Trent Clark (politician)
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Trent Clark | |
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| Idaho Republican Party | |
| Preceded by | Ron McMurray |
| Succeeded by | John Sandy |
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| Born | July 12, 1961 Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Rebecca |
| Children | 3 |
Trent Clark is a former chair of the Idaho Republican Party and is Public and Government Affairs Director for Bayer in the Inter-mountain West of the United States.
Personal life and education
[edit]Clark is a graduate of Ricks College, and finished his undergraduate at Brigham Young University in political science and botany. He has since done graduate work at the Harvard School of Public Health and at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.[1]
Clark resides with his wife, Rebecca, in Soda Springs, Idaho. They are parents to three daughters and one son.[2]
Career
[edit]Clark was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as Director of Idaho’s Farm Service Agency, where he administered the USDA farm income support and conservation programs from July 1991 – January 1993.[1] He served as the chair of the Idaho Rural Partnership and was the chair of Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry in 2008.[2][3]
Clark earlier worked as Chief Environmental Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and personal staff to Steve Symms of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.[4][2]
Since 2014, he is Director of Public and Government Affairs for Bayer.[2]
Political career
[edit]Clark was part of Mike Crapo grassroots election team for Caribou County in 2016.[5] He was Caribou County Chair for Mike Simpson in 2014[6] and 2016[7] reelections.
Clark served as a Ted Cruz delegate for Idaho's 2nd congressional district at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[8][9]
Clark was chairman of the credentials committee for Idaho Republican Party's 2016 State Convention.[citation needed] He is a recipient of the Eisenhower Commission for Lifetime Service to the Republican Party.[2]
Idaho Republican Party chair
[edit]Clark was first elected as chair in 1998 and won reelection in 2000. He did not run for reelection has chair in 2002. He had Cheryl Miller (1998-2000),[10] Jason Lehosit (2000-2001)[11] his Executive Directors. Idaho Republican Party had the largest percentage of women in the delegation to 2000 Republican National Convention.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biographical Information for Trent L. Clark" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e "Biography" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Trent Clark is new IACI chairman". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Crapo Announces Idaho Grassroots Leadership Team - Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate". Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Endorsements | Mike Simpson for Congress - Idahos Congressman". 2017-04-17. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Endorsements | Mike Simpson for Congress - Idaho's Congressman". Mike Simpson for Congress – Idaho's Congressman. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "IDAHO DELEGATE: Economy is at the heart of many political debates - BYU-I Scroll". BYU-I Scroll. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Idaho Delegation to the 2016 Republican National Convention". www.p2016.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Twin Falls Public Library". www.tfpl.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "#politicalanimal: Jason Lehosit - The Blue Review". The Blue Review. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "Twin Falls Public Library". twinfallspubliclibrary.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
