Brad Little (politician)

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Brad Little

42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2009
Governor	Butch Otter
Preceded by	Jim Risch
Member of the Idaho Senate from the 11th district
In office May 24, 2001 – January 5, 2009
Preceded by	Judy Danielson
Succeeded by	Melinda Smyser
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 Emmett, Idaho, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Teresa Soulen (m.1978)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Idaho, Moscow
Website	Official website Campaign website

Brad Little (born February 15, 1954) has served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho since January 2009. A Republican, Little was appointed to the position by Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter to succeed Jim Risch, who resigned to become a United States Senator. Little was elected to a full term in November 2010.

Prior to his appointment as Lieutenant Governor, Little served in the Idaho Senate where he served as majority caucus chair and represented Idaho Legislative District 11.^[1]

Personal Life and Career

A native of Emmett in Gem County, Little is a third-generation Idahoan. Little graduated from the University of Idaho where he was a member of Idaho Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. Little married Weiser native Teresa Soulen in May 1978. They have two sons and daughters-in-law and three grandsons- Adam, Angela and Jack; and David, Kelsey, Henry, and Dylan.

Little has spent his career working in his family’s ranching interests while also engaging in Idaho public policy as a business and industry leader. He continues to work as the head of Little Enterprises, Inc. (a diversified farming and cattle operation), Little is a former chairman of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI), the Idaho Wool Growers Association, and vice-chairman of the Idaho Community Foundation. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Home Federal Bank as well as Performance Design Incorporated – a small Boise-based manufacturing company.

Political Career

Little was appointed to fill a Senate vacancy in May 2001, representing District 11, which encompassed all of Gem County and the northern portion of Canyon County, including the communities of Middleton and Parma. Little was subsequently elected and re-elected senator from District 11 four times.

In the Idaho Senate, Little rose quickly into leadership, being elected by his peers as Majority Caucus Chairman in 2003.

Appointment and Election as Idaho's Lieutenant Governor

He held this position until Governor Otter appointed him to fill the vacancy left by then Lt. Governor Jim Risch’s election to the U.S. Senate in January 2009. Little was sworn in by Otter on January 6, 2009.^[2] Little was confirmed by unanimous consent when the Idaho Senate convened on January 12, 2009.^[3]

Role as Lieutenant Governor

The constitutional duties of the Lieutenant Governor are to preside over the Idaho State Senate when it is in session and to fill in for the governor when he is out of the state. Additionally, the Lieutenant Governor performs such duties as the governor may deem necessary for the good of the state, including serving as the Governor's chief appointments officer and vetting candidates for boards, commissions and councils.

Lieutenant Governor Little chairs Project 60, Idaho's plan to grow the state's gross domestic product to $60 billion. In this role, Little focuses on economic development across Idaho— working to increase growth in all regions of the state, facilitate the creation of higher incomes, and provide more and better jobs for Idahoans.

His unofficial duties also include responding to constituents either through personal contact or by participating in meetings or activities pertaining to public issues.

References

External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Jim Risch	Lieutenant Governor of Idaho 2009–present	Incumbent

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

and next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors

AL	Ivey (R)
AK	Treadwell (R)
AZ	Bennett (R)¹
AR	Darr (R)
CA	Newsom (D)
CO	Garcia (D)
CT	Wyman (D)
DE	Denn (D)
FL	Vacant
GA	Cagle (R)
HI	Tsutsui (D)
ID	Little (R)

IL	Simon (D)
IN	Ellspermann (R)
IA	Reynolds (R)
KS	Colyer (R)
KY	Abramson (D)
LA	Dardenne (R)
ME	Alfond (D)²
MD	Brown (D)
MA	Vacant
MI	Calley (R)
MN	Solon (D)
MS	Reeves (R)

MO	Kinder (R)
MT	Vacant
NE	Heidemann (R)
NV	Krolicki (R)
NH	Morse (R)²
NJ	Guadagno (R)
NM	Sanchez (R)
NY	Duffy (D)
NC	Forest (R)
ND	Wrigley (R)
OH	Taylor (R)
OK	Lamb (R)

OR	Brown (D)¹
PA	Cawley (R)
RI	Roberts (D)
SC	McConnell (R)
SD	Michels (R)
TN	Ramsey (R)²
TX	Dewhurst (R)
UT	Cox (R)
VT	Scott (R)
VA	Northam (D)
WA	Owen (D)
WV	Kessler (D)²

WI	Kleefisch (R)
WY	Maxfield (R)¹
DC	Mendelson (D)³
Territories:
AS	Mauga (I)
GU	Tenorio (R)
MP	Hofschneider (R)
PR	Bernier (D)¹
VI	Francis (D)

1. Secretary of State
2. Senate President
3. Council Chairman

v t e Current elected and appointed statewide political officials of Idaho

U.S. Senate	Mike Crapo Jim Risch

U.S. House	Raúl Labrador Mike Simpson

State government	Butch Otter, Governor Brad Little Lieutenant Governor Ben Ysursa, Secretary of State Brandon D. Woolf, State Controller Ron Crane State Treasurer Lawrence G. Wasden Attorney General Tom Luna State Superintendent

Senate	Brent Hill, President pro tempore Bart Davis, Majority Leader Michelle Stennett, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Scott Bedke, Speaker Mike Moyle, Majority Leader John Rusche, Minority Leader

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Persondata
Name	Little, Brad
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 15, 1954
Place of birth	Emmett, Idaho
Date of death
Place of death

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