List of current United States lieutenant governors

Party affiliation of current United States lieutenant governors:

Democratic

Republican

Position nonexistent

Party affiliation of current designated successors to the current United States governors:

Democratic designated successor

Republican designated successor

New Progressive designated successor

Method for electing the lieutenant governor.

Same ticket

Same ticket in the general election, separate election in the primaries

Separate election

Title given to the leader of state senate

Position nonexistent

The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. States and four of the five territories. In those states and territories, it is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor succeeds 'only' as acting governor), while in the remaining states and territories another office holds that status. Currently, 26 states elect a lieutenant governor on a ticket with the governor, while 17 states elect a lieutenant governor separately. In West Virginia, the President of the Senate, as elected by the State Senators, serves as the state's lieutenant governor. In Tennessee, the State Senators elect a Speaker of the Senate, who in turn serves as lieutenant governor. Five states do not have a lieutenant governor. In the 50 states, District of Columbia, and 5 territories, there are currently 27 Democrats, 28 Republicans and one member with the Puerto Rico New Progressive Party.

List of lieutenant governors by state[]

In the table below, "term ends" indicates the year the current lieutenant governor will leave office; a notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year. A notation of (retiring) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is leaving office that year, having not sought re-election. A notation of (defeated) indicates that the current lieutenant governor was defeated for re-election.

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State	Lieutenant governor	Party	Prior office(s) held	Took office	Term ends	Chosen by^[1]
Alabama (List)	Will Ainsworth	Republican	Alabama House	January 14, 2019	2023	Separate election
Alaska (List)	Kevin Meyer	Republican	Alaska Senate Alaska House	December 3, 2018	2022	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Arkansas (List)	Tim Griffin	Republican	U.S. House U.S. Attorney	January 13, 2015	2023 (term limits)	Separate election
California (List)	Eleni Kounalakis	Democratic	United States Ambassador to Hungary	January 7, 2019	2023	Separate election
Colorado (List)	Dianne Primavera	Democratic	Colorado House	January 8, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Connecticut (List)	Susan Bysiewicz	Democratic	Secretary of the State of Connecticut Connecticut House	January 9, 2019	2023	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Delaware (List)	Bethany Hall-Long	Democratic	Delaware Senate Delaware House	January 17, 2017	2025	Separate election
Florida (List)	Jeanette Núñez	Republican	Florida House	January 8, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Georgia (List)	Geoff Duncan	Republican	Georgia House	January 14, 2019	2023	Separate election
Hawaii (List)	Josh Green	Democratic	Hawaii Senate Hawaii House	December 3, 2018	2022	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Idaho (List)	Janice McGeachin	Republican	Idaho House	January 7, 2019	2023	Separate election
Illinois (List)	Juliana Stratton	Democratic	Illinois House	January 14, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Indiana (List)	Suzanne Crouch	Republican	Auditor Indiana House	January 9, 2017	2025	Same ticket
Iowa (List)	Adam Gregg	Republican	Public Defender of Iowa	January 18, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Kansas (List)	David Toland	Democratic	State Secretary of Commerce	January 2, 2021	2023	Same ticket
Kentucky (List)	Jacqueline Coleman	Democratic	No prior offices	December 10, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Louisiana (List)	Billy Nungesser	Republican	Plaquemines Parish President	January 11, 2016	2024	Separate election
Maryland (List)	Boyd Rutherford	Republican	Assistant USDA Secretary of Administration	January 21, 2015	2023	Same ticket
Massachusetts (List)	Karyn Polito	Republican	Massachusetts House	January 8, 2015	2023	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan (List)	Garlin Gilchrist	Democratic	No prior offices	January 1, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Minnesota (List)	Peggy Flanagan	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota House	January 7, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Mississippi (List)	Delbert Hosemann	Republican	Mississippi Secretary of State	January 14, 2020	2024	Separate election
Missouri (List)	Mike Kehoe	Republican	Missouri Senate	June 18, 2018	2025	Separate election
Montana (List)	Kristen Juras	Republican	No prior offices	January 4, 2021	2025	Same ticket
Nebraska (List)	Mike Foley	Republican	Auditor Nebraska Legislature	January 8, 2015	2023	Same ticket
Nevada (List)	Kate Marshall	Democratic	Nevada State Treasurer	January 7, 2019	2023	Separate election
New Jersey (List)	Sheila Oliver	Democratic	New Jersey General Assembly	January 16, 2018	2022	Same ticket
New Mexico (List)	Howie Morales	Democratic	New Mexico Senate Grant County Clerk	January 1, 2019	2023	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
New York (List)	Brian Benjamin	Democratic	New York State Senate	September 9, 2021	2022^[2]	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina (List)	Mark Robinson	Republican	No prior offices	January 1, 2021	2025	Separate election
North Dakota (List)	Brent Sanford	Republican	Mayor of Watford City	December 15, 2016	2024	Same ticket
Ohio (List)	Jon A. Husted	Republican	Secretary of State Ohio Senate House Speaker Ohio House	January 14, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Oklahoma (List)	Matt Pinnell	Republican	Chair of the Oklahoma Republican Party	January 14, 2019	2023	Separate election
Pennsylvania (List)	John Fetterman	Democratic	Mayor of Braddock	January 15, 2019	2023	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island (List)	Sabina Matos	Democratic	Providence City Council	April 14, 2021	2023	Separate election
South Carolina (List)	Pamela Evette	Republican	No prior offices	January 9, 2019	2023	Same ticket
South Dakota (List)	Larry Rhoden	Republican	South Dakota House Speaker	January 5, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Tennessee (List)	Randy McNally	Republican	Tennessee Senate Tennessee House	January 10, 2017	2023	State Senate^[3]
Texas (List)	Dan Patrick	Republican	Texas Senate	January 20, 2015	2023	Separate election
Utah (List)	Deidre Henderson	Republican	Utah Senate	January 4, 2021	2025	Same ticket
Vermont (List)	Molly Gray	Democratic	No prior offices	January 7, 2021	2023	Separate election
Virginia (List)	Justin Fairfax	Democratic	No prior offices	January 13, 2018	2022	Separate election
Washington (List)	Denny Heck	Democratic	U.S. House Washington House	January 13, 2021	2025	Separate election
West Virginia (List)	Craig Blair	Republican	West Virginia House West Virginia Senate	January 13, 2021	2025	State Senate^[4]
Wisconsin (List)	Mandela Barnes	Democratic	Wisconsin Assembly	January 7, 2019	2023	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries

