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Official portrait of Sen. Larry E. Craig

Larry E. Craig

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · IdahoSenate 1991–2009 · House 1981–1991 (ID-1)

Larry Craig was a Republican U.S. senator from Idaho, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 21 bills that became law (100th–110th Congress).

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330Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–110th Congress (excludes amendments)
56Passed a chamberof 330 bills & resolutions sponsored
21Became law21 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–110th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Craig has won

Sen. Craig has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1990, 1996, 2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.4 to 37.2 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1980, ID-1: won by 7.4 points1980ID-11982, ID-1: won by 7.4 points19821984, ID-1: won by 37.2 points19841986, ID-1: won by 32.9 points19861988, ID-1: won by 31.6 points19881990, ID Senate: won by 22.6 points1990ID Senate1996, ID Senate: won by 17.1 points19962002, ID Senate: won by 32.6 points2002
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 7.4 points1982, ID-1
Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Idaho’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Walter Minnick (D) 2008 → Raúl R. Labrador (R) 2010–2016 → Russ Fulcher (R) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.
Seat history, Idaho Senate (class 2)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: James McClure (R) 1978–1984 → Larry Craig (R) 1990–2002 → James E. Risch (R) 2008–2020. The seat is next on the ballot in 2026.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Idaho done while Sen. Craig served?

2005 to 2008 in Idaho: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $76.2KIdaho $69.7K
Idaho: $66.9K in 2005 → $69.7K in 2008
Idaho up 4%U.S. up 2%
Share of people below the poverty lineU.S. 13.2%Idaho 12.6%
Idaho: 13.9% in 2005 → 12.6% in 2008
Idaho down 1.2 pointsU.S. about the same
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 6.4%Idaho 5.5%
Idaho: 5.8% in 2005 → 5.5% in 2008
Idaho about the sameU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Idaho during Craig’s time representing it (1991 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Idaho begin in 2005, so 1991 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored23Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed5See the 5 →
With a committee report listed5See the 5 →
With a Congress.gov note2See the 2 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed
October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.