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==Career==

==Career==

In 1972, along with the reelection of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]], Symms, at the age of thirty-four used the theme of an apple farm in his successful bid for an open seat in the U.S. House. One of his advertisements showed a large red apple and the slogan, "Take a bite out of big government!"  He was elected to the open seat and was re-elected three times before becoming a U.S. Senator. In 1980, with the [[Ronbald Reagan]] triumph, Symms unseated four-term Senator Frank Church with a victory margin of less than 1 percent in the Republican landslide year.<ref name=sbigohwsv>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W61fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0DIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4369%2C2366596|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=Associated Press|title=Symms basks in the glow of hard-won Senate victory |date=November 6, 1980|page=6A}}</ref> Symms was re-elected in [[United States Senate election in Idaho, 1986|1986]], defeating Democratic [[Governor of Idaho|Governor]] [[John V. Evans]] in another hard-fought and close election.<ref name=npotrinid>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gDFkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6978,2681874|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|last=Kenyon|first=Quane|agency=Associated Press|title=No political truce in Idaho|date=October 28, 1986|page=A4}}</ref>

In 1972, along with the reelection of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]], Symms, at the age of thirty-four used the theme of an apple farm in his successful bid for an open seat in the U.S. House. One of his advertisements showed a large red apple and the slogan, "Take a bite out of big government!"  He was elected to the open seat and was re-elected three times before becoming a U.S. Senator. In 1980, with the [[Ronald Reagan]] triumph over [[Jimmy Carter]], Symms unseated four-term Senator Frank Church with a victory margin of less than 1 percent in the Republican landslide year.<ref name=sbigohwsv>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W61fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0DIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4369%2C2366596|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=Associated Press|title=Symms basks in the glow of hard-won Senate victory |date=November 6, 1980|page=6A}}</ref> Symms was re-elected in [[United States Senate election in Idaho, 1986|1986]], defeating Democratic [[Governor]] John V. Evans in another hard-fought and close election.<ref name=npotrinid>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gDFkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6978,2681874|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|last=Kenyon|first=Quane|agency=Associated Press|title=No political truce in Idaho|date=October 28, 1986|page=A4}}</ref>

Symms chose did not seek a third Senate term in 1992 and was succeeded by the Republican mayor of Boise, [[Dirk Kempthorne]], a future two-term Idaho [[governor]] and [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]. Symms is the recipient of the U.S. Marine Corps "Iron Mike" award and the National Guard's "Minuteman of the Year" award. He has also been honored by the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the National Federation of Independent Business,Freedoms Foundation, the American Security Council, Americans for Constitutional Action.<ref name=lobby/>

Symms chose did not seek a third Senate term in 1992 and was succeeded by the Republican mayor of Boise, [[Dirk Kempthorne]], a future two-term Idaho [[governor]] and [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]. Symms is the recipient of the U.S. Marine Corps "Iron Mike" award and the National Guard's "Minuteman of the Year" award. He has also been honored by the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the National Federation of Independent Business,Freedoms Foundation, the American Security Council, Americans for Constitutional Action.<ref name=lobby/>

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==Controversies==

==Controversies==

Symms was one of several Republican senators who in 1981 expressed his opposition to the nomination of [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], an Arizona [[Moderate Republican]] whom [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated for the [[Supreme Court]]. The opposition hinged over the issue of O'Connor's  unwillingness to overturn the landmark [[abortion]] opinion, ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>Jan Crawford Greenburg, ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court,'' Penguin Books, 2007. p. 222.</ref> Reagan, however, stubbornly stood with O'Connor, the first woman justice who affirmed ''Roe'' in the 1992 case, ''Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.''

Symms was one of several Republican senators who in 1981 expressed his opposition to the nomination of [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], an Arizona [[Moderate Republican]] whom [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated for the [[Supreme Court]]. The opposition hinged over the issue of O'Connor's  unwillingness to overturn the landmark [[abortion]] opinion, ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>Jan Crawford Greenburg, ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court,'' Penguin Books, 2007. p. 222.</ref> Reagan, however, stubbornly stood with O'Connor, the first woman justice who affirmed ''Roe'' in the 1992 case, ''Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.''