district residence state_senate succeeded children birth_place party preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
29th 33rd mccammon , idaho idaho diane bilyeu 2 provo , utah democratic party lin whitworth idaho 1 may 1948 2001 1998 michelle bert marley
 2006 2001 bert marley idaho state university utah state university
bert marley

bert c. marley -lrb- born may 1 , 1948 -rrb- is an american politician from the state of idaho .
he is a member of the democratic party and has served as chair of the idaho democratic party since august 2015 .
marley was born in provo , utah .
he received a bachelor of arts in german language from idaho state university in 1973 , and his masters of education from utah state university in 1996 .
marley worked as a teacher at marsh valley high school for 23 years .
marley served in the idaho house of representatives from 1998 through 2001 and in the idaho state senate from 2001 through 2006 .
that year , he ran against jana jones in the democratic party primary election for superintendent of public instruction , and lost .
in 2014 marley was the democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of idaho but was defeated by the republican incumbent , brad little .
marley lives in mccammon , idaho .
he and his wife , michelle , have two children .
