Norm Semanko is a former Idaho Republican Party chairman and currently practices law at Parsons Behle and Latimer.[1]
Norm Semanko | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Idaho Republican Party | |
| In office June 2008 – June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | J. Kirk Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Barry Peterson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
Career
editAfter earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho and law degree from Georgetown University. Semanko began working as a lawyer in the state of Idaho in 1993. Semanko specializes in environmental law, with a particular emphasis on water resources issues.
Semanko has served on a number of advisory boards, including time as president of the Coalition for Idaho Water, as president of the Food Producers of Idaho, and was on Eagle City Council where he served as president.[2]
Semanko was the executive director and general counsel for the Idaho Water Users Association (IWUA) from 2000 to 2017.[3]
He currently practices law at Parsons Behle and Latimer where he is the Managing Shareholder of the Boise Office and leads the firm's Water Law Practice Group in the Pacific Northwest. He was previously with Moffatt Thomas, where he became a partner in 2017 and headed up the Water, Environmental, and Natural Resources Law Practice Groups side of the firm.[3][1]
Political career
editSemanko was the head of the College Republicans at the University of Idaho.
Semanko spent four years working for Sen. Larry Craig in Washington, D.C., in both the House and Senate.
Semanko was a delegate at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Semanko was on the RNC Ethics Committee, and on the RNC Budget Committee, representing the Western Region.
Semanko was the general counsel to the Republican National Committee from 2010[4] to 2011.[5]
Semanko was Ted Cruz state director for Idaho[6] (in which Cruz won Idaho's primary[7]), was a Cruz delegate[8] at the 2016 Republican National Convention and serve on the Rules committee.[9]
Semanko served has Raúl Labrador Grassroots and Coalition Chair in 2016.[10] which Labrador won both the primary[11] and the general[12] election handily.
Since mid 2016 Semanko founded Red States Solutions which provides political consulting to Republicans.[13]
Idaho Republican Party Chair
editFirst elected to the position in 2008,[14] he was unanimously re-elected in 2010,[15] and choose not to run for reelection in 2012.[16]
He dealt with redistricting and settled litigation to prevent Republican primaries from being open to partisan non-Republicans.[17]
Elections
editIn 2006, Semanko ran as a Republican to represent Idaho's 1st congressional district. Semanko ran with a focus on limited government, lower taxes, and strong national defense.[18] Semanko lost the primary election, receiving 10.8 percent of the votes.[19]
In 2010, Semanko ran against incumbent Mayor of Eagle Jim Reynolds taking only 22.06% of the vote.[20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Norman M. Semanko". Parsons Behle. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Grigg, Dani (18 November 2016). "Norman Semanko, Executive director & general counsel, Idaho Water Users Association Inc. in Boise – Idaho Business Review". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Index". www.iwua.org. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Prentice, George. "Semanko Appointed to RNC General Counsel". Boise Weekly. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Appoints Bill Crocker As General Counsel". GOP. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Cruz Announces Idaho State Leadership Team | Ted Cruz for Senate". Ted Cruz for Senate. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Statewide Totals". sos.idaho.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Idaho's Semanko: GOP floor fight not about dumping Trump | Idaho Statesman". www.idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Semanko offers an insider's view of yesterday's GOP convention 'pandemonium'". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Release, Press. "Press Release: Congressman Raul Labrador Introduces Campaign Team". idahopoliticsweekly.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Statewide Totals". sos.idaho.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Statewide Totals". sos.idaho.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Red States Solutions". redstatessolutions.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.[dead link]
- ^ Curless, Erica F. (15 June 2008). "Idaho GOP gets new leadership for election season". The Spokesman-Review.
- ^ "Semanko will serve second term as GOP chairman". Idaho Freedom (Press release). 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Idaho GOP chairman Semanko won't run again". KREM. 27 January 2012.
- ^ Miller, John (24 January 2012). "Lawerence Denney, Norm Semanko remove redistricting commissioners". Idaho Press. The Associated Press.
- ^ "Semanko for Congress". 3 January 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2006 Primary Results statewide". www.sos.idaho.gov. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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