List of current United States lieutenant governors

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Current U.S. Lieutenant Governors by party affiliations

Democratic incumbent

Republican incumbent

Office does not exist

Vacant

Officials first in line in states without Lt. Gov. (or where is vacant)

Democrat first in line

Republican first in line

This is a complete and current list of lieutenant governors of the 50 U.S. states and its territories.

Currently, 25 states elect a lieutenant governor on a ticket with the governor, while 18 states elect a lieutenant governor separately. In West Virginia, the President of the Senate, as elected by the senators, serves as Lieutenant Governor. In Tennessee, the senators elect a Speaker of the Senate who also serves as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. Five states have no lieutenant governor. There are currently 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats serving as lieutenant governors or serving as the first in the line of succession in the 50 United States.

[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors by state

In the table below, Term ends indicates the year the current lieutenant governor will leave office, or the year of the next election, whichever is first; a dagger (†) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year due to term limits. An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor will be retiring at the end of his/her current term.

State	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Took Office	Seat Up	Chosen By^[1]
Alabama	Ivey, KayKay Ivey	Republican	02011-01-17 January 17, 2011	2015	Separate election
Alaska	Treadwell, MeadMead Treadwell	Republican	02010-12-06 December 6, 2010	2014	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Arkansas	Darr, MarkMark Darr	Republican	02011-01-11 January 11, 2011	2015	Separate election
California	Newsom, GavinGavin Newsom	Democratic	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	Separate election
Colorado	Garcia, JosephJoseph Garcia	Democratic	02011-01-11 January 11, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Connecticut	Wyman, NancyNancy Wyman	Democratic	02011-01-05 January 5, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Delaware	Denn, MatthewMatthew Denn	Democratic	02009-01-20 January 20, 2009	2013	Separate election
Florida	Carroll, JenniferJennifer Carroll	Republican	02011-01-04 January 4, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Georgia	Cagle, CaseyCasey Cagle	Republican	02007-01-08 January 8, 2007	2015	Separate election
Hawaii	Schatz, BrianBrian Schatz	Democratic	02010-12-06 December 6, 2010	2014	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Idaho	Little, BradBrad Little	Republican	02009-01-06 January 6, 2009	2011	Separate election^[2]
Illinois	Simon, SheilaSheila Simon	Democratic	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Indiana	Skillman, BeckyBecky Skillman	Republican	02005-01-10 January 10, 2005	2013†	Same ticket
Iowa	Reynolds, KimKim Reynolds	Republican	02011-01-14 January 14, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Kansas	Colyer, JeffJeff Colyer	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Kentucky	Abramson, JerryJerry Abramson	Democratic	02011-12-13 December 13, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Louisiana	Dardenne, JayJay Dardenne	Republican	02010-11-22 November 22, 2010	2016	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Maryland	Brown, AnthonyAnthony Brown	Democratic	02007-01-17 January 17, 2007	2015	Same ticket
Massachusetts	Murray, TimTim Murray	Democratic	02007-01-04 January 4, 2007	2015	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan	Calley, BrianBrian Calley	Republican	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Minnesota	Prettner Solon, YvonneYvonne Prettner Solon	Democratic	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Mississippi	Reeves, TateTate Reeves	Republican	02012-01-10 January 10, 2012	2016	Separate election
Missouri	Kinder, PeterPeter Kinder	Republican	02005-01-10 January 10, 2005	2013	Separate election
Montana	Bohlinger, JohnJohn Bohlinger	Republican	02005-01-03 January 3, 2005	2013†	Same ticket^[3]
Nebraska	Sheehy, RickRick Sheehy	Republican	02005-01-24 January 24, 2005	2015	Same ticket
Nevada	Krolicki, BrianBrian Krolicki	Republican	02007-01-20 January 20, 2007	2015†	Separate election
New Jersey	Guadagno, KimKim Guadagno	Republican	02010-01-19 January 19, 2010	2014	Same ticket
New Mexico	Sanchez, JohnJohn Sanchez	Republican	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2015	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
New York	Duffy, RobertRobert Duffy	Democratic	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2015	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina	Dalton, WalterWalter Dalton	Democratic	02009-01-10 January 10, 2009	2013	Separate election
North Dakota	Wrigley, DrewDrew Wrigley	Republican	02010-12-07 December 7, 2010	2012	Same ticket
Ohio	Taylor, MaryMary Taylor	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Oklahoma	Lamb, ToddTodd Lamb	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	Separate election
Pennsylvania	Cawley, JimJim Cawley	Republican	02011-01-18 January 18, 2011	2015	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island	Roberts, ElizabethElizabeth Roberts	Democratic	02007-01-02 January 2, 2007	2015	Separate election
South Carolina	Ard, KenKen Ard	Republican	02011-01-12 January 12, 2011	2015	Separate election
South Dakota	Michels, MattMatt Michels	Republican	02011-01-08 January 8, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Tennessee	Ramsey, RonRon Ramsey	Republican	02007-01-03 January 3, 2007	2013	State Senate^[4]
Texas	Dewhurst, DavidDavid Dewhurst	Republican	02003-01-21 January 21, 2003	2011	Separate election
Utah	Bell, GregGreg Bell	Republican	02009-09-01 September 1, 2009	2011	Same ticket^[5]
Vermont	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	Republican	02011-01-06 January 6, 2011	2015	Separate election
Virginia	Bolling, BillBill Bolling	Republican	02006-01-14 January 14, 2006	2014	Separate election
Washington	Owen, BradBrad Owen	Democratic	01997-01-15 January 15, 1997	2013	Separate election
West Virginia	Jeff Kessler	Democratic	02011-11-14 November 14, 2011	2013	State Senate^[6]
Wisconsin	Kleefisch, RebeccaRebecca Kleefisch	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	Same ticket

