Robert Paul Nonini (born August 7, 1954 in
Wallace, Idaho
Wallace, Idaho is a city in and the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho, in the Silver Valley mining district of the Idaho Panhandle. Founded in 1884, Wallace sits alongside the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River (and Interstate 90), app ...
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is an American politician who was a Republican member of the
Idaho Senate
The Idaho Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 35 Senators elected to two-year terms, each representing a district of the state. The Senate meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.
Composition of ...
serving District 3 from 2012 to 2018. He previously served in the
Idaho State Representative from 2004 to 2012 representing District 5 in the A seat.
Education
Nonini graduated from Wallace High School and attended
North Idaho College
North Idaho College (NIC) is a public community college in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has an enrollment exceeding 6,000 and is situated at the north end of Lake Coeur d'Alene near downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Tubbs Hill, Coeur d'Alene, Idah ...
.
2018 Lieutenant Governor's race
Nonini announced October 9, 2017 on social media that he will run for Lt. Governor of Idaho in
2018
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. He filed with the Secretary of State's office October 10, 2017.
On March 3, 2018, Nonini reportedly nodded when asked at a candidates forum if the punishment for getting an abortion should include the death penalty. However, he has denied ever having nodded in agreement. "Prosecutions have always been focused on the abortionist," he said later, but such a law and "...the threat of prosecution, would dramatically reduce abortion. That is my goal."
Nonni drew 15% of the primary election vote, placing fourth among Republicans seeking the office.
Elections
References
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1954 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Idaho House of Representatives
People from Wallace, Idaho
21st-century American politicians