Brad Little
Governor of Idaho since 2019
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.
Early life and education
Little was born and raised in Emmett, Idaho and graduated from Emmett High School in 1972. He attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, was a member of the Idaho Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and earned a B.S. in agribusiness in 1977.
Career
Little has had an extensive dual career tending to his family's ranching interests (his grandfather was the "Idaho Sheep King") and in public service.
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