Former Idaho Congressmen Stallings, LaRocco to host bipartisan town hall in Boise

Former U.S. Reps. Richard Stallings and Larry LaRocco, both D-Idaho, will hold a bipartisan event titled “Boise Town Hall on Accountability, the Economy, and the Future of American Democracy” on Saturday.

The event, which will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. in Downtown Boise at the Egyptian Theatre (700 W. Main St.), is the latest in a series of public forums held by the former Idaho congressmen. They have previously visited Nampa, McCall, Lewiston, Moscow, Post Falls and Idaho Falls.

Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, along with Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, have refused to hold public town halls or explain their votes,” a press release announcing the town hall said. “In response, Stallings and LaRocco are doing the job Idaho’s current members of Congress won’t: showing up, listening, and standing up for the people. Boise marks the next stop in this statewide effort to give Idahoans the voice their current leaders deny them.”

Stallings and LaRocco will be joined by former Republican Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones and former Republican Montana Gov. Marc Racicot.

“Together, these bipartisan voices will lead a discussion on the growing threats facing Idaho families, the economy, and American democracy — and offer the public a chance to ask real questions and get real answers,” the press release said.

The town hall is sponsored by the Idaho Democratic Party, Idaho Women Forward and the Idaho Young Democrats.

The event is free and open to the public, but attendees are encouraged to reserve tickets online.

LaRocco represented Idaho’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. Stallings represented Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House from 1984 to 1992.