A look at the GOP candidates for lt. gov.

THE INCUMBENT

NAME: Brad Little

AGE: 60

RESIDENCE: Emmett

EDUCATION: Agri-business degree, University of Idaho, 1977

EXPERIENCE: Idaho Senate 2001-2009; appointed lieutenant governor in 2009, elected in 2010; head of Little Enterprises (a farming and cattle operation); board member Home Federal Bank.

FAMILY: Wife Teresa, two sons, three grandsons.

THE CHALLENGER:

NAME: Jim Chmelik

AGE: 54

RESIDENCE: Cottonwood

EDUCATION: BS, Finance and Economics, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, 1988.

EXPERIENCE: Current Idaho County Commissioner. Owns a custom cabinet and woodworking business.

FAMILY: Wife Colleen, eight children, one grandchild.