Don Cheatham

In this capacity he has experience drafting multimillion-dollar budgets and addressing the security vulnerabilities for several states.

Cheatham also served nearly 25 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, including assignments in SWAT, as a detective supervisor in Organized Crime, Internal Affairs, Gangs, political corruption cases and the Anti-Terrorism Division where he was a member of the Los Angeles Task Force on Terrorism.

[1][2] 2017 Session Judiciary, Rules, & Administration Local Government State Affairs Cheatham was elected to the Idaho Senate in 2018, representing the 3rd district.

2018 Cheatham was unopposed in the Republican primary for the District 3 State Senate seat,[3] and defeated Democrat Patrick Lippert in the general election with 72.2% of the vote.

[6] 2014 Cheatham won the Republican primary against Jeff Ward and Greg Gfeller with 41.6% of the vote.