 It was the solitary county in Idaho, and one of only three counties west of the Continental Divide alongside Rio Blanco County in Colorado and Kane County in Utah, to give a plurality to Alf Landon in his 1936 landslide defeat.The County is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Mike Simpson of the 2nd Congressional District.It is represented in the United States Senate by Republicans Mike Crapo and James Risch.