F. Michael Burkett Jr. (born June 7, 1948) is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Idaho.
A 1970 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Burkett served in the U.S. Air Force and then earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1979.
Burkett first won election to the Idaho Legislature in 1988 by defeating Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Risch in one of the state's most significant political upsets that year.
[3] In 2002, Burkett was reelected to the state senate from District 19, which includes the North End neighborhood of Boise.
Burkett was not a candidate for reelection in 2008, and was succeeded by Democratic legislator Nicole LeFavour.