Leslie Rutledge

Leslie Rutledge
21st Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2023
Governor	Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Preceded by	Tim Griffin
56th Attorney General of Arkansas
In office January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2023
Governor	Asa Hutchinson
Preceded by	Dustin McDaniel
Succeeded by	Tim Griffin
Personal details
Born	Leslie Carol Rutledge (1976-06-09) June 9, 1976 (age 47) Southside, Independence County, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Boyce Johnson ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Education	University of Arkansas (BA, JD)

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.