Maryanne Jordan (born May 12, 1956) is an American
Democratic politician from
Boise
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...
,
Idaho
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. She has served on the
Boise City Council since 2003, and was president from 2005 to 2006, and 2010–2015. In March 2015 she was appointed to the
Idaho Senate
The Idaho Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 35 Senators elected to two-year terms, each representing a district of the state. The Senate meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.
Composition of ...
by Gov.
Butch Otter
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to succeed
Elliot Werk
Elliot Werk (born April 16, 1957) is a Democratic politician from Boise, Idaho in the United States. From 2002 until 2015 he served as the Idaho State Senator from District 17, which is based in the Boise Bench neighborhood.
Werk was born in ...
, who resigned the previous month to take a seat on the Idaho State Tax Commission.
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"Idaho Legislative Notebook"
''Idaho Statesman
The ''Idaho Statesman'' is the daily newspaper of Boise, Idaho, in the western United States. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.
History
The paper was first published as the ''Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman'' on July 26, 1864, by James S. Reynolds ...
'', March 7, 2015. (accessed 8 March 2015)
Jordan holds a degree in political science from
San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...
.
She moved to Boise in 1994, serving on the West Valley Neighborhood Association and the Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission. Jordan was appointed to the Boise City Council in March 2003 to succeed
Carolyn Terteling-Payne, who became mayor upon the resignation of
H. Brent Coles. Jordan was elected to complete the term in November 2003, and won full four-year terms in 2005, 2009 and 2013.
[Council President Maryanne Jordan](_blank)
City of Boise. (accessed 8 March 2015)
In March 2015 Jordan was appointed to the Idaho Senate to represent District 17 – based in the Boise Bench neighborhood – upon Werk's resignation. She served concurrently in the Idaho Senate and on the Boise City Council through 2017.
Jordan currently serves as Minority Caucus Chair of the Idaho Senate. In 2020, Jordan announced she would not seek reelection.
Elections
References
External links
Maryanne Jordan''official campaign website''
1956 births
Idaho city council members
Democratic Party Idaho state senators
Living people
People from Boise, Idaho
San Jose State University alumni
Women state legislators in Idaho
Women city councillors in Idaho
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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