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This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.
The government of Washington State is the governmental structure of the State of Washington, United States, as established by the Constitution of the State of Washington. The executive is composed of the Governor , several other statewide elected officials and the Governor's cabinet.
Secretary of State: Jocelyn Benson (D) 3 Attorney General: Dana Nessel (D) 4 President pro tempore of the Senate: Jeremy Moss (D) 5 Speaker of the House of Representatives: Matt Hall (R) Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–5 are vacant 6 List of 5 people named by the governor [40] State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks: 7 Fmr.
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [5]
Washington is one of three states that elects nine separate statewide officials, while six others elect ten. The table also indicates the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Representatives, State delegation to the U.S. Senate, and State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. State senators are elected to ...
Blind, Washington State School for the (WSSB) Blueberry Commission (BLUE) Building Code Council, State (SBCC) Caseload Forecast Council, State of Washington (CFC) Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss, Washington State (WSD) Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, Washington (SALARIES) Civil Legal Aid, Office of (OCLA)
Until 1964, state senators were generally elected from districts that were not necessarily equal in population. In some cases state senate districts were based partly on county lines. In the vast majority of states, the Senate districts provided proportionately greater representation to rural areas. However, in the 1964 decision Reynolds v.
[nb 1] While like all officials in the United States, checks and balances are placed on the office of the governor, significant powers may include ceremonial head of state (representing the state), executive (overseeing the state's government), legislative (proposing, and signing or vetoing laws), judicial (granting state law pardons or ...