Territory	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Took Office	Seat Up	Chosen By^[1]
American Samoa	Sunia, IpulasiIpulasi Sunia	Democratic	02003-04-11 April 11, 2003	2013	Same ticket
Guam	Tenorio, RayRay Tenorio	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands	Inos, EloyEloy Inos	Covenant	02009-05-01 May 1, 2009	2014	Same ticket^[7]
United States Virgin Islands	Francis, GregoryGregory Francis	Democratic	02007-01-01 January 1, 2007	2011	Same ticket

[edit] States without Lieutenant Governors

Five states and one territory do not have a position of lieutenant governor. In these cases, the Secretary of State or President of the Senate are next in line for the Governorship.

The states and territories without a lieutenant governor are:

State	Officeholder	Party	Took Position	Office
Arizona	Bennett, KenKen Bennett	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	Secretary of State
Maine	Raye, KevinKevin Raye	Republican	02010-12-01 December 1, 2010	President of the Senate
New Hampshire	Bragdon, PeterPeter Bragdon	Republican	02010-12-01 December 1, 2010	President of the Senate
Oregon	Brown, KateKate Brown	Democratic	02009-01-05 January 5, 2009	Secretary of State
Wyoming	Maxfield, MaxMax Maxfield	Republican	02007 2007	Secretary of State

Territory	Picture	Officeholder	Party	Took Position	Office
Puerto Rico		McClintock, KennethKenneth McClintock	New Progressive/Democratic	02009-01-02 January 2, 2009	Secretary of State

[edit] States and territories with differing party membership at the executive level

In most states and territories, the governor and lieutenant governor are members of the same political party. As with the Vice President of the United States, many states' lieutenant governors are elected on the same ticket as the governor, many others are elected on their own. The following states are those in which the designated successor to the Governorship is of a different political party.

State	Governor	Designated successor
Arkansas	Democratic	Republican
Missouri	Democratic	Republican
Montana	Democratic	Republican
Rhode Island	Independent	Democratic
Vermont	Democratic	Republican

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Executive Branch of the Several States
^ Little was appointed by Governor Butch Otter, sworn in to the office on January 6, 2009 and later approved by the Idaho Senate on January 12, upon the resignation of Jim Risch.
^ Bohlinger is a Republican elected on the same ticket as Democrat Brian Schweitzer.
^ The Tennessee Senate elects their Speaker who serves as Lieutenant Governor. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
^ Bell was appointed to replace Gary Herbert, who ascended to the governorship after Jon Huntsman was appointed Ambassador to China.
^ West Virginia Code 6A-1-4(b), as enacted in 2000, entitles the President of the West Virginia Senate to use the title Lieutenant Governor
^ Inos was appointed by Governor Benigno Fitial, approved by the Senate and sworn in to the office on May 1, 2009 upon the resignation of Timothy Villagomez.

[edit] See also

[thegreenpapers1-0] Executive Branch of the Several States

[1] Little was appointed by Governor Butch Otter, sworn in to the office on January 6, 2009 and later approved by the Idaho Senate on January 12, upon the resignation of Jim Risch.

[2] Bohlinger is a Republican elected on the same ticket as Democrat Brian Schweitzer.

[3] The Tennessee Senate elects their Speaker who serves as Lieutenant Governor. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.

[4] Bell was appointed to replace Gary Herbert, who ascended to the governorship after Jon Huntsman was appointed Ambassador to China.

[5] West Virginia Code 6A-1-4(b), as enacted in 2000, entitles the President of the West Virginia Senate to use the title Lieutenant Governor

[Inos-6] Inos was appointed by Governor Benigno Fitial, approved by the Senate and sworn in to the office on May 1, 2009 upon the resignation of Timothy Villagomez.

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List of current United States lieutenant governors

Contents

[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors by state

[edit] States without Lieutenant Governors

[edit] States and territories with differing party membership at the executive level

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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