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Shawn Keough

{{short description|American politician from Idaho}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Shawn A. Keough

| office = Idaho State Senator

|term_start1 = December 1, 1996

|term_end1 = November 30, 2018

|constituency1 = 1st District

|preceded1 = Tim Tucker

|succeeded1 = Jim Woodward

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|30}}

|birth_place = Pompton Plains, New Jersey

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = Mike Keough;
2 children

|residence = Kootenai, Idaho

|alma_mater = Lewis Clark State College
North Idaho College

|profession = Executive Director, Associated Logging Contractor

|party = Republican

|website = {{URL|shawnkeough.com}}

}}

Shawn A. Keough (born December 30, 1959) is an American politician, serving as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate from 1996 to 2018 representing the 1st district, and the longest-serving female Senator in Idaho's history.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZxmAAAAMAAJ&q=Shawn+Keough+1959+idaho|title = Who's who in the West|year = 2004|isbn = 9780837909356}}{{cite web |url= http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=91 |title= Senate Membership |publisher= Idaho Legislature |accessdate= June 5, 2012 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120514014545/http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=91 |archivedate= May 14, 2012 }}{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10579/shawn-keough |title= Senator Shawn A. Keough's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= June 5, 2012}}{{cite web | url=https://boardofed.idaho.gov/board-facts/board-member/shawn-keough | title=Shawn Keough | date=30 September 2019 }}

Early life, education, and career

Keough graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, but has lived in Idaho since 1979, where she attended North Idaho College 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 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

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|+ District 1 Senate - Boundary County and part of Bonner County

!|Year

!|Candidate

!|Votes

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1996 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/primindx.htm |title= Official Results: Idaho Primary Election May 28, 1996 |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120501062100/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/primindx.htm |archivedate= May 1, 2012 }}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |2,819

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59.9%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Eugene Brown}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,884

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |40.1%

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1996 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/1996/general/rsltgn96.htm|title= Idaho General Election Results: November 5, 1996 |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |9,427

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59.1%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Tim Tucker (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |6,513

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40.9%

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1998 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/candidat/98prrslt.htm |title= Idaho Primary Election Results: May 26, 1998 |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 3,163

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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1998 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/98result/98gnrslt.htm |title= Idaho General Election Results: November 3, 1998 |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 9,957

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2000 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/2000rslt/primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 23, 2000 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |4,890

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |76.3%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Lisa Tanner}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,516

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |23.7%

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2000 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/2000rslt/general/tot_leg.htm |title= November 7, 2000 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |11,413

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |73.4%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Steve Johnson}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |3,635

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |23.4%

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |{{nowrap|Frank Reichert}}

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |496

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |3.2%

2002 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/2002/primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 28, 2002 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,656

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2002 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/2002/general/tot_leg.htm |title= November 5, 2002 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Cenarrusa, Pete |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |7,904

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71.6%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Gary Pietsch}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |3,133

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |28.4%

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2004 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/RESULTS/2004/primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 25, 2004 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |4,116

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2004 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/RESULTS/2004/general/tot_leg.htm |title= November 2, 2004 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |12,630

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |75.1%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Patty Douglas Palmer}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |4,177

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |24.9%

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2006 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2006/primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 23, 2006 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,866

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2006 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2006/general/tot_leg.htm |title= November 7, 2006 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |9,308

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |68.6%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Jim Ramsey}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |4,265

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.4%

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2008 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2008/Primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 27, 2008 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,795

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |74.0%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Donald Heckel}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,334

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |26.0%

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2008 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2008/General/tot_leg.htm |title= November 4, 2008 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |15,322

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2010 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2010/Primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 25, 2010 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |4,280

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |76.4%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Steve Tanner}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,325

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |23.6%

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2010 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2010/General/tot_leg.htm |title= November 2, 2010 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |11,593

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2012 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2012/Primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 15, 2012 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |4,671

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |70.3%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Danielle Ahrens}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,976

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |29.7%

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2012 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2012/General/tot_leg.htm |title= November 6, 2012 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |17,217

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%

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2014 primary{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2014/Primary/legislative_totals.html |title= May 20, 2014 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,484

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |53.8%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Danielle Ahrens}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |2,997

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |46.2%

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2014 general{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2014/General/legislative_totals.html |title= November 4, 2014 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= May 20, 2016 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220093000/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2014/General/legislative_totals.html |archivedate= December 20, 2016 }}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |8,993

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.0%

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |{{nowrap|Christian Fioravanti}}

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} align="right" |4,834

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |35.0%

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2016 primary{{cite web |url= https://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/Primary/legislative_totals.html |title= May 17, 2016 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Denney, Lawerence |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= January 10, 2017}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |4,141

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |55.7%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Glenn Rohrer}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,291

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |44.3%

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2016 general{{cite web |url= https://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/General/legislative_totals.html |title= Nov 8, 2016 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Denney, Lawerence |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= January 10, 2017}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Shawn Keough (incumbent)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |17,264

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |76.3%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Steve Tanner}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |5,365

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |23.7%

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See also

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Footnotes

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120514014545/http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=91 Shawn Keogh] at the Idaho Legislature
  • [http://www.shawnkeough.com/ Shawn Keough's personal website]
  • {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=10579 | fec= | congress= }}

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:Republican Party Idaho state senators

Category:Lewis & Clark College alumni

Category:People from Pequannock Township, New Jersey

Category:Women state legislators in Idaho

Category:People from Bonner County, Idaho

Category:21st-century American women politicians

Category:Walnut Hills High School alumni

Category:North Idaho College alumni

Category:Politicians from Cincinnati

Category:21st-century members of the Idaho Legislature

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