Allan Franklin Larsen (April 4, 1919 – March 2, 2005) was an American Republican politician from Eastern Idaho who served as a member of both chambers of the Idaho Legislature. He was the Republican nominee in the

1978 Idaho gubernatorial election The 1978 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 7, and incumbent Democrat John Evans defeated Republican nominee Allan Larsen with 58.75% of the vote. It was the third consecutive win for the Democrats (1970, 1974, 1978), b ...

Early life and education

Born in Preston, Idaho, he attended Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in

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Career

Larsen operated a potato farm near Firth in

Bingham County Bingham County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 47,992. The county seat and largest city is Blackfoot. Bingham County comprises the Blackfoot, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

. First elected to the

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in 1966, he served six terms in the Idaho House of Representatives, the last two as speaker. He was the Republican nominee in the

, but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent, John Evans of Malad. Larsen returned to private life on his farm for a 12 years. Following his first wife's death and his remarriage to Alva Lu Hebdon, he returned to the legislature when he was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1990 and the House of Representatives in 1992 and 1994.

Personal life

Larsen died in Bingham County, Idaho at age 85 in 2005; he and his first wife Barbara (1920–1990) are buried at the Riverside Thomas Cemetery in

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