David H. Leroy is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician from Idaho

Idaho

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 active in the 1970s and 1980s. He served as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

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 between 1983 and 1987.

Leroy was elected Attorney General of Idaho in 1978. In 1982 he was elected lieutenant governor, replacing Phil Batt

Phil Batt

Philip Eugene Batt was the 29th Governor of Idaho from 1995 to 1999.Batt was an onion and hops farmer from Wilder...

, who was a candidate for governor that year. Leroy served as lieutenant governor during the administration of Governor John V. Evans

John V. Evans

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In 1986 Leroy won the Republican nomination for Governor of Idaho. He lost in the general election to former Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 Governor Cecil D. Andrus

Cecil D. Andrus

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Leroy was appointed by President George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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 as United States Nuclear Waste Negotiator

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 in 1990. He served in that capacity until 1993.

In 1994 Leroy ran for the Republican nomination to the United States House of Representatives

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 from the Idaho 1st Congressional District

Idaho's 1st congressional district

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. He finished second behind Helen Chenoweth

Helen Chenoweth-Hage

Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage, born Helen Margaret Palmer was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, the first Republican woman to represent that state in the United States Congress....

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As of January 2008 Leroy is a practicing attorney in Boise

Boise, Idaho

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