Dean Mortimer

Dean M. Mortimer is a Republican member of the Idaho Senate, representing the 32nd District since 2008. He is currently vice chair of the Senate Education Committee. He was re-elected unopposed in 2010 for a two-year term. He previously was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008.
Early life and career
Mortimer was born in Moscow, ID, and raised in the southeast region of the state. He attended grade school in Ammon and Ucon, and both junior high school and high school in Rigby. He attended Ricks College in Rexburg, ID, in the fall of 1969. He then completed a two-year religious mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France, returning to Ricks College in 1972. While attending Ricks College, he served as a student body officer for the 1973-74 school year. He was also honored as Man of the Year at Ricks College in 1973. He later returned to Ricks College/BYU-Idaho to serve on the Alumni Council Board...