Ben Ysursa

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Ben Ysursa
Secretary of State of Idaho
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2003
Preceded by	Pete T. Cenarrusa
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-10) June 10, 1949 Boise, Idaho
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Gonzaga University, St. Louis University Law School
Profession	Attorney

Ben T. Ysursa, (born June 10, 1949) is the Secretary of State of Idaho, United States. He was elected on the Republican Party ticket.

Family

Ysursa is married and has three children with his wife, Penny. They also have two grandchildren, Benjamin and Thomas.

Education

Ysursa graduated from Bishop Kelly High School (1967) and Gonzaga University (1971). He attained his law degree from St. Louis University Law School (1974) and was admitted to the Idaho State Bar in 1974.

Career

From 1974 to 2003, Ysursa served in the Idaho Secretary of State office under his predecessor, Pete T. Cenarrusa. He held the positions of Deputy Secretary of State (1974 - 1976) and Chief Deputy Secretary of State (1976-2003). Ysursa was elected Secretary of State in 2002 with 77 percent of the vote. He was reelected unopposed in 2006. In 2010 Ysursa was elected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Mack Sermon with 74.3 percent of the vote.^[1]

Ysursa will not be a candidate for reelection in 2014.^[2]

Awards

"Boyd Martin Award" from the Association of Idaho Cities
Recipient for Outstanding Administrator (1992) from the Idaho Republican Party.

Service on Committees

Board of Land Commissioners (member)
Board of Examiners (member)
Board of Canvassers (chairman)
Land Board briefing committee (member)
Board of Examiners sub-committee (member)
various state and city committees (member)

Notes

↑ November 2, 2010 General Election Results (accessed 17 January 2012)
↑ Popkey, Dan. "Ysursa won't run for re-election as Idaho secretary of state" Idaho Statesman, November 8, 2013. (accessed 3 December 2013)

Preceded by Pete T. Cenarrusa	Secretary of State of Idaho January 6, 2003–present	Incumbent

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State secretaries of state in the United States

AL	Beth Chapman (R)
AK	Mead Treadwell (R)²
AZ	Ken Bennett (R)
AR	Mark R. Martin (R)
CA	Debra Bowen (D)
CO	Scott Gessler (R)
CT	Denise Merrill (D)
DE	Jeffrey W. Bullock (D)
FL	Ken Detzner (R)
GA	Brian Kemp (R)
HI	Shan Tsutsui (D)²
ID	Ben Ysursa (R)

IL	Jesse White (D)
IN	Connie Lawson (R)
IA	Matt Schultz (R)
KS	Kris Kobach (R)
KY	Alison L. Grimes (D)
LA	Tom Schedler (R)
ME	Matthew Dunlap (D)
MD	John McDonough (D)
MA	Bill Galvin (D)¹
MI	Ruth Johnson (R)
MN	Mark Ritchie (D)
MS	Delbert Hosemann (R)

MO	Jason Kander (D)
MT	Linda McCulloch (D)
NE	John Gale (R)
NV	Ross Miller (D)
NH	Bill Gardner (I)
NJ	Kim Guadagno (R)
NM	Dianna Duran (R)
NY	Cesar A. Perales (D)
NC	Elaine Marshall (D)
ND	Al Jaeger (R)
OH	Jon Husted (R)
OK	Chris Benge (R)

OR	Kate Brown (D)
PA	Carol Aichele (R)¹
RI	Ralph Mollis (D)
SC	Mark Hammond (R)
SD	Jason Gant (R)
TN	Tre Hargett (R)
TX	Nandita Berry (R)
UT	Spencer Cox (R)²
VT	Jim Condos (D)
VA	Levar Stoney (D)¹
WA	Kim Wyman (R)
WV	Natalie Tennant (D)

WI	Doug La Follette (D)
WY	Max Maxfield (R)
DC	Cynthia Brock-Smith (D)
Territories:
AS	Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)²
GU	Ray Tenorio (R)²
MP	Jude Hofschneider²
PR	David Bernier (D)
VI	Gregory Francis (D)²

1. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the office is called Secretary of the Commonwealth.
2. Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not have a Secretary of State. The lieutenant governor is listed here.

v t e Current elected and appointed statewide political officials of Idaho

U.S. Senate	Mike Crapo Jim Risch

U.S. House	Raúl Labrador Mike Simpson

State government	Butch Otter, Governor Brad Little Lieutenant Governor Ben Ysursa, Secretary of State Brandon D. Woolf, State Controller Ron Crane State Treasurer Lawrence G. Wasden Attorney General Tom Luna State Superintendent

Senate	Brent Hill, President pro tempore Bart Davis, Majority Leader Michelle Stennett, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Scott Bedke, Speaker Mike Moyle, Majority Leader John Rusche, Minority Leader

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Persondata
Name	Ysursa, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 15, 1949
Place of birth	Boise, Idaho
Date of death
Place of death

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