birth_date residence term_end alma_mater profession preceded state_house term_start spouse dead name caption succeeded birth_place party state district religion article_title
17 february 1954 kuna , idaho january 3 , 2009 2007 boise j.d. 1984 state university , 1981 university of idaho , attorney c. l. `` butch '' otter idaho january 3 , 2007 1991 terry sali alive bill sali sali in 2007 walt minnick portsmouth , ohio republican idaho 1st ada county evangelical christian bill sali

bill sali

william thomas `` bill '' sali -lrb- born february 17 , 1954 -rrb- is a former congressman from idaho .
a republican , he served a single term in the united states house of representatives , representing , from 2007 to 2009 .
sali previously served in the idaho legislature as a member of the house .
sali was elected to an open seat in congress in 2006 , but was defeated for reelection in 2008 by democrat walt minnick .
sali was the first idaho congressman to fail to win a second term in 56 years , since republican john travers wood was defeated in 1952 .
minnick also served only one term , defeated by raúl labrador in 2010 .
