FILE – GOP candidates, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, left, debates challenger Bryan Smith at Canyon Ridge High School, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Twin Falls, Idaho. Simpson is running for reelection to Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(Ashley Smith/Times-News via AP, File)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Incumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher retained their seats in Congress in Tuesday’s election in deeply conservative Idaho. The 72-year-old Simpson won a a 13th term representing the eastern portion of the state in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District.
The 60-year-old Fulcher won a third term representing the state’s 1st Congressional District that covers the western portion. The Republican primary in the deep red state is generally considered the election that determines who will eventually hold office.
Simpson easily turned aside a primary challenger, while Fulcher didn’t have one.
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