retained two of their three newly attained seats for at least 15 years and managed to control the legislature for eight until the chambers evened themselves out during and immediately after the war. Decline In the post-war decades, as state politics was professionalized, Republicans dominated the state legislature and the governor's mansion, but Democrats maintained a steadfast presence across all other executive offices. A platform of environmental concerns gave Idaho its last Democratic governor to date even as it became more conservative in its congressional delegation and state legislature. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, Democrats lost two key voting groups. After the national party adopted a host of liberal social issues like abortion rights and feminism, Idaho's Mormons left the party in droves. Meanwhile, unions lost influence in already declining mining and timber industries. Since 1994, when four-term Democratic governor Cecil Andrus retired and Representative Larry LaRocco was defeated, only one member of the party, Walt Minnick, has won either statewide office or election to Congress; after winning election to the latter capacity in 2008, Minnick was subsequently defeated for re-election by Republican Raúl Labrador two years later. Idaho Democrats currently seat only twelve members of the state House and six members of the state Senate, slightly worse than the ~20% they held in each chamber in 1996 when the party first collapsed. Unlike with other Mountain West states, such as Nevada and Colorado, immigration has not shifted Idaho leftward. Rather, Californians and other West Coast residents who have moved there have done so largely for cultural instead of economic reasons. Elected officials Members of Congress None Statewide offices None Legislative leadership Senate Minority Leader: Melissa Wintrow Assistant Senate Minority Leader: James Ruchti Senate Minority Caucus Chair: Janie Ward– Engelking House Minority Leader: Ilana Rubel Assistant House Minority Leader: Lauren Necochea House Minority Caucus Chair: Ned Burns Other Mayor of Boise: Lauren McLean Chairs Lauren Necochea Deborah Silver Fred Cornworth Evangeline "Van" Beechler Bert Marley Larry Kenck R. Keith Roark Larry Grant Richard H. Stallings Carolyn Boyce Kathie Garrett Bill Mauk Mel Morgan A. K. Lienhart– Minnick Conley Ward, 1988– 1991 George Klein 1978 John F. Greenfield 1976– 77 A. W. "Bill" Brunt 1952– 1954 John G. Walters 1958 John Glasby George A. Greenfield 1954– 1955 Gilbert Larsen ?– 1952 Ed P. Brennan 1949 Dan J. Cavanagh 1947– 1948 David L. Bush 1944– 1946 Ben W. Davis 1939 Ira