Brandon Woolf

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Brandon Woolf

|image = Brandon_Woolf.png

|office = 21st Controller of Idaho

|governor = Butch Otter
Brad Little

|term_start = October 15, 2012

|term_end =

|predecessor = Donna Jones

|successor =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}}

|birth_place = Logan, Utah, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse = {{marriage|Janalee Balls|December 1994}}

|education = Utah State University
(BA)
Boise State University (MBA)

}}

Brandon D. Woolf is an American politician. A Republican, he is serving as Idaho's 21st State Controller.

Biography

Woolf, a sixth generation Idahoan, was born in 1972 to Dennis and Liz Woolf of Whitney, Idaho, the oldest of five children.{{Cite web|url=http://brandonwoolf.com/meet-brandon/|title=Meet Brandon {{!}} Brandon Woolf for State Controller|website=brandonwoolf.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-03|archive-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816213159/http://brandonwoolf.com/meet-brandon/|url-status=dead}}

Woolf graduated from Preston High School (Idaho) in 1991, and then served a two-year church mission in Antwerp, Belgium He graduated cum laude from Utah State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2006, while working full-time at the Idaho State Controller's Office, he earned a Master of Business Administration from Boise State University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sco.idaho.gov/web/scoweb.nsf/pages/keyperson.htm|title=Management Team|website=www.sco.idaho.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-03}}

Career

After graduating from Utah State University he interned at the Idaho State Controller's Office, starting in 1997, and rose through the ranks serving as a training specialist, bureau chief, and division administrator over statewide payroll. In 2011, he was appointed chief of staff for former State Controller Donna M. Jones.

Following Jones’ automobile accident in May 2012, Governor Butch Otter, at her recommendation, appointed him temporary acting State Controller.{{Cite web|url=https://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2012/7Jul/pr_31.html|title=Press Release|last=Idaho|first=State of|website=gov.idaho.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-03|archive-date=2018-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227094550/https://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2012/7Jul/pr_31.html|url-status=dead}} Following Jones' retirement on October 15, 2012, Woolf was appointed permanent State Controller to serve the remainder of her term, which expired January 2015.

Electoral history

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! colspan="4" |Idaho State Controller Republican primary election, 2014{{Cite web|url=https://sos.idaho.gov/elect/RESULTS/2014/Primary/statewide_totals.html|title=Statewide Totals|website=sos.idaho.gov|access-date=2017-12-05}}

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

Republican

|Brandon Woolf (inc.)

|68,609

|50.9

Republican

|Todd Hatfield

|66,126

|49.1

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! colspan="4" |Idaho State Controller general election, 2014{{Cite web|url=https://sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2014/General/statewide_totals.html|title=Statewide Totals|website=sos.idaho.gov|access-date=2017-12-05}}

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

Republican

|Brandon Woolf (inc.)

|342,013

|100.0

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! colspan="4" |Idaho State Controller general election, 2018https://ballotpedia.org/Idaho_Controller_election,_2018

Party

|Candidate

|Votes