[2] Born Julie Tsukamoto,[3] she attended Blackfoot High School, the College of Southern Idaho, and earned her associate degree from Idaho State University's vocational technical school.
[4] On May 15, 2018, Julie VanOrden was defeated by Blackfoot area political activist, home-educator, and stay-at-home mother of 10 children, Julianne Young.
[5] Young campaigned against VanOrden's efforts to update Idaho sex education statue which dated by to the 1970s.
[6] In July, 2018 Rep. VanOrden was appointed by Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke to serve a four-year term on the Idaho Public Charter School Commission.
The commission oversees the regulation of charter schools in the State of Idaho.