Butch Otter

A Representative from Idaho; born in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, May 3, 1942; B.A., College of Idaho (now Alberston College of Idaho), Caldwell, Idaho, 1967; Idaho Army National Guard, 1968-1973; member of the Idaho state house of representatives, 1972-1976; business executive; Idaho state lieutenant governor, 1987-2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2007); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 2006; Governor of Idaho, 2007-present.