Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 1st district
In office January 3, 2001 – January 1, 2007
Preceded by
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
Succeeded by
Bill Sali
37th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
In office January 5, 1987 – January 3, 2001
Governor
Cecil Andrus Phil Batt Dirk Kempthorne
Preceded by
David Leroy
Succeeded by
Jack Riggs
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
In office December 1, 1972 – December 1, 1976
Personal details
Born
Clement Leroy Otter
(1942-05-03) May 3, 1942 (age 82) Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Gay Simplot
(m. 1964; div. 1992)
Lori Easley
(m. 2006)
Children
4
Education
College of Idaho (BA)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1968–1973
Unit
Idaho Army National Guard
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2006, and reelected in 2010, and 2014. Otter served as lieutenant governor from 1987 to 2001 and in U.S. Congress from the first district from 2001 to 2007.
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A...
from 2007 to 2019. Otter is married to the former Governor of Idaho, C. L. "Butch" Otter. She was crowned Miss Idaho USA in 1991. Otter won the Miss Idaho...
as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and ButchOtter. He also served from May 2006 to January 2007 as the 31st governor of...
redistricting in 2002) 11th legislative districts. In 2009, Governor ButchOtter appointed Little to the office of lieutenant governor after the previous...
108 Cong. Rec. E1636 (daily ed. Sept. 15, 2004) (statement of C.L. ‘‘Butch’’ Otter). Title of statement is "In Honor of Miss Idaho 2004 Archived February...
Governor ButchOtter won re-election, defeating his Democratic opponent Keith G. Allred. A former Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Representative, Otter won an...
for governor of Idaho in 2014, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent ButchOtter in the primary. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in...
in the state, the Idaho Correctional Center, although Idaho Governor ButchOtter announced in January 2014 that its contract would not be renewed. Idaho...
and attorney Walter Bayes, perennial candidate Jack Alan Johnson C.L. "Butch" Otter, U.S. Representative and former Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Jerry Brady...
Republican Governor ButchOtter ran for election to a third consecutive term in office. In primary elections held on May 20, 2014, Otter was renominated and...
6 to elect the next governor of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Governor ButchOtter chose not to run for a fourth term, and the state's primaries were held...
appointed county commissioner in Benewah County, Idaho, by Governor ButchOtter, but she lost her bid for election in November 2010. In 2011, Crawford...
that year, during a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Governor ButchOtter declared October 1 "Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day". In November 2022, Paul...
Idaho Capital Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2023. "Newsmakers: Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter looks back at his time leading Idaho". East Idaho News. 30 December 2018...
gubernatorial general election. Ige won the election. Governor ButchOtter sought a third term. Otter was elected to a second term with 59.1% of the vote in 2010...
Hannemann. Governor ButchOtter sought a second term in 2010. A former state legislator, lieutenant governor and Congressman, Otter was elected in 2006...
and minimum custody male offenders. In January 2014, Idaho governor ButchOtter announced that the state would take over control of the facility when...
victory was the first by a Republican in 28 years. Lieutenant governor ButchOtter was considered a likely candidate for governor, but decided to run for...
Nampa and Boise, Idaho. In 2007, Bowers was appointed by Idaho governor ButchOtter as a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for the 10A...
General from nine other states, including Wasden, plus Idaho Governor ButchOtter, in threatening the Donald Trump administration that they would litigate...
Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2010. "ButchOtter Profile". Boise State University. Archived from the original on June...
minority leader Andria Tupola. Ige won re-election. Three-term Governor ButchOtter was eligible to seek re-election, but did not do so. Lieutenant Governor...