Editing Larry Craig

{{Short description|American politician (born 1945)}}
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|jr/sr         = United States Senator
|state         = [[Idaho]]
|term_start    = January 3, 1991
|term_end      = January 3, 2009
|predecessor   = [[James A. McClure|Jim McClure]]
|successor     = [[Jim Risch]]
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|office1       = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee]]
|term_start1   = January 3, 2007
|term_end1     = August 29, 2007
|predecessor1  = [[Daniel Akaka]]
|successor1    = [[Richard Burr]]
|office2       = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee]]
|term_start2   = January 3, 2005
|term_end2     = January 3, 2007
|predecessor2  = [[Arlen Specter]]
|successor2    = [[Daniel Akaka]]
|office3       = Chair of the [[United States Senate Special Committee on Aging|Senate Aging Committee]]
|term_start3   = January 3, 2003
|term_end3     = January 3, 2005
|predecessor3  = John Breaux
|successor3    = [[Gordon H. Smith]]
|term_start4   = January 20, 2001
|term_end4     = June 6, 2001
|predecessor4  = John Breaux
|successor4    = [[John Breaux]]
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|district5     = {{ushr|ID|1|1st}}
|term_start5   = January 3, 1981
|term_end5     = January 3, 1991
|predecessor5  = [[Steve Symms]]
|successor5    = [[Larry LaRocco]]
|state_senate6 = Idaho
|district6     = [[Idaho's 10th legislative district|10th]]
|term_start6   = 1974
|term_end6     = 1980
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|birth_name    = Lawrence Edwin Craig
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|birth_place   = [[Council, Idaho]], U.S.
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|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse        = Suzanne Thompson
|education     = [[University of Idaho]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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'''Lawrence Edwin Craig''' (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican, Craig represented Idaho in the [[United States Senate]] from 1991 to 2009 and represented [[Idaho's 1st congressional district|Idaho's 1st District]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1981 to 1991.<ref name="congress_bio">{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000858 |title=CRAIG, Larry Edwin – Biographical Information |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203164209/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000858 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Born in [[Council, Idaho]], Craig was raised on a ranch in [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]]. He attended the [[University of Idaho]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]] from the university in 1969, and later briefly attended [[George Washington University]] before returning to Washington County in 1971 to work in his family's ranching business. Following a brief stint in the [[Idaho Army National Guard]], Craig ran for and won a seat in the [[Idaho Senate]] in 1974, and was re-elected in 1976 and 1978, before his successful first run for Congress to represent [[Idaho's 1st congressional district]] in the House of Representatives in 1980. He won reelection four times before running for the U.S. Senate in [[1990 United States Senate election in Idaho|1990]], defeating [[Ron J. Twilegar]] in the general election and winning reelection in [[1996 United States Senate election in Idaho|1996]] and [[2002 United States Senate election in Idaho|2002]].

On June 11, 2007, Craig was [[Larry Craig scandal|arrested for indecent behavior]] in a [[public toilet|men's restroom]] at [[Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport]]; he pleaded guilty to a charge of [[disorderly conduct]] in August 2007 and paid $575 in court fines and fees. The arrest remained unknown to the public until the [[Washington, D.C.]]–based newspaper ''[[Roll Call]]'' disclosed it in an article, drawing widespread public attention as well as charges of [[hypocrisy]] against Craig, as he had been an opponent of [[LGBT rights in the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/29/washington/29craig.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=Idaho Senator Says He Regrets Guilty Plea in Restroom Incident |last=Murphy |first=Patti |author2=[[David Stout]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 29, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308221005/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/29/washington/29craig.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite stating that he was not and never had been homosexual, Craig announced on September 1, 2007 that he would resign from the Senate effective September 30, 2007. He later reversed this decision and chose to finish the remainder of his term, although he did not seek re-election in [[United States Senate election in Idaho, 2008|2008]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0435164920071004 |work=Reuters |title=Sen. Craig won't resign in sex sting plea |author=Thomas Ferraro |date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012192838/http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0435164920071004 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life, education, military service, and family==
Craig was born in [[Council, Idaho]], the son of Dorothy Lenore (née McCord) and Elvin Oren Craig.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/craig.htm |title=Genealogy of Larry Edwin Craig |publisher=Rootsweb |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012094752/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/craig.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He grew up on a ranch outside [[Midvale, Idaho|Midvale]] in [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]]. In 1969 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of Idaho]]. At the University of Idaho, he was student body president and a member of the [[Delta Chi]] [[fraternity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deltachi.org/alumni/prominent_alumni/alumniingovernment.php |website=DeltaChi.org |title=Prominent alumni – Larry Craig |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203134904/http://www.deltachi.org/alumni/prominent_alumni/alumniingovernment.php |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=April 25, 2009 }}</ref> He pursued graduate studies at [[George Washington University]] before returning to his family's Midvale ranching business in 1971. Craig was a member of the [[Idaho Army National Guard]] from 1970 to 1972, attaining the rank of [[Private First Class]] (E3),<ref name="navyleague">{{cite web |title=Veterans in the US Senate 109th Congress |publisher=Navy League |url=http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/SenateVets.pdf  |access-date=December 9, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070628064917/http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/SenateVets.pdf |archive-date = June 28, 2007}}</ref> after which he received an honorable discharge.<ref name=idahoaug28>{{cite news | url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/special-reports/larry-craig/article40685142.html | title=Men's room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig | date=August 28, 2007 | publisher=[[Idaho Statesman]] | author=Dan Popkey | access-date=August 30, 2018 }}</ref>

