Biography:

Michael K. Simpson was born in Burley, Idaho, and lives in Blackfoot, Idaho. He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1968.

He attended Utah State University and received his dental degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1977. He returned to Blackfoot in 1978 and began practicing dentistry with his father and other family members.

He was a member of the nonpartisan Blackfoot City Council from 1980 to 1984 and then was elected to the first of seven two-year terms in the Idaho House.

He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Kathy Johnson, for over 33 years.

Past Campaigns:

Michael Simpson was elected to the Idaho House in 1984 after a district judge ordered a 20 percent increase in the number of legislative seats to resolve a redistricting dispute. He was easily re-elected afterwards.

In 1998, Simpson won a heated four-way primary for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Dirk Kempthorne and then defeated former four-term Democratic Congressman Richard Stallings by 8 percentage points in the general election.

He faced no opposition in the primary and only token opposition in the general election in both 2000 and 2002. He won re-election with 71 percent of the vote in 2000 and 69 percent in 2002.

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