Labrador, Raúl, 1967-

Raúl Rafael Labrador (born December 8, 1967) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2019.

Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Labrador attended Brigham Young University, where he earned a B.A., and the University of Washington School of Law, where he earned a J.D. After graduating, he served as a law clerk in the United States District Court of Idaho and then worked for an immigration law firm in Boise, Idaho. In 2000, Labrador started and managed a law firm with offices in Boise and Nampa where he practiced as an immigration lawyer focusing on U.S. immigration and criminal law. Labrador ran for and won the Republican nomination for Idaho House Seat B against two other challengers. He won the general election with nearly two-thirds of the vote. He was re-elected in 2008.

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