Richard H. Stallings
| Richard H. Stallings | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | George Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Mike Crapo |
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| Born |
Richard Howard Stallings October 7, 1940 Ogden, Utah |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ranae Garner Stallings (m. 1963–2015, her death) |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Residence | Island Park (formerly Pocatello and Rexburg) |
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Weber State College, B.S. 1965 Utah State University, M.S. 1968 Colorado College |
| Profession | Professor |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Richard Howard Stallings (born October 7, 1940) is a Democratic politician from the state of Idaho, the 2014 Democratic nominee to again represent Idaho's 2nd congressional district, which he served from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career.
Born in Ogden, Utah, Stallings earned degrees from Weber State College, Utah State University and Colorado College. Beginning in 1969, Stallings taught history at Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho.
Idaho Democrats nominated Stallings to challenge four-term Republican incumbent George Hansen in 1982, but he lost in the general election. In 1984, after Hansen was censured by the House of Representatives, Stallings defeated him in a hotly contested race by fewer than 200 votes. Despite representing a heavily Republican district, Stallings was re-elected three times by comfortable margins.
A conservative Democrat, Stallings unexpectedly won three votes for the presidential nomination from pro-life delegates to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
Stallings was the Democratic nominee in 1992 for an open seat in the United States Senate, but lost to Dirk Kempthorne, the popular two-term mayor of Boise. In 1993, Stallings was appointed United States Nuclear Waste Negotiator by President Bill Clinton and served in that capacity until the office was eliminated in early 1995.
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