[2] He attended Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, where he was in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps.
[5][6] Bunn married Lona about 1980 and they had six children; Mark, Thomas, Ukiah, Seth, McKenzie and Peter.
[8] The next day Tom, a Republican as well, was appointed by the Yamhill County Commission to fill Stan’s seat in the House representing District 29.
[10] While commissioner he worked to pass a county ordinance that prohibited the selling or making of drug paraphernalia in 1995, and twice tried to ban the possession of marijuana seeds, once in 1996 and again in 1997.
[2][14] Tom recused himself from the interviewing process, but voted to break a tie on the commission to appoint his brother after receiving advice from the county attorney that it would not be inappropriate.
[14] The incident led to an ethics investigation in which the complaint was dismissed, and Jim resigned from the position prior to taking office.
[2][14] Following the incident, Tom recused himself from any possible conflict of interest and regularly read state ethics opinions.