Jack Riggs | |
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38th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho | |
In office January 30, 2001 –January 6, 2003 | |
Governor | Dirk Kempthorne |
Preceded by | Butch Otter |
Succeeded by | Jim Risch |
Member of the Idaho Senate from the 4th district | |
In office December 1,1996 –December 1,2000 | |
Preceded by | Mary Lou Reed |
Succeeded by | Kathleen Sims |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 (age 70–71) Coeur d'Alene,Idaho,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Children | Peter Riggs |
Education | University of Idaho (BS),University of Washington (MD) |
Jack Timothy Riggs (born 1954) is an American physician,businessman,and politician from Idaho who served as the 38th lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2001 to 2003.
Riggs worked as a physician in Coeur d'Alene. He has owned and operated his own real estate company,JaxGroup &JaxLand Real Estate,since 2007.
Riggs also worked as CEO of Pita Pit USA,Inc. from 2005,when it acquired the Pita Pit system (franchise) in the U.S.,until 2018. [1]
Riggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. [2] Riggs defeated Democratic incumbent Mary Lou Reed and Ust candidate Charles Eberle with 51% of the vote in the general election. [3] He was re-elected in 1998 and 2000. [4] [5]
He was appointed lieutenant governor by Governor Dirk Kempthorne in January 2001 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of longtime Lieutenant Governor Butch Otter,who won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2000 election.
Riggs ran for a full term in 2002 but was defeated by state senator Jim Risch in the Republican primary,ending his tenure as lieutenant governor. [6]
His son,Peter Riggs,served in the Idaho Legislature. [7]