fulcher: that is a great question. i have asked myself a few times, too, wondered if it was the right move. i don't necessarily recommend that to you, if that is what you want to do. but there has been an interest there, and being an international business person, you certainly have the impact of regulation and law everywhere you go. this is where the rules get set. so much about. there was an interest early on in my very first state senate , to finish appointed the term of a state senator who had resigned, and that started the interest flowing further, and here we are today. host: do you have a political mentor? rep. fulcher: probably the closest would be a former u.s. senator from idaho, james mccord. unfortunately, he is not with us anymore. but back in the 1980's i was privileged to do an internship with him while being a micron employee. there was a lot of interaction between the company and what was going on here with the public commerce rulings of the time, so i found him to be a very levelheaded, kind and honor

fulcher: what sort of business where you in? rep. fulcher: the housing and technology business. i was with a technology company technology, a large semi conductor company. it wasn't very large when i started there. that and another company afforded me a lot of time to travel around around and do business with different areas around the state. host: you also have a big family in idaho? rep. fulcher: more than 100 years on both sides of the family. it is a good place, and i want to try to do the best i can to keep it that way. host: home was originally a dairy farm? rep. fulcher: dairy farm kid from idaho. there used to be a lot of those. now that area is raising houses more than farms. the bestslated transition into the technology sector when i was a very young person and that is where most of my adult life has been spent. host: why the shift of politics? rep. fulcher: that is a great question. i have asked myself a few times 20 wondered if it was the right move. i don't necessarily recommend but thereot always, was an interest there. being an international business person, you c

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. >> also joining congress from the west is russ fulcher from idaho. he's a former state senator and businessman. >> you began as a gubernatorial candidate. how did that happen? >> i came very close. that was kind of a continuation on. but as the field kind of filled out it was pretty clear there was a lot of overlap. and also at the same time, my predecessor stepped down. and opened up this stodor and i seemed like a very good fit and just worked out. >> you mentioned a crowded political field in idaho. in that primary you won 18 of the 19 counties. >> for me right now, i believe that things worked out the way they were supposed to. i'm not sure there's one that's better than the other. but the congressional seat has turned out to be a good fit in my professional life in addition to being in the legislature. had a long period of time of traveling internationally. and i think that might give you perspective. thot just traveling, but doing a lot of business internationally. maybe just perspective that c e comes with a congressional seat. >> what sort of

. >> also join congress from the west is russ fulcher, a republican from idaho.e's a former state senator and businessman. >> congressman, you begin 2018 cycle as a gubernatorial congress and you ended up as a congressman from idaho. how did that happen? >> in 2014 it came very close and that was a continuation continuation on. prior to that i had the good fortune of being in the senate for tenure when of time. but as the field kind of filled out it was pretty clear there was a lot of overlap in the state in terms of the various candidates and also at the same time my predecessors in the trendy conkers step down and opened up this door, and it seemed like a very good fit and it just worked out. >> you mentioned a crowded medical field in idaho. in that gubernatorial for the first district primary you want 18th and 19 counties in the first district. do you know what the one county wasn't that you lost? >> i believe it was right next to canada. >> what happened? >> i probably didn't get that far north enough. >> what's the better job? >> for me right now i believe