List of current United States lieutenant governors

The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. States and four of the five territories. Not all states have a lieutenant governor. This article is a list of all lieutenant governors and/or political offices of equal ranking.

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

List of Lieutenant Governors

States

  Republican (26)   Democratic (18)   Vermont Progressive (1)

State Picture Lieutenant governor Party Prior office(s) held Took office Term ends Chosen by[1]
Alabama
(List)
Will Ainsworth Republican Alabama House Jan 14, 2019 2023 Separate election
Alaska
(List)
Nancy Dahlstrom Republican Commissioner of Alaska Department of Corrections
Alaska House
Dec 5, 2022 2026 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Arkansas
(List)
Leslie Rutledge Republican Arkansas Attorney General Jan 10, 2023 2027 Separate election
California
(List)
Eleni Kounalakis Democratic United States Ambassador to Hungary Jan 7, 2019 2027 (term limits) Separate election
Colorado
(List)
Dianne Primavera Democratic Colorado House Jan 8, 2019 2023 Same ticket
Connecticut
(List)
Susan Bysiewicz Democratic Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Connecticut House
Jan 9, 2019 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Delaware
(List)
Bethany Hall-Long Democratic Delaware Senate
Delaware House
Jan 17, 2017 2025 Separate election
Florida
(List)
Jeanette Nuñez Republican Florida House Jan 8, 2019 2027 (term limits) Same ticket
Georgia
(List)
Burt Jones Republican Georgia Senate Jan 9, 2023 2027 Separate election
Hawaii
(List)
Sylvia Luke Democratic Hawaii House Dec 5, 2022 2026 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Idaho
(List)
Scott Bedke Republican Idaho House Speaker Jan 2, 2023 2027 Separate election
Illinois
(List)
Juliana Stratton Democratic Illinois House Jan 14, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Indiana
(List)
Suzanne Crouch Republican Auditor
Indiana House
Jan 9, 2017 2025 Same ticket
Iowa
(List)
Adam Gregg Republican Public Defender of Iowa Jan 18, 2019 2023 Same ticket
Kansas
(List)
David Toland Democratic State Secretary of Commerce Jan 2, 2021 2027 Same ticket
Kentucky
(List)
Jacqueline Coleman Democratic No prior offices Dec 10, 2019 2023 Same ticket
Louisiana
(List)
Billy Nungesser Republican Plaquemines Parish President Jan 11, 2016 2024 Separate election
Maryland
(List)
Boyd Rutherford Republican Assistant USDA Secretary of Administration Jan 21, 2015 2023 (retiring) Same ticket
Massachusetts
(List)
Kim Driscoll Democratic Mayor of Salem Jan 5, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan
(List)
Garlin Gilchrist Democratic No prior offices Jan 1, 2019 2027 (term limits) Same ticket
Minnesota
(List)
Peggy Flanagan Democratic (DFL) Minnesota House Jan 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Mississippi
(List)
Delbert Hosemann Republican Mississippi Secretary of State Jan 14, 2020 2024 Separate election
Missouri
(List)
Mike Kehoe Republican Missouri Senate Jun 18, 2018 2025 Separate election
Montana
(List)
Kristen Juras Republican No prior offices Jan 4, 2021 2025 Same ticket
Nebraska
(List)
Joe Kelly Republican United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska Jan 5, 2023 2027 Same ticket
Nevada
(List)
Stavros Anthony Republican Las Vegas City Council Jan 2, 2023 2027 Separate election
New Jersey
(List)
Sheila Oliver Democratic New Jersey General Assembly
Speaker of the General Assembly
Jan 16, 2018 2026 Same ticket
New Mexico
(List)
Howie Morales Democratic New Mexico Senate
Grant County Clerk
Jan 1, 2019 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
New York
(List)
Antonio Delgado Democratic U.S. House May 25, 2022 2026[2] Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina
(List)
Mark Robinson Republican No prior offices Jan 1, 2021 2025 Separate election
North Dakota
(List)
Tammy Miller Republican No prior offices Jan 3, 2023 2024 Same ticket
Ohio
(List)
Jon Husted Republican Secretary of State
Ohio Senate
House Speaker
Ohio House
Jan 14, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Oklahoma
(List)
Matt Pinnell Republican Chair of the Oklahoma Republican Party Jan 14, 2019 2027 Separate election
Pennsylvania
(List)
Austin Davis Democratic Pennsylvania House Jan 17, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island
(List)
Sabina Matos Democratic Providence City Council Apr 14, 2021 2027 Separate election
South Carolina
(List)
Pamela Evette Republican No prior offices Jan 9, 2019 2023 Same ticket
South Dakota
(List)
Larry Rhoden Republican South Dakota House Speaker Jan 5, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Tennessee
(List)
Randy McNally Republican Tennessee Senate
Tennessee House
Jan 10, 2017 2023 State Senate[3]
Texas
(List)
Dan Patrick Republican Texas Senate Jan 20, 2015 2023 Separate election
Utah
(List)
Deidre Henderson Republican Utah Senate Jan 4, 2021 2025 Same ticket
Vermont
(List)
David Zuckerman Progressive Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (2017–2021)
Vermont Senate
Vermont House of Representatives
Jan 5, 2023 2025 Separate election
Virginia
(List)
Winsome Sears Republican Virginia House of Delegates Jan 15, 2022 2026 Separate election
Washington
(List)
Denny Heck Democratic U.S. House
Washington House
Jan 13, 2021 2025 Separate election
West Virginia
(List)
Craig Blair Republican West Virginia House
West Virginia Senate
Jan 13, 2021 2025 State Senate[4]
Wisconsin
(List)
Sara Rodriguez Democratic Wisconsin State Assembly Jan 3, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries

Territories

  Democratic (3)   Independent (1)

Territory Picture Lieutenant governor Party Prior office(s) held Took office Seat up Chosen by[1]
American Samoa
(List)
Salo Ale Democratic Attorney General Jan 3, 2021 2025 Same ticket
Guam
(List)
Josh Tenorio Democratic No prior offices Jan 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands
(List)
David M. Apatang Independent Northern Mariana Islands Senate Jan 9, 2023 2027 Same ticket
United States Virgin Islands
(List)
Tregenza Roach Democratic Legislature of the Virgin Islands Jan 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket

States without Lieutenant Governors

  Democratic (3)   Republican (2)

State Office Picture Officeholder Party Prior office(s) held Took position
Arizona[Note 1]
(List)
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Democratic County Recorder of Maricopa County Jan 2, 2023
Maine
(List)
President of the Senate Troy Jackson Democratic Maine Senate Dec 5, 2018
New Hampshire
(List)
President of the Senate Jeb Bradley Republican New Hampshire Senate
U.S. House
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Dec 7, 2022
Oregon
(List)
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan
Democratic Oregon Senate
Oregon House
Jan 4, 2021
Wyoming
(List)
Secretary of State Chuck Gray Republican Wyoming House of Representatives Jan 2, 2023

Federal districts and territories without Lieutenant Governors

  Democratic (1)   New Progressive (1)

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 Omar J. Marrero New Progressive July 12, 2021

List of lieutenant governors-elect

Notes

References

  1. "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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