Craig married Suzanne Scott in July 1983 and adopted the three children she had from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3538964 |first=Russell |last=Goldman |title=Senator's Wife Finds Herself at Center of Storm |date=January 8, 2009 |work=ABC News |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803013011/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3538964 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=idahoaug28 /> Through his adopted children, Craig has nine grandchildren.<ref name="Official Biography">{{cite web|url=http://craig.senate.gov/lec_biography.cfm |title=Larry Craig, US Senator from Idaho: Official Biography |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=September 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830173326/http://craig.senate.gov/lec_biography.cfm |archive-date=August 30, 2007 }}</ref>

==Political career==
Craig was elected to the [[Idaho Senate]] in 1974 and reelected in 1976 and 1978.<ref name="Official Biography"/>

In 1980, Craig was elected to an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Idaho's 1st Congressional District. He succeeded Republican [[Steve Symms]], who was leaving the House to run for election to the Senate against incumbent Democrat [[Frank Church]]. Craig was re-elected four times, serving until 1991. While in the House, he supported President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s push to expand vocational education. Craig was not a major force as a legislator during his time in the House.<ref>[[Michael Barone (pundit)|Barone, Michael]]; and Ujifusa, Grant. ''[[The Almanac of American Politics]] 1988'', p. 326. ''[[National Journal]]'', 1987.</ref>

Allegations of cocaine use and sex with male teenage [[United States House of Representatives Page|congressional page]]s by unnamed congressmen were pursued by investigators and journalists in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |last=Akers |first=M.A. |date=August 28, 2007 |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/08/larry_craig_still_not_gay.html |title=Larry Craig: Still not gay. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512150808/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/08/larry_craig_still_not_gay.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 23, 2007 }}</ref> Craig issued a statement denying involvement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/08/us/authorities-meet-on-capitol-sex-and-drug-inquiry.html |last=Pear |first=Robert |date=July 8, 1982 |title=Authorities meet on Capitol sex and drug inquiry |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B-9 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827213250/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/08/us/authorities-meet-on-capitol-sex-and-drug-inquiry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He stated, "Persons who are unmarried as I am, by choice or by circumstance, have always been the subject of innuendos, gossip and false accusations. I think this is despicable."<ref name=idahoaug28 />

