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Twenty lieutenant governors and seconds-in-command succeeded to governor from 2000 thru November of 2009.  Several of the largest states by population are lead by former lieutenant governors.  Click on the NLGA Press Room, above, for more data.   

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11-23-09… Guam Lt. Governor Michael Cruz, M.D., posts photos of his ongoing 3-month deployment and patrol in Afghanistan Pacific News and Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter helps plan free health clinic THV11 which draws national television attention when lieutenant governor appeared with Keith Olberman KUAR

North Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton chairs the state E-Learning Commission ENC and Colorado Lt. Governor Barbara O’ Brien leads her state’s charge for Race to the Top education dollars  9 News

11-22-09…Alabama Lt. Governor Jim Folsom is a member of the Legislative Council which voted to suspend state employee furloughs News 

11-21-09…Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry lures two MidEast water firms to his state, as part of international mission Examiner and Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy assures farmers regarding checkoff funds NTV

11-12-09...NLGA Press Release:  Five Provisions are Key to State Gubernatorial Succession Laws, according to a joint research piece of The Council of State Governments (CSG) and the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA)

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As an association, NLGA is engaged in a multi-state public health education campaign called Your Heart Is In Your Hands". 

The NLGA Federal-State Relations Meeting will be held in March at the L'Enfant hotel in Washington D.C.

Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge awarded two college scholarships to students pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related education, as funded by Rockwell Collins, a NLGA CAP.