Evan Frasure Explained

Evan Frasure
Office:Member of the Idaho Senate
Term Start:December 1, 1990
Term End:November 30, 2002
Birth Date:20 March 1951
Party:Republican

Evan S. Frasure (born March 20, 1951) is an American politician from Idaho. He served in the Idaho House of Representatives and Idaho Senate.

Frasure is from Pocatello, Idaho.[1] He graduated from Idaho State University in 1977.[2]

Frasure served in the Idaho Legislature for 12 years. He did not run for reelection in 2002 to run for secretary of state of Idaho, but he lost to Ben Ysursa.[3] He became a history teacher at Century High School in Pocatello.[4] Frasure ran for secretary of state in the 2014 elections, facing Lawerence Denney, Phil McGrane, and Mitch Toryanski in the Republican primary election. Frasure lost the race to Denney.[5]

Frasure defeated Steve Hadley in the 2016 election for the county commission for Bannock County, Idaho.[6] He was sworn into office on January 9, 2017.[7] He resigned in November 2017 when he was appointed state director of the Farm Service Agency in the United States Department of Agriculture.[8]

Electoral history

Idaho Secretary of State Republican primary election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanLawerence Denney51,04137.1%
RepublicanPhil McGrane38,33627.9%
RepublicanEvan Frasure26,53919.3%
RepublicanMitch Toryanski21,63015.7%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former State Senator Holds Book Signing. KPVI.
  2. Web site: GOP names redistricting commissioners | The Spokesman-Review. www.spokesman.com.
  3. Web site: Former GOP Rep. Evan Frasure to run for Secretary of State | The Spokesman-Review. www.spokesman.com.
  4. Web site: CHS teacher Evan Frasure to run for secretary of state .
  5. Web site: Denney Moves Closer to Replacing Ysursa. Twin Falls Times-News.
  6. Web site: Frasure, Tovey win GOP county primaries. Michael H. O'Donnell. modonnell@journalnet.com. Idaho State Journal.
  7. Web site: Three Bannock County Commissioners, Say Goodbye. KPVI.
  8. Web site: Trump administration names Evan Frasure to head FSA. Twin Falls Times-News.