Craig served on the [[United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct|House Ethics Committee]]. In 1989, he was reported to have led an extended effort that pushed for more severe punishment of Representative [[Barney Frank]] for his involvement in a gay prostitution scandal.<ref>{{cite news |title=What to do about Barney Frank: Congress faces nasty confrontation on handling sexual misconduct |first1=Rowland |last1=Evans |first2=Robert |last2=Novak |newspaper=Austin American Statesman |location=Austin, Texas |date=October 17, 1989 |page=A.8 |quote=Word spread through the GOP cloakroom that Rep. Larry Craig of Idaho was standing firm inside the Ethics Committee. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Frank reprimanded for aiding prostitute |first=Elaine S. |last=Povich |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 27, 1990 |page=4 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-07-27-9003030287-story.html |quote=The ethics committee, officially known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, had unanimously recommended that Frank be reprimanded and Frank did not contest the charge. But the committee was severely split, took months to make up its mind on the punishment, and during the vote Thursday three GOP members of the panel-Reps. Thomas Petri of Wisconsin, Larry Craig of Idaho and Jim Hansen of Utah-voted for censure, the more severe sanction. |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921071835/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-07-27-9003030287-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===U.S. Senate===
[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 021213-D-9880W-088.jpg|thumb|247x247px|Senator Larry Craig with [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] General [[Richard Myers|Richard B. Myers]] and [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]] [[Paul Wolfowitz]] at [[The Pentagon]] on December 13, 2002]]
[[File:Republican Senators urge Tom Daschle to set a date for debate to establish a comprehensive energy plan for American families.jpg|thumb|Craig with [[Rick Santorum]], [[Frank Murkowski]], and [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] in 2001|247x247px]]

Craig announced his candidacy for the [[United States Senate elections, 1990|1990 Senate election]] for the seat vacated by the retiring [[James A. McClure]]. Craig defeated Idaho Attorney General [[Jim Jones (jurist)|Jim Jones]] in the Republican primary. In the general election he defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] former [[Idaho Legislature]] member [[Ron J. Twilegar]] with 61 percent of the vote.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In 1995, Craig formed a [[barbershop quartet]] called [[The Singing Senators]] with Senators [[Trent Lott]], [[John Ashcroft]], and [[Jim Jeffords]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2000/04/they-put-the-party-in-gop/ |magazine=Wired |title=They Put the Party in GOP |date=April 19, 2000 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029015151/https://www.wired.com/2000/04/they-put-the-party-in-gop/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Craig was [[United States Senate election, 1996|reelected in 1996]], with 57 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat [[Walt Minnick]]. He was reelected again in the [[United States Senate election, 2002|2002 election]] with 65 percent of the vote, when he spent $3.2 million to defeat [[Alan Blinken]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In 1999, Craig became sharply critical of U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] for the [[Monica Lewinsky scandal]]. Speaking on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet The Press]]'', Craig told [[Tim Russert]]: "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy – a naughty boy. I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://crooksandliars.com/2007/08/28/1999-video-republican-larry-craig-calls-bill-clinton-a-nasty-bad-naughty-boy |title=1999 Video: Republican Larry Craig Calls Bill Clinton "A Nasty, Bad Naughty Boy" |last=Murphy |first=Logan |publisher=Crooks and Liars |date=August 27, 2007 |access-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001162151/http://crooksandliars.com/2007/08/28/1999-video-republican-larry-craig-calls-bill-clinton-a-nasty-bad-naughty-boy |url-status=live }}</ref>

Craig served as [[Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate|Senate Republican Policy Committee chairman]] from 1997 until 2003.<ref name="congress_bio" /> He then became chairman of the [[United States Senate Special Committee on Aging|Special Committee on Aging]]. After the Democrats gained control of the Senate in the [[United States Senate election, 2006|2006 Congressional election]], Craig became the [[ranking member]] of the [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans' Affairs]] and a member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]] and the [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Energy and Natural Resources Committee]]. He served as the ranking member of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee. Amid the controversy surrounding his arrest, in August 2007 Craig stepped aside as ranking member on the [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Veterans' Affairs Committee]] and two subcommittees.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/29/craig.arrest/index.html |title=Craig stripped of party leadership on Senate committees |last=Bash |first=Dana |author2=Candy Crowley |author3=Jessica Yellin |author4=Chris Welch |publisher=CNN |date=August 29, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070830093023/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/29/craig.arrest/index.html |archive-date = August 30, 2007}}</ref>

Craig is a longtime advocate for a [[balanced budget amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/budget.amendment.ap/ |title=CNN ''All Politics''/ |last=Associated Press |publisher=CNN |date=February 13, 2003 |access-date=September 6, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070203155019/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/budget.amendment.ap/ |archive-date = February 3, 2007}}</ref>

