Quick Facts
Biography
Hy Kloc (born in Essen, Germany) is a former Democratic Idaho State Representative who represented the northwest Ada County-based District 16 from 2012 to 2018.
Biography
The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, Kloc emigrated to the United States at age three and settled in Brooklyn. Kloc earned his AAS in marketing management from New York City Community College (now New York City College of Technology) and his BS in business education from Western Michigan University.
Upon moving to Boise in 2001 Kloc served as development director of Boise State Radio.
Elections
Greater Boise Auditorium District
He was elected to the Greater Boise Auditorium District board of directors in 2011 and re elected in 2017.
Kloc served as its Chairman from 2011 to 2014 and vice chairman in 2014.
Idaho House of Representatives
2016
Kloc was unopposed in the primary and the general election.
2014
Kloc was unchallenged in the primary.
Kloc won the general election against Republican nominee Jim Silsby with 8,257 votes (58.31%).
2012
When Democratic Representative Elfreda Higgins retired and left the District 16 B seat open, Kloc won the May 15, 2012 Democratic Primary with 881 votes (73.3%) against David A. Honey.
Kloc won the November 6, 2012 General election with 10,258 votes (54.2%) against Republican nominee Graham Paterson.