List of lieutenant governors by territory[]

Territory	Lieutenant governor	Party	Prior office(s) held	Took office	Seat up	Chosen by^[1]
American Samoa (List)	Salo Ale	Democratic	Attorney General	January 3, 2021	2025	Same ticket
Guam (List)	Josh Tenorio	Democratic	No prior offices	January 7, 2019	2023	Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands (List)	Arnold Palacios	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands Senate	January 14, 2019	2023	Same ticket
United States Virgin Islands (List)	Tregenza Roach	Democratic	Legislature of the Virgin Islands	January 7, 2019	2023	Same ticket

States which do not have lieutenant governors[]

Five states do not have a position of an official lieutenant governor. In these cases, the Secretary of State or the President of the Senate is next in line for the governorship.

State	Office	Officeholder	Party	Prior office(s) held	Took position
Arizona (List)	Secretary of State	Katie Hobbs	Democratic	Arizona Senate Arizona House	January 7, 2019
Maine (List)	President of the Senate	Troy Jackson	Democratic	Maine Senate	December 5, 2018
New Hampshire (List)	President of the Senate	Chuck Morse	Republican	New Hampshire Senate	December 2, 2020
Oregon (List)	Secretary of State	Shemia Fagan	Democratic	Oregon Senate Oregon House	January 4, 2021
Wyoming (List)	Secretary of State	Edward Buchanan	Republican	Wyoming House Speaker	March 1, 2018

Federal district and territories which do not have lieutenant governors[]

One territory, Puerto Rico, places the Secretary of State next in line for the governorship. In the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia is first in line of succession in the event of a vacancy in the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Federal district or territory	Office	Picture	Officeholder	Party	Prior Offices Held	Took position
District of Columbia (List)	Chairman of the Council		Phil Mendelson^[5]	Democratic	DC Councilman Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner	June 13, 2012
Puerto Rico (List)	Secretary of State		Larry Seilhamer	New Progressive	President pro tempore of the Puerto Rico Senate Majority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate Member of the Puerto Rico Senate	January 2, 2021

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

In most states or territories, the governor and lieutenant governor are members of the same political party. In the following states, the designated successor to the governorship is of a different political party than the governor:

State or territory	Governor	Designated successor
Arizona	Republican	Democratic
Louisiana	Democratic	Republican
North Carolina	Democratic	Republican
Vermont	Republican	Democratic

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Executive Branch of the Several States". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
^ NY lieutenant gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ Mendelson was initially appointed Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia after the position was vacated on June 6, 2012, due to the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. Brown had been charged in federal court with bank fraud and, after his resignation, was further charged in D.C. Superior Court with making an unlawful cash campaign expenditure. Mendelson was subsequently elected to complete Brown's term on November 6, 2013.

External links[]

[thegreenpapers1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Executive Branch of the Several States". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

[2] NY lieutenant gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.

[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] 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

[5] Mendelson was initially appointed Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia after the position was vacated on June 6, 2012, due to the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. Brown had been charged in federal court with bank fraud and, after his resignation, was further charged in D.C. Superior Court with making an unlawful cash campaign expenditure. Mendelson was subsequently elected to complete Brown's term on November 6, 2013.

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