Michael Crapo won the Senate seat in the November 2010 elections.http://www.crapoforsenate.com/ By beating his opponent Patrick Tom Sullivan, he continues to hold on to the seat he has held since 1998.

Michael 'Mike' D. Crapo is a Republican senator in the state of Idaho, and he is running for reelection in November 2010. He will be facing Democrat Patrick Tom Sullivan, who beat out attorney William Bryk from New York with 75 percent of the vote in the primaries earlier in the year. This will be Sullivan's first run for office.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_candidates/ID.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Crapo served in the United States House of Representatives from 1992 through 1998, after a run in the state Senate. He then ran for the U.S Senate in 1998, and beat out competitor Bill Mauk with just under 70 percent of the vote. In 2004, he ran for reelection unopposed in the general election.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_candidates/ID.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Republican Senator Mike Crapo planned for re-election in the 2010 Idaho Senate race. His opponent was Democrat Tom Sullivan. As of September, Crapo led the race with 63% and Sullivan had 24% of the potential votes.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/idaho/election_2010_idaho_senate The five top contributors to his campaign were JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Group, Goldman Sachs, Amgen Inc. and Securities Industry and Financial Mkt Assn.http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006267 Crapo won the November 2010 elections.http://www.crapoforsenate.com/

Crapo was born on May 20, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_candidates/ID.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT He attended Idaho Falls High School, graduating in 1969. He earned a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, in Political Science from Brigham Young University, and then a Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from Harvard Law School. He served for 8 years on the Idaho State Senate, 6 years in the House of Representatives and has been serving on the Senate since 1999. Crapo and his wife, Susan, have 5 children.http://crapo.senate.gov/about_mike/bio.cfm

Capo is against educating teens about safe sex and is anti-abortion. He is against same sex marriage and against categorizing violence toward homosexuals as hate crimes. He is for offering tax subsidies to corporations who ship jobs overseas, and also for restricting the rules on bankruptcy for individuals. He supports prayer in schools, and has voted no on several school funding measures. He is against providing tax incentives for conservation and cleaner energy. He voted no on extending Cash for Clunkers.http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Michael_Crapo.htm