List_of_current_united_states_lieutenant_governors

This is a complete and current List of United States Lieutenant Governors. There are currently 22 Democrats and 21 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 in 2009.

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	Took office	Term ends	Chosen byhttp://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/executive.phtml
	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 electionAlthough 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.
	Jeff Kottkamp	Florida	Republican	2006	2010	Same ticket
	Casey Cagle	Georgia	Republican	2006	2010	Separate election
	James Aiona	Hawaii	Republican	2002	2010â€	Same ticket
	Jim Risch	Idaho	Republican	2006	2010	Separate election
	Pat Quinn	Illinois	Democrat	2002	2010	Same ticket
	Becky Skillman	Indiana	Republican	2004	2008	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	Separate election
	John D. Cherry	Michigan	Democrat	2002	2010â€	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 ticketMontana\'s John Bohlinger is a Republican elected on the same ticket as a Democratic governor.
	Rick Sheehy	Nebraska	Republican	2006	2010	Same ticket
	Brian Krolicki	Nevada	Republican	2006	2010	Separate election
	Diane Denish	New Mexico	Democrat	2002	2010â€	Same ticket
	David PatersonDue to the resignation of Eliot Spitzer, it is expected that Paterson will take over the governorship on March 17, 2008.	New York	Democrat	2006	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
	Catherine Baker Knoll	Pennsylvania	Democrat	2002	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	LegislatureTennessee\'s state Senate elects the Lieutenant Governor from its membership. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
	David Dewhurst	Texas	Republican	2002	2010	Separate election
	Gary R. Herbert	Utah	Republican	2004	2008	Same ticket
	Brian Dubie	Vermont	Republican	2006	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

States without Lt. Governors

Some states 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 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	2002	2010
	Senate President Sylvia Larsen	New Hampshire	Democrat	2006	2008
	Senate President Richard Codey	New Jersey	Democrat	2003	2007
	Secretary of State Bill Bradbury	Oregon	Democrat	2000	2008
	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).

See also

• List of current United States Governors

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