{{Short description|American businessman, explorer and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jerry Brady |birth_name = Jerry Michael Brady |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|3|20}} |birth_place = Boise, Idaho, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = N/A (Wishes to remain anonymous) |children = 5 |education = University of Notre Dame (BA)<br>University of California, Berkeley (JD) |website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20071221034253/http://bradyforidaho.org|Campaign website}} }} '''Jerry Michael Brady''' (born March 20, 1936) is an American businessman, explorer and politician from Idaho. He owns an Idaho Falls newspaper that is distributed in southeast Idaho and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Brady twice ran unsuccessfully for governor, losing in 2002 to incumbent Dirk Kempthorne and in 2006 to congressman Butch Otter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WWlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4060%2C1784712 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Governor |date=November 2, 2006 |page=2, election section}}</ref><ref name="secondelect">[http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2006/general/tot_stwd.htm November 7, 2006 General Election Results Statewide Totals] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922063709/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2006/general/tot_stwd.htm |date=September 22, 2012 }} Accessed 28 December 2007</ref>
Brady graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1954 and the University of Notre Dame in 1958. He attended law school at the University of California (Boalt Hall) in Berkeley and earned a J.D. in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H8cjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948%2C1486997 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |title=Primary profiles |date=May 25, 2002 |page=4A}}</ref>
Beginning in 1963, Brady served as a legislative assistant to United States Senator Frank Church. From 1969 to 1972 Brady was the assistant director and later director of public affairs for the Peace Corps, and practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1984.
In 1984, Brady returned to Idaho to manage his family's media companies, first as general manager of KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls, then as publisher of the Post Register, Idaho Falls' daily newspaper which he owns. Brady currently serves as the newspaper's president.<ref name="postregister">[http://www.postregister.com/about/ Postregister.com - About Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406221451/http://www.postregister.com/about/ |date=April 6, 2014 }} Accessed 28 December 2007</ref>
Brady announced in 2006 that he would not pursue a third consecutive gubernatorial run in 2010.<ref name="done">[http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/978071/pid/304476 Brady done, but other Idaho Dems consider running again] Accessed 28 December 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020827/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/978071/pid/304476 |date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>
Brady is a great-grandson of James H. Brady (1862–1918) of Pocatello, a Republican governor (1909–1911) and U.S. Senator (1913–1918). In November 1914, he became Idaho's first senator to be elected by direct popular vote, following the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ Idaho Gubernatorial Elections: Results 2002–2006 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! Pct ! ! Republican ! Votes ! Pct ! ! 3rd Party ! Party ! Votes ! Pct ! ! 3rd Party ! Party ! Votes ! Pct |- |2002 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jerry Brady |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |171,711 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |41.7% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Dirk Kempthorne''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |231,566 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |56.3% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Daniel L.J. Adams |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |8,187 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2.0% | |colspan=4| |- |2006 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jerry Brady |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |198,845 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.1% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Butch Otter'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |237,437 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |52.7% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |{{nowrap|Marvin Richardson}} |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Constitution |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |7,309 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.6% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |{{nowrap|Steve Gothard}} |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |7,241 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.6% |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://bradyforidaho.org}}{{dead link|date=September 2013}} ({{Cite web |url=http://bradyforidaho.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221034253/http://bradyforidaho.org/ |archive-date=December 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}) * {{Blogger|JerryBrady}} * {{Facebook|Jerry.Brady.37}} * {{YouTube|u=BradyForIdaho|Jerry Brady}}
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