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Raúl Labrador

Raúl Labrador
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Idaho's 1st district
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Preceded by Walt Minnick
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
from the 14th (Seat B) district
In office
December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2010
Preceded by Stan Bastian
Succeeded by Reed DeMordaunt
Personal details
Born Raúl Rafael Labrador
(1967-12-08) December 8, 1967 (age 49)
Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Rebecca Johnson (1991–present)
Children 4 sons
1 daughter
Alma mater Brigham Young University, Utah (BA)
University of Washington, Seattle (JD)
Website House website

Raúl Rafael Labrador (born December 8, 1967) is an American politician of Puerto Rican descent, who has been the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Labrador previously represented District 14B in the Idaho House of Representatives. He was ranked one of "Newsmax's 50 Most Influential Latino Republicans" in 2016.

Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Labrador relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, as a child and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1985. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and spent two years as a Mormon missionary in Chile, from 1987 to 1989. Labrador returned to BYU and received a B.A. in 1992, in Spanish with an emphasis in Latin American literature. He was admitted to the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle and received his J.D. in 1995.

Married in 1991, Labrador relocated to his wife's home state of Idaho and practiced law and immigration law in private practice from 1995 until his election to the Idaho House of Representatives in 2006.


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