Maria proudly serves as the Idaho State Director for the State Freedom Caucus Network after years of grass-roots political experience. She managed all five of her husband’s, former Representative Ron Nate, legislative campaigns and volunteered on numerous local and state-wide campaigns. She brings decades of knowledge and experience from corporate, education, and political circles. Maria served as PTO President, managed three successful school bond elections, and served on the Madison School Board. She was selected as a Trump delegate to the 2020 National Convention and was an alternate to the 2016 and 2008 Republican National Conventions. She currently serves as the Secretary to the Idaho State Republican Party and the Madison County Republican Women’s club. She and her husband Ron have 4 children and are now empty-nesters as their last child joined her siblings at BYU last fall. But the house isn’t completely empty as they still have one dog and two cats to manage.