Allan Larsen
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Early life and education
Born in Preston, Idaho, he attended Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan.
Career
Larsen operated a potato farm near Firth in Bingham County. First elected to the state legislature in 1966, he served six terms in the Idaho House of Representatives, the last two as speaker. He was the Republican nominee in the 1978 Idaho gubernatorial election,[2][3][4] but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent, John Evans of Malad.[5]
Larsen returned to private life on his farm for 12 years. Following his first wife's death and his remarriage to Alva Lu Hebdon, he returned to the legislature when he was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1990 and the House of Representatives in 1992 and 1994.[1]
Personal life
Larsen died in Bingham County, Idaho at age 85 in 2005;[6] he and his first wife Barbara (1920–1990) are buried at the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot.
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