Shawn Keough


Shawn A. Keough 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.

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

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