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Valley County Sheriff's Office, Idaho
| Appointee | Patti Bolen |
|---|---|
| Role | Sheriff |
| Organisation | Valley County Sheriff's Office, Idaho |
| Domain | Law Enforcement |
| Start | 1 January 2005 |
| End | 1 January 2023 |
| Notes | First woman elected sheriff in Idaho history; served 18 years across four terms |
Patti Bolen was elected sheriff of Valley County, Idaho in November 2004 and took office in January 2005, becoming the first woman elected sheriff in the history of Idaho. She served eighteen years across four full terms and retired in January 2023. At the time of her election Valley County, in west-central Idaho, was a small rural jurisdiction; no woman had previously been elected to lead one of Idaho's 44 county sheriff offices.
The next Idaho first-woman sheriff event the dataset notes is Holly Lindsey's election in Shoshone County in 2022.
