Brad Little

Bradley Jay Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 33rd governor of Idaho. 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. Little ran his family's ranching operation and served on various business and civic boards, including 20 years with the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, before being appointed Idaho state senator by Governor Dirk Kempthorne in 2001. In 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Little as lieutenant governor after Jim Risch resigned to become a United States senator. Little was elected governor in 2018 after winning a crowded Republican primary with 37.3% of the vote. He won renomination with 52.8% of the vote, and was reelected in 2022, defeating Democratic nominee Stephen Heidt and independent candidate Ammon Bundy.