Lawerence Denney

Lawerence Denney

Secretary of State of Idaho
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2015
Governor	Butch Otter
Preceded by	Ben Ysursa
40th Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives
In office December 7, 2006 – December 5, 2012
Preceded by	Bruce Newcomb
Succeeded by	Scott Bedke
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the 9A district
In office December 1, 1996 – December 1, 2014
Preceded by	Gertrude Sutton
Succeeded by	Ryan Kerby
Personal details
Born	(1948-02-25) February 25, 1948 Council, Idaho, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Idaho, Moscow
Religion	Protestantism

Lawerence Denney (born February 25, 1948) is the Secretary of State of Idaho. A Republican, Denney previously served a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, including three terms as speaker.

Political career

Denney was first elected to the Idaho House for a single term in 1990. He returned to the House in 1996 and served until 2014. In 2006 Denney was elected Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives and reelected in 2008 and 2010. He was defeated for reelection in 2012 by fellow Republican Scott Bedke.^[1]

Denney won the Republican nomination for Idaho Secretary of State in 2014, defeating Democratic state Rep. Holli Woodings in the general election.

Personal

Denney has a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho. He has been a farmer since 1972.

Sources

Lawerence Denney's campaign website
Lawerence Denney at the Idaho House of Representatives

Profile at Project Vote Smart

References

↑ "Idaho House Republicans oust Speaker Denney in a rare coup for a tradition-bound body" Idaho Statesman, 6 December 2012. (accessed 6 December 2012)

State secretaries of state in the United States

AL John Merrill (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R) AR Mark Martin (R) CA Alex Padilla (D) CO Wayne Williams (R) CT Denise Merrill (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D) FL Ken Detzner (R) GA Brian Kemp (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Lawerence Denney (R) IL Jesse White (D) IN Connie Lawson (R) IA Paul Pate (R) KS Kris Kobach (R) KY Alison Grimes (D) LA Tom Schedler (R) ME Matthew Dunlap (D) MD John Wobensmith (R) MA Bill Galvin (D) MI Ruth Johnson (R) MN Steve Simon (D) MS Delbert Hosemann (R) MO Jason Kander (D) MT Linda McCulloch (D) NE John Gale (R) NV Barbara Cegavske (R) NH Bill Gardner (D) NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM Brad Winter (R) NY Cesar Perales (D) NC Elaine Marshall (D) ND Al Jaeger (R) OH Jon Husted (R) OK Chris Benge (R) OR Jeanne Atkins (D) PA Pedro Cortés (D) RI Nellie Gorbea (D) SC Mark Hammond (R) SD Shantel Krebs (R) TN Tre Hargett (R) TX Carlos Cascos (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Jim Condos (D) VA Levar Stoney (D) WA Kim Wyman (R) WV Natalie Tennant (D) WI Doug La Follette (D) WY Ed Murray (R) DC Lauren Vaughan (D) Territories: AS Lemanu Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Ralph Torres (R) PR Víctor Suárez-Meléndez (D) VI Osbert Potter (I)

Political party affiliations: 30 Republican 25 Democratic 1 Independent italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed

Current statewide political officials of Idaho

U.S. Senate	Mike Crapo Jim Risch

U.S. House	Raúl Labrador Mike Simpson

State government	Butch Otter, Governor Brad Little Lieutenant Governor Lawerence Denney, Secretary of State Brandon D. Woolf, State Controller Ron Crane State Treasurer Lawrence G. Wasden Attorney General Sherri Ybarra State Superintendent

Senate	Brent Hill, President pro tempore Bart Davis, Majority Leader Michelle Stennett, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Scott Bedke, Speaker Mike Moyle, Majority Leader John Rusche, Minority Leader

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.