Russ Fulcher

Russ Fulcher
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Idaho's 1st district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byRaúl Labrador
Member of the Idaho Senate
In office
December 1, 2005 – December 1, 2014
Preceded byJack Noble
Succeeded byLori Den Hartog
Constituency21st district (2005-2012) 22nd district (2012-2014)
Personal details
Born
Russell Mark Fulcher

(1962-03-09) March 9, 1962 (age 62)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Kara Fulcher
(m. 1987; div. 2018)
Children3
EducationBoise State University (BBA, MBA)
WebsiteHouse website

Russell Mark Fulcher[1] (born March 9, 1962) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 21st district in the Idaho Senate from 2005 to 2012 and the 22nd district from 2012 until 2014.

Fulcher ran for governor of Idaho in 2014, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Butch Otter in the primary. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, succeeding incumbent Raúl Labrador, who retired from Congress to run, unsuccessfully, for governor of Idaho.

Fulcher is a member of the Freedom Caucus.