Family: Married, Wife: Marion; 6 Children: Christopher, Weston, Cameron (deceased), Jil, Becca, Annie

Born: 03/07/1955 Rapid City, SD

Home: Idaho Falls, Idaho

Religion: Mormon

Education: JD, University of Idaho, 1980 BA, Brigham Young University, 1978

Profession: Member, Guardianship/Conservatorship Committee, Idaho Supreme Court, 2006-present Vice Chair/Secretary, Electrical Wholesale Supply Company, Incorporated, 2004-present Attorney, Idaho State Bar, 1981-present Attorney Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995-1998 Attorney Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Courts, 1993-1995 Member/Reporter, United States Bankruptcy Court Rules Committee, 1990-2001 Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1986-1987 Board Member/Officer, Bankruptcy Law Section, Idaho State Bar, 1983-1988

Political: Majority Leader, Idaho State Senate, 2002-present Council Member, Legislative Council, Idaho State Legislature, 2001-present Senator, Idaho State Senate, 1998-present Convention Vice Chair, Idaho Republican Convention, 2004, 2008 Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2000, 2004, 2008

Congressional Membership: Chair, Council of State Governments, 2007-present Commissioner, Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, 2006-present Member, College of Law Advisory Council, University of Idaho, 2005-present Senate Board Member, Idaho Bond Bank Authority, 2003-present Chairman, West Council of State Governments, 2003-present Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2001-present Majority Caucus Chairman, Idaho State Senate, 2002 Co Chair, Task Force to Study Campaign Financing for Judicial Election, Idaho State Legislature, 2002-2003 Board Member, Eastern Idaho Special Services Agency, 2000-2004 Vice Chair, Commerce & Human Resources Committee, Idaho State Senate, 1998-2002 Toll Fellow, Council of State Governments, 1999 Co Chair, Bonneville County Young Republicans, 1982-1984

Organization Membership: Member, Boy Scouts of America, present Member, Idaho Falls Education Advisory Council, 1998-present Rotarian, Idaho Falls Rotary Club, 1983-present Board Member, Idaho Law Review Advisory Board, College of Law, University of Idaho, 2006-2007 Board Member, Eastern Idaho Special Services Agency, 2000-2004 Member, Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium Organ Fund, 1989-1990

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