Thomas Luna was born on 1958 and is an American politician who served as Idaho superintendent of public instruction from 2006 to 2014.
19 Facts About Tom Luna
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Tom Luna was the chair of Idaho Republican Party from June 2020 to July 2022.
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Tom Luna moved to Idaho to attend Ricks College in 1981 and later attended Boise State University, but did not graduate from either.
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Tom Luna was initially prevented from serving as Idaho superintendent of public instruction because he lacked a college degree.
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Tom Luna is the former owner of Scales Unlimited, an industrial truck scale service company which he started in 1982 and sold in 2010.
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Tom Luna was later appointed to be President of The International Society of Weights and Measurement and as a voting member of National Type Evaluation Program.
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Tom Luna served on the Nampa School Board for seven years, three of those as chairman.
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From 2003 to 2005 Tom Luna worked for the United States Department of Education as an adviser to then-Secretary of Education, Rod Paige.
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Tom Luna served as executive director for the White House Initiative of Tribal Colleges and Universities and as the director of the US Rural Education Task Force.
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In 2006, Tom Luna was elected as Idaho superintendent of public instruction.
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Tom Luna was appointed commissioner of Idaho Achievement Standards Committee and chairman of the Idaho Assessment and Accountability Committee.
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The centerpiece of education reforms spearheaded by Tom Luna following his 2006 election as superintendent is a package of legislation known as Students Come First.
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Tom Luna expressed interest in running for Idaho's 1st congressional district in 2017.
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Tom Luna is the Senior Vice President and Chief Government Relations Officer of Project Lead The Way.
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Tom Luna served the Idaho Republican Party as the financial chair of the executive committee.
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Tom Luna ran for chairman of the Idaho Republican Party in the summer of 2019 to fill the vacancy left by the February 2019 resignation of Jonathan Parker.
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In 2020, Tom Luna was again a candidate for chairman of the Idaho Republican Party after Raul Labrador announced that he would not seek re-election and would instead return to his law career.
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Tom Luna was defeated for reelection in July 2022 by State Representative Dorothy Moon, who most recently was the runner up in the May 2022 Primary for Secretary of State.
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Tom Luna ran for Idaho Republican Party National Committeeman at the 2024 Summer Convention against incumbent Bryan Smith only getting 200 votes compared to Bryan Smith's 390 votes.