In May 2003, Craig put a [[secret hold|hold]] on more than 200 [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] promotions in an attempt to pressure the Air Force to station four new [[C-130 Hercules|C-130]] cargo planes in Idaho, saying he received a commitment from the Air Force almost seven years earlier that the planes would be delivered. [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] officials said the reason the C-130s had not been sent to Idaho was that no new aircraft were being manufactured for the type of transport mission done by the [[Idaho Air National Guard]] unit where Craig wanted the planes delivered.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/09/senator.nominees/index.html |title=Idaho senator holds up Air Force promotions: Dispute over cargo planes at issue |last=Snow |first=Kate |author2=Steve Turnham |author3=Trish Turner |publisher=CNN |date=June 10, 2003 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012154140/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/09/senator.nominees/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Craig supported the [[guest worker program]] proposed by President [[George W. Bush]]. In April 2005, Craig tried to amend an [[Iraq War]] supplemental bill with an amendment that would have granted legal status to between 500,000 and one million [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigrants]] in farm work. The amendment failed with 53 votes (60 votes were needed because the amendment was not relevant to the underlying bill).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050420-9999-1n20agjobs.html |newspaper=San Diego Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103032125/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050420-9999-1n20agjobs.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |title=Legal status for undocumented farmworkers fails |date=April 20, 2005 }}</ref> A version of the AgJOBS legislation was included in the Senate-passed immigration reform bill in 2006. Craig, the principal sponsor of AgJOBS, continues to support [[amnesty]] for illegal immigrants who are "trusted workers with a significant work history in American agriculture."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://craig.senate.gov/i_agjobs.cfm |title=Putting our Immigration Policies to work |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328204737/http://craig.senate.gov/i_agjobs.cfm |archive-date=March 28, 2007 }}</ref> This position has been sharply criticized by anti-illegal immigration activists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/244/story/78360.html  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140830013937/http://www.idahostatesman.com/244/story/78360.html  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=August 30, 2014  |title=Vasquez will challenge Craig in 2008 |access-date=April 10, 2007}}</ref> On June 26, 2007, Craig reiterated his support for the [[Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In October 2005, Craig suggested that flooded sections of [[New Orleans]] should be abandoned after [[Hurricane Katrina]] had hit and was quoted on a Baton Rouge television station as saying that "Fraud is in the culture of Iraqis. I believe that is true in the state of [[Louisiana]] as well."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3990310 |title=Senator: LA is as Corrupt as Iraq |publisher=WAFB (Louisiana) |date=October 18, 2005 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904003944/http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3990310 |archive-date=September 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On December 16, 2005, Craig voted against a [[cloture]] motion filed relative to the [[USA PATRIOT Act]]; the motion ultimately earned only 52 votes, and so a Democratic [[filibuster]] against extension of the act (due to expire at the end of 2005) was allowed to continue.<ref>[http://premium.edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/16/patriot.act/ CNN.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012154350/http://premium.edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/16/patriot.act/ |date=October 12, 2007 }} ''Patriot Act renewal fails in Senate.'' December 17, 2005.</ref> On December 21, 2005, Craig backed a six-month extension of the Act while further negotiations took place.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-12-21-patriot_x.htm?csp=24 USA TODAY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016150058/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-12-21-patriot_x.htm?csp=24 |date=October 16, 2011 }} ''Senate strikes deal to extend Patriot Act'', December 21, 2005.</ref> On February 9, 2006, Craig announced an agreement among himself, the [[White House]], and fellow Senators [[John E. Sununu]], [[Arlen Specter]], [[Lisa Murkowski]], [[Chuck Hagel]] and [[Dick Durbin|Richard Durbin]] to reauthorize the Act.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/10/ap/politics/mainD8FLTKUG0.shtml CBS News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229111711/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/10/ap/politics/mainD8FLTKUG0.shtml |date=December 29, 2008 }} ''Agreement Reached on Patriot Act Changes'', February 10, 2006.</ref>

