Tom Dayley

{{short description|American politician from Idaho}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tom Dayley | image = | office = Member of the Ada County Commission | constituency = Third District | term_start = January 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Kendra Kenyon | successor = | office1 = Member of the Idaho House of Representatives | constituency1 = 21st district Seat B | term_start1 = December 1, 2012 | term_end1 = April 28, 2019 | predecessor1 = Clifford Bayer | successor1 = Megan Kiska | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|15}} | birth_place = Burley, Idaho | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Brigham Young University<br />University of Southern California | profession = | website = {{URL|tomdayleyrep21b.com}} }}

'''Thomas E. "Tom" Dayley''' (born February 15, 1944, in Burley, Idaho)<ref name="ISL">{{cite web |url= http://legislature.idaho.gov/house/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=2109 |title= House Membership: Thomas Dayley |publisher= Idaho Legislature |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= October 18, 2013}}</ref> was a Republican Idaho State Representative from 2012 to 2019 representing District 21 in the B seat.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119955 |title= Representative Tom Dayley's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= October 18, 2013}}</ref> Dayley served as Idaho State Executive Director of USDA Farm Service Agency under Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thomas Dayley, State Executive Director|url=https://fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Idaho/sed-biography/index|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603063908/https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Idaho/sed-biography/index|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2021|access-date=2021-07-31|website=state-content|language=en}}</ref> Dayley was appointed by Speaker Scott Bedke to Idaho's Independent Redistricting Commission, after Bedke's first choice (John Simpson) was deemed ineligible due to lobbying rules.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moseley-Morris|first=Kelcie|date=July 30, 2021|title=Idaho House speaker appoints replacement for redistricting commission|url=https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho-house-speaker-appoints-replacement-for-redistricting-commission/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Idaho Capital Sun|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Education== Dayley earned his BA degrees in political science and Spanish from Brigham Young University and his MA in international relations from the University of Southern California.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==Elections== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ '''District 21 House Seat B''' - Part of Ada County !|Year !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct |- |2010 Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2010/Primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 25, 2010 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location=Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Thomas Dayley}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |2,034 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |37.2% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Cliff Bayer (incumbent)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,437 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |62.8% | | | | | | |- |2012 Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2012/Primary/tot_leg.htm |title= May 15, 2012 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,052 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |34.3% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Mike Vuittonet}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |703 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |22.9% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Lori Shewmaker}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |693 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |22.6% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Charles Hoffman}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |618 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |20.2% |- |2012 General<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2012/General/tot_leg.htm |title= November 6, 2012 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |12,871 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.7% |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Erin Zaleski}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |6,729 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |34.3% | | | | | | |- |2014 Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2014/Primary/legislative_totals.html |title= May 20, 2014 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley (incumbent)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |2,521 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |73.9% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Ricky Bowman}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |889 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |26.1% | | | | | | |- |2014 General<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2014/General/legislative_totals.html |title= November 4, 2014 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Ysursa, Ben |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220093000/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2014/General/legislative_totals.html |archivedate= December 20, 2016 }}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley (incumbent)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |9,950 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |77.9% |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |{{nowrap|Joe Hautzinger}} |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2,828 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |22.1% | | | | | | |- |2016 Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/Primary/legislative_totals.html |title= May 17, 2016 Primary Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Denney, Lawerence |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley (incumbent)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |2,223 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |100% | | | | | | | | | |- |2016 General<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/General/legislative_totals.html |title= Nov 8, 2016 General Election Results: Legislative Totals |author= Denney, Lawerence |publisher= Secretary of State of Idaho |location= Boise, Idaho |accessdate= March 26, 2017}}</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Tom Dayley (incumbent)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |14,454 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.7% |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Cindy Thorngren}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |7,531 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |34.3% | | | | | | |}

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==External links== *[http://legislature.idaho.gov/house/membershipSingle.cfm?ID=2109 Thomas Dayley] at the Idaho Legislature *[http://www.tomdayleyrep21b.com/ Thomas E. Dayley] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=119955 | fec= | congress= }}

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