Shawn Lindsay was born in Ukiah, California, on January 7, 1973,[1] and grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah, in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area.
[2] He was raised by a single mother and earned a bachelor of arts degree from nearby Brigham Young University.
[11] Lindsay announced in July 2011 that he would introduce a law to require parents to report their children missing within 24 hours in response to the acquittal of Casey Anthony in Florida.
[13] In August 2011, he declined to run for the Republican nomination in the special election for the open seat in Congress following David Wu’s resignation.
[14] Lindsay lost his reelection bid in November 2012 to Democrat Joe Gallegos, and started a political action committee in December 2012.