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

Evan Frasure
Member of the Idaho Senate
In office
December 1, 1990 – November 30, 2002
Personal details
Born (1951-03-20) March 20, 1951 (age 73)
Political partyRepublican

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

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Idaho Secretary of State Republican primary election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lawerence Denney 51,041 37.1%
Republican Phil McGrane 38,336 27.9%
Republican Evan Frasure 26,539 19.3%
Republican Mitch Toryanski 21,630 15.7%

References

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