Craig supported the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]], which barred extension of rights to [[same-sex couple]]s; he voted for cloture on the amendment in both 2004 and 2006, and was a cosponsor in 2008.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.j.res.00043: S.J.RES.43] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105232120/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.j.res.00043: |date=January 5, 2011 }}, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.</ref> However, in late 2006 he appeared to endorse the right of individual states to create same-sex [[civil unions]], but said he would vote "yes" on an Idaho constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages when pressured to clarify his position by the anti-[[gay rights]] advocacy group Families for a Better Idaho.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://craig.senate.gov/releases/pr110606a.cfm |title=Craig Clarifies: 'Yes' on Marriage Amendment |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |date=November 6, 2006 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20070829214943/http://craig.senate.gov/releases/pr110606a.cfm |archive-date=August 29, 2007 }}</ref> Craig voted against cloture on a 2002 bill which would have extended the federal definition of [[hate crime]]s to cover [[sexual orientation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00147 |title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 107th Congress – 2nd Session |access-date=October 24, 2008 |publisher=United States Senate |archive-date=October 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031030626/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00147 |url-status=live }}</ref> This legislation was passed in 2007 in both the House and the Senate as the [[Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007]]. Craig voted against the measure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00350 |title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session |access-date=October 24, 2008 |publisher=United States Senate |archive-date=October 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030214605/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00350 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Prior to the nomination of Idaho [[Governor of Idaho|Governor]] [[Dirk Kempthorne]], Craig was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed [[Gale Norton]] as [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] in March 2006.<ref>[http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/424520/kempthorne_craig_could_be_nominees/index.html?source=r_science Red Orbit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023522/http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/424520/kempthorne_craig_could_be_nominees/index.html?source=r_science |date=September 30, 2007 }} ''Kempthorne, Craig Could Be Nominees'', March 11, 2006.</ref>

===Committee assignments===
*Committee on Appropriations
**Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
**Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
**Subcommittee on Homeland Security
**Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
**Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies
*Committee on Environment and Public Works
**Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children's Health Protection
**Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health
*Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
**Subcommittee on Energy
**Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
**Subcommittee on Water and Power
*Committee on Veterans' Affairs
*Special Committee on Aging

==2007 arrest and consequences==
{{main|Larry Craig scandal}}
On June 11, 2007, Craig was arrested at the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]] for [[lewd conduct]] in a men's restroom.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.idahostatesman.com/2007/09/16/159879/tourists-flock-to-minneapolis.html|title= Tourists flock to Minneapolis airport men's room|author=Jeanne Huff |date=September 17, 2007 |work= Idaho Statesman|access-date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> He was accused of soliciting a male undercover police officer for sexual activity.<ref name="policeRpt"/> During the resulting interview with the arresting officer, Craig insisted upon his innocence, disputing the officer's version of the event by stating that he merely had a "wide stance" and that he had been picking up a piece of paper from the floor.<ref name="policeRpt">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928090521/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/ssi/craig_police_report_082807.pdf Lewd conduct: Report of Sgt. Dave Karsnia #4211, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Police Department.] (June 12, 2007). ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved on August 28, 2007</ref>

Craig was charged with interference with privacy, a [[gross misdemeanor]] offense, and a disorderly conduct [[misdemeanor]].<ref name= mncourtrec>{{cite court |litigants= State Of Minnesota vs Larry Edwin Craig. Case No. 27-Cr-07-043231. |court= Hennepin County District Court |date= February 7, 2007|url= http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx |access-date=May 7, 2016 }} Note: In order to access the records, search by name or case number in the Criminal/Traffic/Petty Case Records database.</ref> Despite his statements of innocence during the police interview, Craig pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct by signing and mailing a plea petition, dated August 1, 2007, to the Hennepin County District Court.<ref name= mncourtrec/><ref name="craig-plea">[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0828071craig8.html ''Minnesota v. Craig'', Case No. 07043231. Petition to enter plea of guilty-misdemeanor (D.C. Minn., August 8, 2007).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630063514/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0828071craig8.html |date=June 30, 2009 }} The Smoking Gun. Retrieved on August 29, 2007. According to the criminal complaint, Craig was charged originally with offenses under the Minnesota State Statute section [http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?type=s&num=609.746&year=2006 609.746] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831084635/http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?type=s&num=609.746&year=2006 |date=August 31, 2007 }}, subd.1(c) (interference with privacy, a gross misdemeanor) and [http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?type=s&num=609.72&year=2006 section 609.72] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920222344/http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?type=s&num=609.72&year=2006 |date=September 20, 2007 }}, subd.1(3) (disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor). Complaint in [https://thesmokinggun.com/file/us-senator-gets-flushed?page=4 ''Minnesota v. Craig''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182924/https://thesmokinggun.com/file/us-senator-gets-flushed?page=4 |date=October 21, 2021 }}, Case No. 07043231 (D.C. Minn., July 2007), page 2. The Smoking Gun. Retrieved on August 29, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1386023.html | title=Idaho senator fined for lewd behavior at Minneapolis airport | publisher=[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]] | date=August 28, 2007 | access-date=August 28, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070830155545/http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1386023.html |archive-date = August 30, 2007}}</ref> Including [[Fine (penalty)|fines]] and fees, he paid $575. Craig signed the petition to enter his guilty plea, which contained the provisions, "I understand that the court will not accept a plea of guilty from anyone who claims to be innocent... I now make no claim that I am innocent of the charge to which I am entering a plea of guilty." Craig mailed his signed petition to the court, and his petition to plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge was accepted and filed by the court on August 8, 2007.<ref name= mncourtrec/><ref name="craig-plea"/> 

