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Fulcher, who is now seeking a third two-year term and faces Democrat Kaylee Peterson and Libertarian Darian Drake on the November ballot, went on Fox and Friends the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, to tout his plan to object to certifying the 2020 presidential election results.

“This is going to be a monumental day in America’s history, make no mistake about it,” Fulcher told the network. “There are tens of millions of people who want to see some action on this. They are absolutely convinced there is election fraud. We have a real problem on our hands if we don’t act here.”

After the attack on the Capitol that followed – during which Fulcher was in the House chamber – he told the Lewiston Tribune he was in “anger mode” because “we had some serious business to attend to, and here some knuckleheads were trying to break in.” But he defended his position, and was the only member of Idaho’s all-GOP delegation to vote against certifying the election results.

Fulcher, who declined to be interviewed for this article, said in written comments submitted to the Idaho Press that voters should reelect him because of his “broad life experience in both the private and public sectors, with a measurable track record, priorities that align with most Idahoans, plus the skillset and drive to remain successful in the job.”

He’s staunchly opposed abortion from the point of conception; backed absolute support for gun rights; and strongly objected to Democratic policies from spending to immigration to health care. As his top accomplishment in office, he cites his office’s constituent services work, which he said has obtained the release of more than $5 million from the federal government to Idahoans, mainly related to veterans benefits and income taxes.

Fulcher also cites his sponsorship of the MAPLand Act, which passed in April and directed federal agencies to digitize public lands boundaries to improve access; it was backed by Idaho’s entire congressional delegation. And he says he worked to ensure that faith-based and non-profit organizations were included under the Paycheck Protection Program; and to direct federal funds to rural Idaho broadband and health care programs that were funded under the CARES Act in 2020.

He’s drawn the line, however, at requesting any earmarks or “member-directed spending” for his district, garnering criticism for passing up federal funds his Idaho district otherwise could have received. In 2021, Fulcher was one of 30 House Republicans who pledged never to request those.

In a guest opinion, he called such funds “pet-project spending,” and wrote, “Despite continued criticism from the media accusing me of not caring about my district and ‘opting…