The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., at dusk. (Michael Godek/Getty Images)
Editor’s note: The Idaho Capital Sun last week published responses to this candidate survey for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District .
Thirteen-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, who represents Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District, is facing three challengers in the November general election.
Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District — home to almost 1 million people — splits Ada County, includes most of Boise and spans central and eastern Idaho.
Simpson, 73, has represented Idaho in Congress since 1999 for 13 terms. U.S. House of Representatives terms are two years.
This year, Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District is a race between:
- Republican Party: Mike Simpson
- Democratic Party: David Roth
- Libertarian Party: Todd Corsetti
- Constitution Party: Idaho Law – Carta Sierra
Simpson has widely won re-election bids. Since 2000, he has won general elections by a nearly 34-point vote margin over the next top performing candidate, who ran as Democrats, the Idaho Capital Sun found in a review of past election results reported by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office .