On August 27, 2007, ''[[Roll Call]]'' published a story about Craig's arrest at the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport and his subsequent guilty plea in that case.<ref name="Arrested Pleads Guilty">{{cite news |first=McArdle |last=John |title=Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom but Says He Did Nothing Wrong |url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19764-1.htm |publisher=Roll Call |date=August 27, 2007 |access-date=August 29, 2007}}</ref> The following day, the ''[[Idaho Statesman]]'' published a story about prior allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by Craig.<ref name=idahoaug28/>

In an August 28, 2007 press conference, Craig regretted filing the guilty plea, stating "In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator pleaded guilty, reportedly after bathroom stall incident - CNN.com|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/craig.arrest/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=CNN|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182914/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/craig.arrest/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator: I Shouldn't Have Pled Guilty|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-i-shouldnt-have-pled-guilty/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=August 27, 2007 |language=en-US|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182915/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-i-shouldnt-have-pled-guilty/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Larry Craig bathroom.jpg|The [[Larry Craig bathroom|bathroom]] at the Minneapolis–St. Paul airport in which the 2007 incident occurred|thumb]]

The Craig scandal became a major national news story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2007/12/06/the-craig-scandal/|title=The Craig Scandal|first=Benjamin|last=Wormald|date=December 6, 2007|website=pewresearch.org}}</ref>

At a news conference on September 1, 2007, Craig announced his intent to resign, "with sadness and deep regret", effective September 30, 2007. On September 4, 2007, a spokesperson for Craig indicated that he was reconsidering his decision to resign,<ref name="MSNBC-reconsidering">{{Cite web|title=Sen. Craig may not resign, spokesman says|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20593999|date=September 4, 2007|access-date=2021-10-21|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182914/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20593999|url-status=live}}</ref> if his conviction was rapidly overturned and his committee assignments were restored.<ref name="Yahoo-reconsidering">{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_go_co/craig_senate |publisher=Yahoo News |title=Craig aide says he's likely to leave |author=Charles Babington |date=September 6, 2007 |access-date=September 6, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The following week, Craig's attorneys filed a [[motion (legal)|motion]] to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that it "was not knowing and intelligent and therefore was in violation of his constitutional rights."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/10/craig/index.html CNN Craig files to withdraw plea, blames stress from paper's investigation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225154/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/10/craig/index.html |date=September 11, 2007 }} September 10, 2007</ref> The motion was ultimately denied, upholding the initial guilty plea.<ref name="MNorder">[http://www.mncourts.gov/documents/4/Public/4th_Suburban_Courts/Southdale/State_of_Minnesota_v_Larry_Edwin_Craig_10-4-07.pdf ''State of Minnesota v. Larry Edwin Craig'', Case No. 27 CR 07-043231. Order of Judge Charles A. Porter, Jr.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008144802/http://www.mncourts.gov/documents/4/Public/4th_Suburban_Courts/Southdale/State_of_Minnesota_v_Larry_Edwin_Craig_10-4-07.pdf |date=October 8, 2007 }} (D.C. Minn., October 4, 2007). State of Minnesota District Court, County of Hennepin, Fourth Judicial District. Retrieved on October 4, 2007.</ref> The controversy forced Craig to step down from his position as liaison to the Senate on the [[Mitt Romney 2008 presidential campaign|Romney campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Senator, Arrested at Airport, Pleads Guilty|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/washington/28craig.html|access-date=October 5, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 28, 2007|archive-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422210545/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/washington/28craig.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Craig vehemently denied wrongdoing, saying "I am not gay. I never have been gay."<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1966526_1966525_1966533,00.html |title=Time |magazine=Time |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=February 20, 2018 |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929111120/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1966526_1966525_1966533,00.html |url-status=live |last1=Friedman |first1=Megan }}</ref>

