(C) Idaho Capital Sun This story was originally published by Idaho Capital Sun and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson wins Republican nomination in re-election campaign • Idaho Capital Sun [1] ['Kyle Pfannenstiel', 'Mia Maldonado', 'Clark Corbin', 'More From Author', '- May', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar'] Date: 2024-05-21 U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson secured the Republican Party nomination for Idaho’s congressional district serving south central Idaho, eastern Idaho and some of Boise in his bid for a 14th term. The Associated Press declared Simpson the winner of the Idaho’s May 21 GOP primary for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District at 10:07 p.m. With partial results, Simpson has 56% of the votes, over two Republican challengers, according to unofficial election results from the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office. Scott Cleveland, a financial adviser in Eagle and Ada County Republican Party third vice chair, has so far earned nearly 34% of votes, while 10% of votes were for Sean Higgins in Boise, who works in information technology. The AP reported 60% of votes had been counted in the Idaho 2nd Congressional District Republican primary by 10:19 p.m., with over 39,000 votes for Simpson. Simpson, 73, has represented Idaho in Congress since 1999 for 13 terms. U.S. House of Representatives terms are two years. In the November general election, Simpson is set to face Democrat David Roth, Libertarian Todd Corsetti and the winner of the Idaho Constitution Party primary. Party candidate Idaho Law – Carta Sierra led the Idaho Constitution Party primary with 57% of votes, or 34 total votes, over Pro-Life, a person formerly known as Marvin Richardson, who received 42% of votes, or 25 votes, according to unofficial Idaho election results at 9:50 p.m. In Idaho, Republican primary elections often decide major elections. Idaho voters last elected a Democrat to statewide office in 2002. Since 1992, Republicans have held a supermajority in both chambers of the Idaho Legislature. U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, 62, did not face a Republican primary challenger this year in his re-election campaign to represent Idaho’s 1st Congressional District, which spans southwestern and North Idaho. Democrat Kaylee Peterson, Libertarian Matt Loesby and Constitution Party candidate Brendan J. Gomez have filed as candidates for Fulcher’s seat. They’re all set to face off in the November general election. In 2022, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo won a fifth term in the U.S. Senate after receiving 59% of votes, defeating Roth and Cleveland, who ran as an independent. Simpson endorsed by Trump in congressional race Simpson chairs the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee on Appropriations. He also serves on the House Energy and Water Development Subcommittee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee on Appropriations. Simpson has touted securing funding for Idaho National Laboratory, a nuclear research lab in eastern Idaho that employed more than 6,000 people last year and is one of Idaho’s largest employers. In October 2023, Idaho’s congressional delegation introduced legislation to block the Lava Ridge Wind Farm, a proposal to place up to 400 turbines in south central Idaho, the Idaho Capital Sun previously reported. Simpson said in a news release in March a federal spending bill Congress passed blocked “the out-of-touch” project “until the Secretary of Interior consults with local elected officials and stakeholders and reports back to Congress,” Boise State Public Radio reported. Simpson’s 2021 salmon recovery plan to breach four lower Snake River hydroelectric dams has faced opposition from Idaho Republican elected officials. Simpson has been a dissenting vote in Idaho’s congressional delegation on major issues in recent years, including to suspend the federal government’s debt ceiling limit in 2023 and being among 35 Republicans who joined Democrats to approve legislation in 2021 to establish a commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6, when protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol building. Simpson has endorsed former U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Trump endorsed Simpson in a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump’s social media platform. Simpson wrote in a post on X that he “will work with President Trump to stop the flood of illegal immigration at our border and curb the crippling inflation from Biden’s failed economic policies.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/05/21/idaho-congressman-mike-simpson-wins-republican-nomination-in-re-election-campaign/ Published and (C) by Idaho Capital Sun Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/idahocapitalsun/