Dan Schmidt

Dan Schmidt
Idaho State Senate District 5
Incumbent
In office
December 1, 2010 - Present
Term ends
December 1, 2014
Years in position	3
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$16,116/year
Per diem	$122/day outside Boise, $49/day otherwise
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Stanford University (1976)
M.D.	University of Washington School of Medicine (1986)
Personal
Place of birth	Salem, Oregon
Profession	Doctor
Websites
Office website

Dan J. Schmidt is a Democratic member of the Idaho State Senate, representing District 5 since 2012. He previously represented District 6 from 2010 to 2012.

Schmidt is a family doctor in Moscow, ID; he has also worked as a county coroner. He received his bachelor's in human biology and anthropology from Stanford University in 1976 and his M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1986.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Schmidt served on the following committees:

Idaho Committee Assignments, 2013
• Commerce and Human Resources
• Finance
• Health and Welfare
• Joint Finance-Appropriations

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Schmidt served on these committees:

Idaho Committee Assignments, 2011
• Commerce and Human Resources
• Health and Welfare
• Joint Millennium Fund

Elections

2012

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2012

Schmidt won re-election in the 2012 election for Idaho State Senate District 5. Schmidt ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 15 and defeated Gresham Bouma (R) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Idaho State Senate, District 5, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dan Schmidt Incumbent	51%	10,340
	Republican	Warren A. Ducote Jr.	49%	9,936
Total Votes				20,276

2010

See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2010

Schmidt had no opposition in the May 25 primary. He ran against Republican candidate Gresham Dale Bouma in the general election on November 2, 2010, defeating him.

Idaho State Senate, District 6 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Dan Schmidt (D)		6,551	53.3%
Gresham Dale Bouma (R)		5,741	46.7%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Schmidt raised $36,788 in contributions.

His four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Schmidt, Dan J	$1,446
Parks, Bill	$1,000
Idaho Education Association	$1,000
Wallis, James G	$1,000

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• Women's group to feature 3 legislators - Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)

Personal

Schmidt and his wife Martha have four children.

External links

Suggest a link

• Senate website
• Project Vote Smart biography
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by James Hammond (R)	Idaho State Senate District 5 2012–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by Gresham Dale Bouma	Idaho State Senate District 6 2010–2012	Succeeded by Dan Johnson (R)