Butch Otter

Butch Otter

Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is the 32nd and current Governor of Idaho since January 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party. Otter previously represented the state's First Congressional District.

Otter was the longest serving Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, holding office from 1987–2001. He is the first Idahoan since statehood to win elections as both a United States Representative and as governor. He is the third Catholic to serve as governor of Idaho and the first to win election since James H. Hawley in 1910.

Read more about Butch Otter:  Early Life, Education, and Business Career (1942–1972), Lieutenant Governor of Idaho (1986–1994), Personal Life, Electoral History