Bell is a farmer and a retired school librarian in Idaho. Bell was first elected to the Idaho House in 1988. In November 1992, Bell won the election and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 24 seat B. On November 8, 1994, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 24 seat B. On November 5, 1996, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 24 seat B. On November 3, 1998, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 24 seat B. On November 7, 2000, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 24 seat B. Bell defeated Monies L. Smith. On November 5, 2002, Bell won the election and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 26 seat B. On November 2, 2004, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 26 seat B. On November 7, 2006, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 26 seat B. On November 4, 2008, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 26 seat B. On November 2, 2010, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 26 seat B. Bell defeated Cindy Shotwell. On November 6, 2012, Bell won the election and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 25 seat A. On November 4, 2014, as an incumbent, Bell won the election and continued serving District 25 seat A. On May 17, 2016, Reggy Sternes challenged Bell during the Republican Primary Election but he was defeated. On November 8, 2016, as an incumbent, Bell on the election and continued serving District 25 seat A. In 2018, Bell did not seek for a seat in District 25 seat A. In December 2018, at age 86, Bell retired as a politician from Idaho House of Representatives. Bell has served 15 terms in the Idaho House of Representatives.
Election history
Awards
2018 Jean'ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award.. Presented by Idaho Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. First recipient who is a non-professor.
Personal life
Bell's husband is Jack. They have three sons. One of Bell's son suffers from multiple sclerosis and he listens to recorded books.
