Brad Little

Brad Little
33rd Governor of Idaho
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
LieutenantJanice McGeachin
Scott Bedke
Preceded byButch Otter
42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
In office
January 6, 2009 – January 7, 2019
GovernorButch Otter
Preceded byJim Risch
Succeeded byJanice McGeachin
Member of the Idaho Senate
In office
May 24, 2001 – January 6, 2009
Preceded byJudy Danielson
Succeeded byMelinda Smyser
Constituency8th district (2001–2002)
11th district (2002–2009)
Personal details
Born
Bradley Jay Little

(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 (age 70)
Emmett, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1978)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Idaho (BS)
Signature
WebsiteGovernment website

Bradley Jay Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019 and as an Idaho state senator from 2001 to 2009.

Little is a graduate of the University of Idaho, having earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976. He has been involved in public service since the 1980s. Little was appointed as an Idaho state senator by governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2001, a position he held for just under eight years. During his senate seating, Little chaired the majority caucus and represented the 8th and (after redistricting in 2002) 11th legislative districts.[1] In 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Little to the office of lieutenant governor after the previous lieutenant governor, Jim Risch, resigned to become a United States Senator.

After Otter declined to run for a fourth term, Little ran for governor in the 2018 gubernatorial election and defeated Democratic nominee Paulette Jordan.[2] He was reelected in 2022 with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Stephen Heidt and Independent candidate Ammon Bundy.[3]

  1. ^ "Idaho's Lieutenant Governor". lgo.idaho.gov. 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ^ Almukhtar, Sarah (2018-05-15). "Idaho Primary Election Results". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. ^ "Republican Brad Little wins reelection for governor in Idaho". The San Diego Union-Tribune. November 8, 2022.