Evan S. Frasure (born March 20, 1951) is an American politician from Idaho. He served in the Idaho House of Representatives and Idaho Senate. Frasure is from

Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello () is the county seat of and largest city in Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the ...

. He graduated from

Idaho State University , mottoeng = "The truth will set you free" , established = , former_names = Academy of Idaho(1901–1915)Idaho Technical Institute(1915–1927)University of Idaho—Southern Branch(1927–1947)Idaho State ...

in 1977. Frasure served in the Idaho Legislature for 12 years. He did not run for reelection in 2002 to run for secretary of state of Idaho, but he lost to Ben Ysursa. He became a history teacher at Century High School in Pocatello. Frasure ran for secretary of state in the 2014 elections, facing Lawerence Denney,

Phil McGrane Philip McGrane is an American politician from Idaho who is serving as the Secretary of State of Idaho. He previously served as the county clerk for Ada County, Idaho. He is a member of the Republican Party. As a candidate for secretary of state ...

, and Mitch Toryanski in the Republican primary election. Frasure lost the race to Denney. Frasure defeated Steve Hadley in the 2016 election for the

county commission A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States; such commissions usually comprise ...

for

Bannock County, Idaho Bannock County is a county in the southeastern part of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 87,018, making it the sixth-most populous county in Idaho. The county seat and largest city is Pocatello. The county was established in 1893 ...

. He was sworn into office on January 9, 2017. He resigned in November 2017 when he was appointed state director of the Farm Service Agency in the

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frasure, Evan Living people People from Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State University alumni Republican Party members of the Idaho House of Representatives Republican Party Idaho state senators County commissioners in Idaho United States Department of Agriculture officials 1951 births