Spouse(s) Joelle | Children 5 | |
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Alma mater Brigham Young UniversityUniversity of Idaho Occupation Attorney and City administrator Education | ||
Kelly Arthur Anthon (born August 4, 1974) is Republican Idaho State Senator since 2015 representing District 27.
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Early life, education, and career
Anthon was born in Burley, Idaho. He was raised on a family farm near Declo, Idaho, attending public schools in Declo and graduating from Declo High School in 1992. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan, and later graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology in 1998 and from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2002. Upon passing the Idaho bar, he worked as an attorney in private practice in the Mini-Cassia Area. In 2003 was appointed city attorney for Rupert, Minidoka, and Acequia. In 2012, Anthon was hired as Rupert city administrator.
Idaho Senate
When 24 year incumbent Senator Dean Cameron resigned his seat for an appointment as the director of the Department of Insurance, the Legislative District 27 Republican Central Committee met to fill the vacancy in the Senate seat, sending three names in order of preference to Governor Butch Otter: Anthon, Doug Pickett of Oakley, and Wayne Hurst of Declo. Governor Otter appointed Anthon to serve the remainder of Cameron's term.
Committee assignments
Anthon previously served on the Education Committee in 2016.
Personal life
Anthon and his wife, Joelle (née Rogers), have 5 children. They reside in Declo, Idaho.