Following the ruling, Craig announced that despite his previous statements to the contrary, he would serve out his Senate term. He stated that he intended to "continue my effort to clear my name in the Senate Ethics Committee—something that is not possible if I am not serving in the Senate."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/20354-1.html | title=Craig to Finish Senate Term Despite Losing in Court |work=Roll Call | author=Emily Pierce |date=October 4, 2007 | access-date=October 4, 2007 }}</ref> Craig did not seek reelection in 2008 and left office on January 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c000858/ |title=Larry Craig – U.S. Congress Votes Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203181044/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/C000858 |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] }}</ref> Craig was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor and former Governor [[Jim Risch]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Nov05/0,4675,IdahoSenateRisch,00.html |title=In Idaho, Jim Risch's rose through the GOP ranks. |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 5, 2008 |access-date=November 6, 2008 |website=Fox News |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804110509/https://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Nov05/0,4675,IdahoSenateRisch,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both the 2009 documentary ''[[Outrage (documentary)|Outrage]]'' and the magazine ''[[Newsweek]]'' (June 7, 2010 issue) listed Craig, among others, as a conservative politician with a record of anti-gay legislation who was caught in a gay sex scandal.<ref>Newsweek, June 7, 2010 page 58</ref>

In June 2012, the [[Federal Election Commission]] sued Craig for repayment of $217,000 of campaign funds which he used to pay for his defense in his criminal case. In an August 2012 filing, Craig's lawyer Andrew Herman wrote "Not only was the trip itself constitutionally required, but Senate rules sanction reimbursement for any cost relating to a senator's use of a bathroom while on official travel"; the filing cited an FEC ruling that allowed former Congressman [[Jim Kolbe]] to use campaign funds for his legal defense in the [[Mark Foley scandal]].<ref>{{Citation
 | last = Miller
 | first = John
 | title = Ex-Idaho senator: Bathroom trip official business
 | newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle
 | date = August 3, 2012
 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-Idaho-senator-Bathroom-trip-official-business-3760660.php
 | access-date = August 3, 2012
 | archive-date = August 3, 2012
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120803224224/http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-Idaho-senator-Bathroom-trip-official-business-3760660.php
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref> A federal court in Washington, D.C. determined that he improperly paid his attorneys in this matter from his campaign funds, and Craig was ordered in 2014 to pay the Treasury $242,535.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/larry-craig-111500.html | title=Larry Craig fined for misusing funds | website=[[Politico]] | date=September 30, 2014 | access-date=October 13, 2014 | archive-date=October 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008050032/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/larry-craig-111500.html | url-status=live }}</ref> On March 4, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment.<ref name="lose1">{{cite news|title=Ex-Idaho Sen. Larry Craig loses appeal on funds use after bathroom incident|url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160304/NEWS02/160309555|access-date=April 12, 2016|work=The Daily Herald|date=March 4, 2016|location=Everett, Washington|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309164633/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160304/NEWS02/160309555|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lose2">{{cite web|title=FEC v. Craig for U.S. Senate, and Larry Craig Individually|url=https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/37DE1170C141877485257F6C005520FD/$file/14-5297-1602363.pdf|publisher=United States District Court for the District of Columbia|access-date=April 12, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308035834/https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/37DE1170C141877485257F6C005520FD/$file/14-5297-1602363.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Other activities ==
Craig was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Craig added to Hall of Fame {{!}} The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/14/craig-added-to-hall-of-fame/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=www.spokesman.com|date=October 14, 2007 |archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182914/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/14/craig-added-to-hall-of-fame/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Craig has served as a member of the board of directors of the [[National Rifle Association of America]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Michael Roston |title=NRA Stays Mum On Whether It Will Ask Craig To Resign From Its Board |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nra-stays-mum-on-whether_n_62716 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511094911/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nra-stays-mum-on-whether_n_62716 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |date=31 August 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Craig, Larry (Board Member) |url=https://nraontherecord.org/larry-craig/ |website=NRA On The Record |date=June 9, 2014 |publisher=Coalition to Stop Gun Violence |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419170452/https://nraontherecord.org/larry-craig/ |archive-date=19 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

