Leslie Rutledge | |
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_(1).jpg) Rutledge in 2016 | |
| 21st Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2023 | |
| Governor | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| Preceded by | Tim Griffin |
| 56th Attorney General of Arkansas | |
| In office January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Governor | Asa Hutchinson |
| Preceded by | Dustin McDaniel |
| Succeeded by | Tim Griffin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leslie Carol Rutledge June 9, 1976 Southside, Independence County, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Boyce Johnson (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Arkansas (BA, JD) |
Leslie Carol Rutledge (born June 9, 1976) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.
Rutledge served as counsel for Governor Mike Huckabee before she was elected to be Arkansas attorney general in 2014. She was reelected as attorney general in 2018, and elected lieutenant governor in the 2022 after withdrawing from gubernatorial election and endorsing Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Rutledge was the first Republican and first woman elected attorney general for Arkansas, and is the first woman lieutenant governor of Arkansas.