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James Elroy Risch (/ ˈ r ɪ ʃ / RISH; born May 3, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. [1] A member of the Republican Party , he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter .
Idaho's current U.S. Senators are Republicans Mike Crapo (serving since 1999) and Jim Risch (serving since 2009). William Borah was Idaho's longest-serving senator (1907–1940). Idaho is one of fourteen states alongside California , Colorado , Georgia , Hawaii , Louisiana , Maine , Massachusetts , Minnesota , Missouri , Nevada , Pennsylvania ...
He was elected to the State Senate in 1984, where he served until 1992. In 1988, Senate President pro tempore Jim Risch unexpectedly lost reelection to the Idaho Senate, and Crapo was elected by his colleagues to the president's position. He served as senate president pro tempore from 1988 to 1992.
The dramatic move in a committee known for bipartisan cooperation – which was first reported by Punchbowl News – speaks to Republican Sen. Jim Risch’s frustration with the inability to reach ...
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In a letter seen by Reuters, Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign ...
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Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair James Risch (R-Idaho) said in a statement Monday that he was “supportive of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reform and restructure the agency in a ...