Given the question: Facts: - birth name: clement leroy otter - party: republican - predecessor: jim risch helen chenoweth-hage david leroy - lieutenant: jim risch brad little - birth date: 3 may 1942 - branch: 20px - order: 32nd governor of idaho - spouse: gay -lrb- 2006 -- present -rrb- simplot -lrb- 1964 -- 1992 -rrb- lori easley - office: 37th lieutenant governor of idaho - district: idaho 1 1st - term end: january 1 , 2007 january 3 , 2001 - unit: idaho army national guard - name: butch otter - birth place: caldwell , idaho , u.s. - signature: butch otter signature.svg - successor: bill sali jack riggs - state: idaho - alma mater: st. idaho martin 's abbey boise state university college of - residence: governor 's mansion - allegiance: united states - children: 4 - term start: january 5 , 1987 1 , 2007 january 3 , 2001 january - image: butch and lori otter cropped.jpg - religion: roman catholicism - governor: cecil andrus phil batt dirk kempthorne Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of butch otter .
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clement leroy '' butch '' otter -lrb- born may 3 , 1942 -rrb- is the 32nd governor of idaho , in office since january 2007 .he is a member of the republican party .otter served as lieutenant governor of idaho from 1987 to 2001 and as the united states representative for idaho 's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2007 .otter is the third catholic to serve as governor of idaho and the first to win election since james h. hawley in 1910 .