# Jerry Brady > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerry_Brady > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerry_Brady.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brady > Source revision: 1355212077 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Boise%2C_Idaho), [Idaho](/source/Idaho), U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) |spouse = N/A (Wishes to remain anonymous) |children = 5 |education = [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor)) |website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20071221034253/http://bradyforidaho.org|Campaign website}} }} '''Jerry Michael Brady''' (born March 20, 1936) is an [American](/source/United_States) [businessman](/source/Businessperson), [explorer](/source/Exploration) and [politician](/source/politician) from [Idaho](/source/Idaho). He owns an [Idaho Falls](/source/Idaho_Falls%2C_Idaho) newspaper that is distributed in southeast Idaho and is a member of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)). Brady twice ran unsuccessfully for [governor](/source/List_of_governors_of_Idaho), losing in [2002](/source/2002_Idaho_gubernatorial_election) to incumbent [Dirk Kempthorne](/source/Dirk_Kempthorne) and in [2006](/source/2006_Idaho_gubernatorial_election) to congressman [Butch Otter](/source/Butch_Otter).{{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}}[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 Brady graduated from [Idaho Falls High School](/source/Idaho_Falls_High_School) in 1954 and the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame) in 1958. He attended [law school](/source/law_school) at the [University of California](/source/UC_Berkeley_School_of_Law) (Boalt Hall) in [Berkeley](/source/Berkeley%2C_California) and earned a J.D. in 1962.{{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}} Beginning in 1963, Brady served as a legislative assistant to [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senate) [Frank Church](/source/Frank_Church). From 1969 to 1972 Brady was the assistant director and later director of public affairs for the [Peace Corps](/source/Peace_Corps), and practiced law in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_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](/source/KIFI-TV) in Idaho Falls, then as publisher of the [Post Register](/source/Post_Register), Idaho Falls' daily newspaper which he owns. Brady currently serves as the newspaper's president.[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 Brady announced in 2006 that he would not pursue a third consecutive gubernatorial run in [2010](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_election%2C_2010).[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 }} Brady is a great-grandson of [James H. Brady](/source/James_H._Brady) (1862–1918) of [Pocatello](/source/Pocatello%2C_Idaho), a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) 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](/source/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) in 1913. {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ [Idaho Gubernatorial Elections](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_elections): Results 2002–2006 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! Pct ! ! Republican ! Votes ! Pct ! ! 3rd Party ! Party ! Votes ! Pct ! ! 3rd Party ! Party ! Votes ! Pct |- |[2002](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_election%2C_2002) | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jerry Brady |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |171,711 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |41.7% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[Dirk Kempthorne](/source/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](/source/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)) |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |8,187 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2.0% | |colspan=4| |- |[2006](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_election%2C_2006) | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jerry Brady |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |198,845 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.1% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''[Butch Otter](/source/Butch_Otter)'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |237,437 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |52.7% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |{{nowrap|Marvin Richardson}} |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[Constitution](/source/Constitution_Party_(United_States)) |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |7,309 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.6% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |{{nowrap|Steve Gothard}} |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[Libertarian](/source/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)) |{{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}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[Robert Huntley](/source/Robert_C._Huntley)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Governor of Idaho](/source/List_of_governors_of_Idaho)|years=[2002](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_election%2C_2002), [2006](/source/Idaho_gubernatorial_election%2C_2006)}} {{s-aft|after=[Keith Allred](/source/Keith_G._Allred)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brady, Jerry}} Category:1936 births Category:American explorers Category:Idaho Democrats Category:Idaho lawyers Category:Living people Category:People from Boise, Idaho Category:People from Idaho Falls, Idaho Category:UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Category:University of Notre Dame alumni Category:Candidates in the 2002 United States elections Category:Candidates in the 2006 United States elections {{Idaho-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jerry Brady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brady) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brady?action=history)). 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