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The governor of Idaho is the head of government of Idaho [2] and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The officeholder has the duty to see state laws are executed, power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Idaho Legislature. [3] The current governor of Idaho is Brad Little, a Republican, who took office on January 7, 2019.
In January 2009, Governor Butch Otter appointed Little to the office of lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy left by former Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch's election to the U.S. Senate in 2008. Little was sworn in by Otter on January 6, 2009, and confirmed by unanimous consent when the Idaho Senate convened on January 12.
The 2022 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 8 to elect the next governor of Idaho. Incumbent Brad Little , first elected in 2018 , was re-elected for a second term, the eighth consecutive win by a Republican .
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, accompanied by his wife, Teresa Little, takes the oath of office in 2019, kicking off his first term as Idaho governor.
In October 2023, Meyer was one of four candidates submitted to the governor for appointment to the Idaho Supreme Court. [5] On November 6, 2023, Governor Brad Little announced the appointment of Meyer to serve as an associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice John Stegner. [2]
Cecil Dale Andrus (August 25, 1931 – August 24, 2017) was an American politician who served as 26th and 28th governor of Idaho, for a total of fourteen years. [1] [2] [3] A Democrat, he also served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter Administration.
Edward Augustus Stevenson (June 15, 1831 – July 6, 1895) was an American politician who was Governor of the Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1889. Stevenson was the first resident of Idaho Territory appointed to the position and the only Democrat to hold the office.
The lieutenant governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Idaho. According to the Idaho Constitution, the officeholder is elected to a four-year term. The current lieutenant governor of Idaho is Republican Scott Bedke, who took office January 2, 2023.