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December 23,
2008
Lieutenant Governors in 2009
The nation enters January of 2009 with 44
lieutenant governors. New Jersey will elect its
first lieutenant governor in November of 2009,
bringing to 45 the number of lieutenant
governors in the country. Including New Jersey,
twenty-five (25) states elect their governor and
lieutenant governor on a team ticket in the
general election, while twenty (20) states elect
these officials separately in the general
election. This means the governor and lieutenant
governor may be of different parties. These
totals include Tennessee and West Virginia. Both
states use the title “Lieutenant Governor” for
the Senate President who is first in line of
gubernatorial succession, but that official is
not a statewide elected official. All NLGA
members share one duty in common, being first in
line of gubernatorial succession. Beyond that,
lieutenant governors derive their powers from
the Constitution, statute, gubernatorial
assignment, and/or personal initiative. Between
2000 and December 20, 2008, fifteen lieutenant
governors had succeeded to governor and two NLGA
members were awaiting gubernatorial succession.
Two governors were tapped and are awaiting
confirmation for the President-elect’s Cabinet
(in Arizona and New Mexico). A
roster of lieutenant governors is posted at www.nlga.us.
The roster lists the title, officeholder and
party of each NLGA member.
NLGA Director Julia Hurst nation’s lieutenant
governors (:13)
NLGA Director Julia Hurst on how lieutenant
governors are elected (:16)
NLGA Director Julia Hurst on the duties of
lieutenant governors (:17)
NLGA Director Julia Hurst in the succession of
lieutenant governors (:13) |
