Ben Adams is a veteran of two combat tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines, a professional speaker and advocate for veterans suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome, and a former Nampa High School freshman football coach.

He was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 2020 and served one term before being elected to the state Senate where he serves on the following committees: Resources and Environment – Vice Chair, Finance, and Local Government and Taxation.

Ben is the son of Christian missionaries and he spent eight years of his childhood in Ukraine.

Returning to the U.S., Adams’ family located in Emmett, where his father served as pastor of Community Bible Church, and where Adams attended and played football and basketball for Emmett High School.

He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2009 and was deployed to combat tours in Helmand Province in Afghanistan with an infantry unit in 2011, and as a logistics and operations Non-Commissioned Officer in 2012.

After leaving the Marine Corps in 2014, Adams worked as a project manager for Resto Clean restoration company in Nampa and was the wide receivers coach for Nampa High School’s freshman football team, before using the G.I. Bill benefits to attend Boise State University.

Adams has been married 13 years to his wife Rebecca, who homeschools their two children, Dylan and Phoebe. Ben and Rebecca are members of Crossroads Community Church in Nampa.