After his retirement, Craig opened the consulting firm New West Strategies with his former chief of staff Mike Ware, focusing on energy issues.<ref name="consultant">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/us/28brfs-EXSENATORCRA_BRF.html|title=Ex-Senator Craig Becomes a Consultant|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 27, 2009|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 22, 2017|archive-date=May 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504071308/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/us/28brfs-EXSENATORCRA_BRF.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The consulting firm shut down in 2019.<ref>[https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_2898492 NEW WEST STRATEGIES LLC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524171158/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_2898492 |date=May 24, 2021 }} OpenCorporate. Retrieved May 25, 2021.</ref>

In 2014, Craig was the [[Idaho Republican Party]] financial chair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idgop.org/page/executive-committee |title=Executive Committee {{!}} Idaho GOP |date=October 24, 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024191407/http://www.idgop.org/page/executive-committee |archive-date=October 24, 2014 }}</ref>

==Election history==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ [[List of United States Senators from Idaho|Senate elections in Idaho (Class II)]]: results 1990–2002
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!
!|Democrat
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
!|Republican
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
!|3rd party
!|Party
!|Votes
!|Pct
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!|3rd party
!|Party
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
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|[[United States Senate election in Idaho, 1990|1990]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Ron J. Twilegar]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |122,295
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |38.7%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Larry Craig'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |193,641
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |61.3%
|-
|[[United States Senate election in Idaho, 1996|1996]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Walt Minnick]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |198,422
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |39.9%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Larry Craig'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |283,532
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |57.0%
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Mary J. Charbonneau
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |10,137
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2.0%
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Susan Vegors
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |5,142
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.0%
|
|-
|[[United States Senate election in Idaho, 2002|2002]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Alan Blinken]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |132,975
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |32.5%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Larry Craig'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |266,215
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.2%
|
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Donovan Bramwell
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |9,354
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2.3%
|
|}

'''1988 Idaho 1st District United States Congressional election'''
{| 
|-
|'''Larry Craig (R) (inc.) 65.7%'''
|-
|[[Jeanne Givens]] (D) 34.3%
|}

'''1986 Idaho 1st District United States Congressional election'''
{| 
|-
|'''Larry Craig (R) (inc.) 65.1%'''
|-
|William Currie (D) 32.3%
|-
|David Shepherd (I) 2.6%
|}

'''1984 Idaho 1st District United States Congressional election'''
{| 
|-
|'''Larry Craig (R) (inc.) 68.6%'''
|-
|Bill Heller (D) 31.4%
|}

'''1982 Idaho 1st District United States Congressional election'''
{| 
|-
|'''Larry Craig (R) (inc.) 53.6%'''
|-
|[[Larry LaRocco]] (D) 46.4%
|}

'''1980 Idaho 1st District United States Congressional election'''
{| 
|-
|'''Larry Craig (R) 53.7%'''
|-
|Glenn W. Nichols (D) 46.3%
|}

==See also==
*[[List of federal political sex scandals in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |author-link=Donald E. Wilkes Jr | first=Donald E. Jr. |last=Wilkes |url=https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_pm/145/ |title=The Cop in the Stall is King |date=January 9, 2008 |journal=Flagpole Magazine}}

==External links==
{{Wikinews category|Larry Craig}}
{{Wikisource|Author:Larry Craig}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012144041/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1664455,00.html Article about the Larry Craig scandal] on Time.com
* [http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/143801.html ''Idaho Statesman'' study of Craig]
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0828071craig1.html The Smoking Gun — ''Minnesota v. Larry Edwin Craig'', Case No. 07043231], Police interview (audio and transcript), police report, criminal complaint and plea agreement
* [http://www.mncourts.gov/district/4/?page=1981 ''State of Minnesota v. Larry Edwin Craig'', Case No. 070403231], U.S. District Court (4th Dist., Hennepin County, MN)
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