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Larry Craig
Senior Senator, Idaho
In office
January, 1991–Present
Preceded byJames A. McClure
Succeeded byIncumbent (2009)
Personal details
Nationalityamerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSuzanne Thompson

Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is the senior United States Senator from Idaho. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Craig was born and educated in Idaho. He was elected to the Idaho State Senate in 1974. By this time he was also a farmer and rancher. He earned a B.A. from the University of Idaho in 1969.

He was a member of the Idaho State Senate until 1980, when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, of which he was a member from 1981 until 1991, being reelected every two years. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1990, and reelected in 1996 and 2002. He was chairman of the Republican Policy Committee from 1997 until 2003. He then became chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, a position that he currently (as of April 2004) continues to hold.

In addition to his job as a Senator, he is on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.

Senator Larry Craig attempted to amend the Iraq War supplemental bill with AgJOBS bill (S. 359). The AgJOBS amendment would have granted legal status to roughly 500,000 to 1 million illegal immigrants in farm work. However, Sen. Craig was only able to garner 53 of the 60 votes needed for the amendment.

With fellow Congressmen Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, and James Jeffords, he formed a barbershop quartet called The Singing Senators.

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Preceded bySteve Symms United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Idaho
1981–1991 		Succeeded byLarry LaRocco
Preceded byJames A. McClure United States Senator (Class 2) from Idaho
1991– 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Idaho's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Representatives
(ordered by district)
Current United States senators
President: ▌ Kamala Harris (D) ‧ President pro tempore: ▌ Chuck Grassley (R)
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