John McCrostie

John McCrostie

Member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the 16A district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2014
Preceded by	Grant Burgoyne
Personal details
Born	c. 1970 (age 44–45) Mountain Home, Idaho
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Dave Navarro
Residence	Garden City, Idaho
Website	www.mccrostie4idaho.com

John McCrostie is an American politician, who was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in the 2014 elections.^[1] A member of the Democratic Party, McCrostie represents the Garden City-based 16th District, succeeding Grant Burgoyne after the latter's election to the Idaho Senate.

Career

McCrostie grew up in Mountain Home, graduating from Mountain Home High School in 1988. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in music education from Oral Roberts University and taught music in the public school system, in addition to working for Hewlett-Packard and providing title insurance. He also rose in the ranks of organized labor for the National Education Association and advocated for LGBT workers in both the educational sector and at HP.^[2]

Political career

In 2013, McCrostie announced his run in the Democratic primary for State House District 16A to succeed Grant Burgoyne, who ran for the district's open senate seat. McCrostie won the May 2014 Democratic primary against former NFL player Jimmy Farris,^[3] and in the November 2014 general election McCrostie defeated Republican candidate Rosann Wiltse.

Personal life

McCrostie is the second openly LGBT member in the history of the Idaho Legislature after Nicole LeFavour, who served in the Idaho House from 2004 to 2008 and the Idaho Senate from 2008 to 2012.^[4]

References

↑ "Election 2014: Lynn Luker narrowly holds off Democrat Steve Berch in Ada County". Idaho Statesman, November 5, 2014.
↑ "Meet John". mccrostie4idaho.com. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
↑ "Legislative Totals". sos.idaho.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
↑ "Idaho Representative John McCrostie Discusses Being A Gay Politician". Huffington Post. November 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

External links

John McCrostie at the Idaho Legislature
Campaign site

Members of the Idaho House of Representatives

63rd Legislature (2015) Speaker of the House: Scott Bedke (R) Majority Leader: Mike Moyle (R) Minority Leader: John Rusche (D)

Heather Scott (R) Sage Dixon (R) Vito Barbieri (R) Eric Redman (R) Ron Mendive (R) Don Cheatham (R) Luke Malek (R) Kathleen Sims (R) Paulette Jordan (D) Caroline Nilsson Troy (R) Dan Rudolph (D) John Rusche (D) Shannon McMillan (R) Paul Shepherd (R) Terry Gestrin (R) Merrill Beyeler (R) Ryan Kerby (R) Judy Boyle (R) Brandon Hixon (R) Greg Chaney (R) Gayle Batt (R) Christy Perry (R) Robert Anderst (R) Rick Youngblood (R) Brent Crane (R) Gary Collins (R) Mike Moyle (R) Reed DeMordaunt (R) Lynn Luker (R) Patrick McDonald (R) John McCrostie (D) Hy Kloc (D) John Gannon (D) Susan Chew (D) Ilana Rubel (D) Phylis King (D) Mat Erpelding (D) Melissa Wintrow (D) Joe Palmer (R) James Holtzclaw (R) Steven Harris (R) Thomas Dayley (R) John Vander Woude (R) Jason Monks (R) Richard Wills (R) Pete Nielsen (R) Lance Clow (R) Stephen Hartgen (R) Maxine Bell (R) Clark Kauffman (R) Steve Miller (R) Donna Pence (D) Scott Bedke (R) Fred Wood (R) Ken Andrus (R) Kelley Packer (R) Mark Nye (D) Elaine Smith (D) Jeffrey Thompson (R) Wendy Horman (R) Neil A. Anderson (R) Julie VanOrden (R) Marc Gibbs (R) Thomas Loertscher (R) Janet Trujillo (R) Linden B. Bateman (R) Ronald M. Nate (R) Dell Raybould (R) Van Burtenshaw (R) Paul Romrell (R)

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