Bert C. Marley (born May 1, 1948) is an American politician and education. He served as chair of the

Idaho Democratic Party The Idaho Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Idaho. While the party has been in the minority for most of the state's history, it has produced several notable public figures, including former U.S. sen ...

from August 2015"Bert Marley: New IDP Chairman"
, Idaho Democratic Party, August 1, 2015. (accessed August 15, 2015) to March 16, 2019. He previously served as a member of the

Idaho Senate The Idaho State Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho 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 th ...

and

Idaho House of Representatives The Idaho House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Idaho Legislature. It consists of 70 representatives elected to two-year terms. The state is divided into 35 districts, each of which elects two representatives to separate seats. ...

Early life and education

Marley was born in

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem, Utah, Orem to the north and Springville, Utah, Springville to the south ...

. He received a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

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from

Idaho State University Idaho State University (ISU) is a Public university, public research university in Pocatello, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1901 as the Academy of Idaho, Idaho State offers more than 250 programs at its main campus in Pocatello and locations ...

in 1973, and his

Masters of Education The Master of Education (MEd or M.Ed. or Ed.M.; Latin ''Magister Educationis'' or ''Educationis Magister'') is a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum an ...

from

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public university, public land grant colleges, land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal ...

in 1996.

Career

Marley worked as a teacher at

Marsh Valley High School Marsh Valley High School is a public high school in the Marsh Valley in Bannock County, Idaho, United States, just north of Arimo. The school is part of the Marsh Valley School Joint District#21. The school's address is 12805 S Old Highway 9 ...

for 23 years.

Idaho Legislature

Marley served in the

from 1998 through 2001 and in the

Idaho State Senate The Idaho State Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho 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 th ...

from 2001 through 2006. In 2006, he ran against Jana Jones in the Democratic Party

primary election Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open pr ...

for

Superintendent of Public Instruction A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or U.S. territory, territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistan ...

, and lost earning 44.6% of the vote. In 2014, Marley was unopposed for the Democratic primary for

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho The Lieutenant governor (United States), lieutenant governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Idaho. According to the Idaho Constitution, the officeholder is elected to a four-year term. The current lieu ...

. He was defeated by the Republican incumbent,

Brad Little Bradley Jay Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho ...

, earning only 32.9% of the vote.

Idaho Democratic Party

He was the chair of the

from August 2015 to March 16, 2019. The largest Democratic caucus in the nation happened during his tenure in Ada County. During Marley's tenure,

Sally Boynton Brown Sally Boynton Brown (née Sally Ann Wilson) is an American political strategist who served as the executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party from 2012 to 2017. She was also a candidate for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship el ...

served as the party's executive director.

Personal life

Marley lives in

McCammon, Idaho McCammon is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 825 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In 1892, McCammon ...

. He and his wife, Michelle, have two children.

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