Shawn A. Keough (born December 30, 1959) is an American politician, serving as a

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member of the

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from 1996 to 2018 representing the 1st district, and the longest-serving female Senator in Idaho's history.

Early life, education, and career

Keough graduated from

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, but has lived in Idaho since 1979, where she attended

North Idaho College North Idaho College (NIC) is a public community college in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has an enrollment exceeding 6,000 and is situated at the north end of Lake Coeur d'Alene near downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Tubbs Hill, Coeur d'Alene, Idah ...

and Lewis Clark State College studying business management. She has been Executive Director for the Associated Logging Contractors since 2000. She has represented district 1 in the

Idaho State 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 t ...

from 1996 to 2018. She was appointed to the Idaho State Board of Education in 2019. She is married to Mike Keough and is a mother of two who are in college.

Idaho Senate

Committee assignments

* Finance Committee (chairman) * Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (co-chairman) * Transportation Committee

Elections

Footnotes

External links

Shawn Keogh
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