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Idaho Representative, District 1B
Tim Tucker (D)
George Eskridge (R): George Eskridge is the Idaho State Representative for District 1-B, which includes Boundary and Bonner Counties in Northern Idaho.

George was born in Bonners Ferry and raised in Dover, graduated from Sandpoint Senior High School, is a U.S. Navy Viet Nam Veteran and a graduate of the University of Montana in Business Administration.

George was first elected in 2000 and is serving his sixth term in the Idaho House of Representatives. Representative Eskridge serves on the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, the House Resources and Conservation Committee, the House Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, and Co-Chair of the Joint Environment, Energy and Technology Interim Committee.

George also was elected by his fellow House Members to serve on the Legislative Council that oversees the management responsibilities and permanent staff of the Legislature.

Representative Eskridge also serves as one of Idaho’s representatives to the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, an organization of the five Northwestern states and the Canadian Northwest Provinces and Territories organized to address and solve commercial and security issues between the U.S. and Canada.

Representative Eskridge’s priorities are property tax reform, natural resource development, a safe and efficient state highway system and protection of our low-cost energy resource.
Pam Stout (R)