Julie VanOrden R
Senate 30
Lifelong resident of Idaho and Bingham County; graduate of Blackfoot High School and ISU Vocational Technical Education; co-owner of Garth VanOrden Farms; former Idaho House of Representative member and former chairman of the Education committee; former commissioner on the Idaho Public Charter School Commission and the Idaho Potato Commission; spouse: Garth; four children, two daughters-in-law, three grandchildren: Kaylee, Hayden and Jaicee; and one great-grandchild: Luna.
History: 3rd term
Elected in 2020
Served three terms in House 2012-18
Committees
Health & Welfare - Chair
Agricultural Affairs
Resources & Environment
Child Protection Legislative Oversight - Co-chair
Medicaid Review Panel - Co-chair
Rural Health Transformation Committee - Co-chair
Health & Welfare - Chair
Agricultural Affairs
Resources & Environment
Child Protection Legislative Oversight - Co-chair
Medicaid Review Panel - Co-chair
Rural Health Transformation Committee - Co-chair
CAI Pledge: No
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