Richard H. Stallings

Richard H. Stallings
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	George Hansen
Succeeded by	Mike Crapo
Personal details
Born	Richard Howard Stallings October 7, 1940 Ogden, Utah
Nationality	United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ranae Garner Stallings (m. 1963–2015, her death)
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Residence	Island Park (formerly Pocatello and Rexburg)
Alma mater	Weber State College, B.S. 1965 Utah State University, M.S. 1968 Colorado College
Profession	Professor
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

Richard Howard Stallings (born October 7, 1940) is a Democratic politician from the state of Idaho, the 2014 Democratic nominee to again represent Idaho's 2nd congressional district, which he served from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career.

Early life and career

Born in Ogden, Utah, Stallings earned degrees from Weber State College, Utah State University and Colorado College. Beginning in 1969, Stallings taught history at Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho.

Political career

Idaho Democrats nominated Stallings to challenge four-term Republican incumbent George Hansen in 1982, but he lost in the general election. In 1984, after Hansen was censured by the House of Representatives, Stallings defeated him in a hotly contested race by fewer than 200 votes. Despite representing a heavily Republican district, Stallings was re-elected three times by comfortable margins.

A conservative Democrat, Stallings unexpectedly won three votes for the presidential nomination from pro-life delegates to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

Stallings was the Democratic nominee in 1992 for an open seat in the United States Senate, but lost to Dirk Kempthorne, the popular two-term mayor of Boise. In 1993, Stallings was appointed United States Nuclear Waste Negotiator by President Bill Clinton and served in that capacity until the office was eliminated in early 1995.

Stallings attempted to win his old House seat back in 1998, but was defeated by Mike Simpson of Blackfoot in the general election. The seat was open, as three-term incumbent Mike Crapo successfully ran for an open seat in the U.S. Senate. After leaving Congress, Stallings later served as executive director of the Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services and later on the Pocatello, Idaho, City Council.

In 2005, Stallings won both election as chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party and re-election to the Pocatello City Council. Stallings was re-elected state Democratic chair in 2007 and resigned from both posts on December 20, 2007.^[1]

2014 Congressional campaign

On March 14, 2014, Stallings filed to run as the Democratic candidate for his old U.S. House seat in Idaho's Second Congressional District.^[2] He was the Democratic nominee after the uncontested primary election, but was defeated by Simpson in the general election.

Election results

U.S. House elections (Idaho's 2nd district): Results 1982–1990, 1998

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
1982		Richard Stallings	76,608	47.7%		George Hansen (inc.)	83,873	52.3%
1984		Richard Stallings	101,266	50.03%		George Hansen (inc.)	101,133	49.97%
1986		Richard Stallings (inc.)	103,035	54.4%		Mel Richardson	86,528	45.6%
1988		Richard Stallings (inc.)	127,956	63.4%		Dane Watkins	68,226	38.8%		Donovan Bramwell	Libertarian	5,703	2.8%
1990		Richard Stallings (inc.)	98,008	63.6%		Sean McDevitt	56,004	32.4%
1998		Richard Stallings	77,736	44.7%		Mike Simpson	91,337	52.5%		Jonathan B. Ratner	Natural Law	4,854	2.8%

U.S. Senate elections in Idaho (Class III): Results 1992

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct
1992		Richard Stallings	208,036	43.5%		Dirk Kempthorne	270,468	56.5%

Source:^[3]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1. Robinson, Jeff. "Richard Stallings Resigns as State Democratic Party Chair". Retrieved 2007-12-22.
2. "Idaho Secretary of State 2014 Final Primary List of Declared Candidates" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-03-14.
3. "Office of the Clerk: Election statistics". U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

External links

• Richard Stallings for Congress
• Richard H. Stallings at DMOZ

• Richard H. Stallings at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Idaho State University Library – Richard H. Stallings, papers 1984–1995