senate President pro tempore from 1988 to 1992.
Crapo was elected to an open seat in Congress in 1992, representing Idaho's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. After three terms in the House, he ran for the open seat in the U.S. Senate in 1998 when Dirk Kempthorne vacated it to run for Idaho Governor. Crapo was elected with 70% of the vote, and became the first Mormon to represent Idaho in the United States Senate. In the 2004 election, he won 99% of the vote against his only opponent, write-in Democratic candidate Scott McClure. He was reelected again in 2010 with 71% of the vote, and again in 2016 with 66% of the vote.