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The lieutenant governor of Arizona is a constitutional statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Arizona. The office was established following the passage of proposition 131 in the 2022 election, and will first be filled in January 2027 following the 2026 Arizona gubernatorial election. The position will be elected on a joint ticket with ...
Governors who have served the two term limit can run again after four years out of office. Arizona is one of the few states which does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, in the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the secretary of state, if elected, succeeds to the office. If the secretary of state was appointed rather than ...
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories.In those states and territories, it is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers & duties as acting governor, not succeeding to the ...
The Republican primary for lieutenant governor isn’t over yet. There’s a runoff election on May 14 between the two top vote-getters: Hal Weatherman and Jim O’Neill.
The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022, except in Vermont, where lieutenant governors serve two-year terms and elected their lieutenant governor in 2024. Twenty-four lieutenant governors run on the same ticket as the governor. There are four states with Democratic Lieutenant Governors in ...
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while ten previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [14] The governor's office has term limits in 37 states and 4 territories; these terms are four years except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms. [9] [15]
N.C. Sen. Rachel Hunt, candidate for lieutenant governor in the 2024 North Carolina Democratic primary. Democrat Rachel Hunt , who is a state senator and whose father Jim Hunt is a former governor;
With current Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson running for governor, the seat is open, and it's shaping up to be a highly saturated race. After candidate filing ended in December, there were three candidates ...