Leslie Rutledge

Leslie Rutledge REPRepublican

Lieutenant Governor

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Leslie RutledgeREPRepublican Lieutenant Governor
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Leslie Carol Rutledge (born June 9, 1976) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. Rutledge served as counsel for Governor Mike Huckabee before she was elected to be Arkansas attorney general in 2014. She was reelected as attorney general in 2018, and elected lieutenant governor in the 2022 after withdrawing from gubernatorial election and endorsing Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Rutledge was the first Republican and first woman elected attorney general for Arkansas, and is the first woman lieutenant governor of Arkansas.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
University of Arkansas
JD
1998 - 2001
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
BA English
1994 - 1998
Past Positions1 - 13 of 13
Lieutenant Governor
State of Arkansas
2023 - Current
Attorney General
State of Arkansas
2014 - 2023
Attorney
The Rutledge Firm, Professional Limited Liability Company
2013 - 2015
Counsel
Republican National Committee
2010 - 2013
Attorney
Leslie Rutledge
2009 - 2010
Deputy Legal Counsel
National Republican Congressional Committee
2008 - 2009
Deputy Legal Counsel
Huckabee for President
2007 - 2008
Attorney
Arkansas Department of Human Services
2006 - 2007
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Lonoke County Prosecutor's Office
2005 - 2006
Deputy Counsel
Office of Governor Mike Huckabee
2004 - 2005
Law Clerk
Judge Josephine Hart, Arkansas Court of Appeals
2001 - 2004
Attorney
State of Arkansas' Division of Children and Family Services
Former Clerk
Judge Josephine Hart, Arkansas Court of Appeals
Other Experience1 - 12 of 12
Chair
National Association of Attorneys General-Southern Region
Current
Chair
Republican Attorneys General Association
Current
Co-Chair
National Association of Attorneys General Committee on Agriculture
Current
Volunteer
Republican Party of Arkansas
1994 - 2009
Member
Women in Networking in Central Arkansas
Member
Junior League
Member
Alpha Delta Pi
Member
Federalist Society
Member
National Rifle Association
Member
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law Alumni Board
Member
Republican National Lawyers Association
Member
Arkansas Bar Association
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