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States on blue with Democrat as Lt. Governor. States on red with Republican

This is a complete and current List of United States Lieutenant Governors. There are currently 21 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as lieutenant governors in the United States. Currently, 23 states elect a lieutenant governor on a ticket with the governor. Nineteen states hold a separate election, and in one state (Tennessee) the state Senate chooses. Seven states have no lieutenant governor, though New Jersey will elect one for the first time in 2009.

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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.

Picture Lieutenant Governor State Party Elected/
Took
office		 Term
ends		 Chosen by1
Jim Folsom, Jr. Alabama Democrat 2006 2010 Separate election
Sean Parnell Alaska Republican 2006 2010 Same ticket
Bill Halter Arkansas Democrat 2006 2010 Separate election
John Garamendi California Democrat 2006 2010 Separate election
Barbara O'Brien Colorado Democrat 2006 2010 Same ticket
Michael Fedele Connecticut Republican 2006 2010 Same ticket
John C. Carney, Jr. Delaware Democrat 2000 2008 Separate election2
Jeff Kottkamp Florida Republican 2006 2010 Same ticket
Casey Cagle Georgia Republican 2006 2010 Separate election
James Aiona Hawaii Republican 2002 2010† Same ticket
Brad Little (presumptive) Idaho Republican 2009 2010 Separate election
Pat Quinn Illinois Democrat 2002 2010 Same ticket
Becky Skillman Indiana Republican 2004/2005 2013† Same ticket
Patty Judge Iowa Democrat 2006 2010 Same ticket
Mark Parkinson Kansas Democrat 2006 2010 Same ticket
Daniel Mongiardo Kentucky Democrat 2007 2011 Same ticket
Mitch Landrieu Louisiana Democrat 2007 2011 Separate election
Anthony G. Brown Maryland Democrat 2006 2010 Same ticket
Tim Murray Massachusetts Democrat 2006 2010 Same election3
John D. Cherry Michigan Democrat 2002 2010† Same ticket
Carol Molnau Minnesota Republican 2002 2010 Same ticket
Phil Bryant Mississippi Republican 2007 2011 Separate election
Peter Kinder Missouri Republican 2004 2008 Separate election
John Bohlinger Montana Republican 2004 2008 Same ticket4
Rick Sheehy Nebraska Republican 2006 2010 Same ticket
Brian Krolicki Nevada Republican 2006 2010 Separate election
Diane Denish New Mexico Democrat 2002 2010† Same ticket
vacant5 New York 2010 Same ticket
Beverly Perdue North Carolina Democrat 2000 2008 Separate election
Jack Dalrymple North Dakota Republican 2000 2008 Same ticket
Lee Fisher Ohio Democrat 2006 2010 Same ticket
Jari Askins Oklahoma Democrat 2006 2010 Separate election
Joe Scarnati Pennsylvania Republican 2008 2010 Same ticket
Elizabeth H. Roberts Rhode Island Democrat 2006 2010 Separate election
André Bauer South Carolina Republican 2002 2010 Separate election
Dennis Daugaard South Dakota Republican 2002 2010 Same ticket
Ron Ramsey Tennessee Republican 2006 2010 State Senate6
David Dewhurst Texas Republican 2002 2010 Separate election
Gary R. Herbert Utah Republican 2005 2012 Same ticket
Brian Dubie Vermont Republican 2003 2010 Separate election
Bill Bolling Virginia Republican 2005 2009 Separate election
Brad Owen Washington Democrat 1996 2008 Separate election
Barbara Lawton Wisconsin Democrat 2002 2010 Same ticket
Picture Lieutenant Governor State Party Elected/
Took
office		 Term
ends		 Chosen by7
Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia American Samoa Democrat 2003 2012 Same ticket
Michael W. Cruz Guam Republican 2007 2010 Same ticket
Timothy P. Villagomez Northern Mariana Islands Republican 2006 2009 Same ticket
Gregory Francis United States Virgin Islands Democrat 2007 2010 Same ticket

