Julie VanOrden


Julie VanOrden is a Republican Idaho State Representative since 2012 representing District 31 in Seat B.

Education

VanOrden attended Blackfoot High School, the College of Southern Idaho, and earned her associate degree from Idaho State University's vocational technical school.

2018 Primary Campaign and Defeat

On May 15, 2018 Julie VanOrden was defeated by Blackfoot area political activist, home-educator, and stay-at-home mother of 10 children, Julianne Young. Young campaigned against VanOrden's efforts to update Idaho sex education statue which dated by to the 1970s. Young, before her election, had gained some notoriety as a local leader of the Freedom First Society. The Freedom First Society split off from the John Birch Society in 2007. The organization holds many of the same conspiratorial views as its parent.

Idaho Public Charter School Commission

In July, 2018 Rep. VanOrden was appointed by Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke to serve a four-year term on the Idaho Public Charter School Commission. The commission oversees the regulation of charter schools in the State of Idaho.

Election history