Dave Lent is an American politician.

Early life, education, and career

Lent is a graduate of

Eastern Idaho Technical College College of Eastern Idaho is a public community college in Idaho Falls, Idaho. It was founded in 1969 as Eastern Idaho Vocational Technical School and later became a technical college called Eastern Idaho Technical College. In May 2017, Bonnevill ...

and Idaho State University. He worked with the Idaho National Laboratory since the 1980s, winning several awards for regulatory reform and cost-cutting. Lent has also served on advisory boards for the College of Eastern Idaho and Idaho State University.

Political career

Lent served on the

Idaho Falls School District The Idaho Falls School District #91 is a school district, public school district in the U.S. state of Idaho. District #91 serves about 10,742 students of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and parts of rural Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County in 18 sch ...

91 Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2018, resigning to take his seat in the Idaho Senate. Lent ran for the Idaho Senate in 2018, defeating incumbent District 33 senator Tony Potts in the Republican primary. Lent was elected with 60% of the vote over Democrat Jerry Sehlke in the general election. In the Idaho Senate, Lent serves on the Agricultural Affairs and Education committees. He was appointed by Governor Brad Little to serve on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

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