States without Lieutenant Governors

Some states and territories do not have lieutenant governors. Instead, the Secretary of State or Senate President of that state are second in line for the Governorship. Those states and territories are:

Picture Currently second in line State Party Elected/
took office		 Seat Up
Secretary of State Jan Brewer Arizona Republican 2002 2010
Senate President Beth Edmonds Maine Democrat 2004 2008
Senate President Sylvia Larsen New Hampshire Democrat 2006 2008
Senate President Richard Codey New Jersey Democrat 2003 2009
Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Oregon Democrat 2000 2008
Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock Puerto Rico Democrat 2009 incumbent
Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin West Virginia Democrat 1995 2008
Secretary of State Max Maxfield Wyoming Republican 2006 2010

A measure passed in New Jersey in 2005 that instituted a lieutenant governorship; the first lieutenant governor of New Jersey will be elected in 2009.

States with differing party membership at the executive level

In most states, 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 (or the position is vacant).

State Governor Designated
successor
Alabama Republican Democrat
Arizona Democrat Republican
California Republican Democrat
Louisiana Republican Democrat
Montana Democrat Republican
New York Democrat Republican
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Republican
Pennsylvania Democrat Republican
Rhode Island Republican Democrat
Tennessee Democrat Republican
Virginia Democrat Republican
Wyoming Democrat Republican
  1. ^ Executive Branch of the Several States
  2. ^ Although in practice the candidate for Lieutenant Governor is nominated as a ticket with the candidate for Governor, the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are voted on separately in Delaware. In 1972 and 1984, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were elected from different parties.
  3. ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2006&fips=25&off=5&f=0
  4. ^ Montana's John Bohlinger is a Republican elected on the same ticket as a Democratic governor.
  5. ^ The Lieutenant Governorship in New York is currently vacent due to the elevation of David Paterson to the Governorship after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. The New York State Constitution states that the "Temporary President of the Senate" will fulfill the duties of Lieutenant Governor when the office is vacent. That position is currently held by Dean G. Skelos.
  6. ^ Tennessee's state Senate elects the Lieutenant Governor from its membership. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
  7. ^ Executive Branch of the Several States

See also

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Current Lieutenant Governors (or officials first in line of succession) of U.S. states and territories
AL Folsom, Jr. (D)
AK Parnell (R)
AZ Brewer (R) 1
AR Halter (D)
CA Garamendi (D)
CO O'Brien (D)
CT Fedele (R)
DE Carney, Jr. (D)
FL Kottkamp (R)
GA Cagle (R)
HI Aiona (R)
ID Little (R)*
IL Quinn (D)
IN Skillman (R)
IA Judge (D)
KS Parkinson (D)
KY Mongiardo (D)
LA Landrieu (D)
ME Edmonds (D) 2
MD Brown (D)
MA Murray (D)
MI Cherry (D)
MN Molnau (R)
MS Bryant (R)
MO Kinder (R)
MT Bohlinger (R)
NE Sheehy (R)
NV Krolicki (R)
NH Larsen (D) 2
NJ Codey (D) 2
NM Denish (D)
NY Smith (D) 2
NC Perdue (D)
ND Dalrymple (R)
OH Fisher (D)
OK Askins (D)
OR Bradbury (D) 1
PA Scarnati (R)
RI Roberts (D)
SC Bauer (R)
SD Daugaard (R)
TN Ramsey (R)
TX Dewhurst (R)
UT Herbert (R)
VT Dubie (R)
VA Bolling (R)
WA Owen (D)
WV Tomblin (D) 2
WI Lawton (D)
WY Maxfield (R) 1
DC Gray (D) 2

Territories
AS Sunia (D)
GU Cruz (R)
MP Villagomez (Cov)
PR Bonilla (PPD)1
VI Francis (D)
* presumptive nominee 1 Secretary of State.    2 Senate President (or Chairman of DC Council).    
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