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.
List of Lieutenant Governors
States
Territories
Democratic (3) Independent (1) | |||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||
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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 | Template:Party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) |New Progressive | July 12, 2021 |
List Of Current United States Lieutenant Governors Media
Notes
- ↑ Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election which will create the office of Arizona Lieutenant Governor starting with the 2026 election.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Executive Branch of the Several States". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ↑ NY lieutenant gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.