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[change | change source]

States[change | change source]

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)		Aruna Miller	Democratic	Maryland House	Jan 18, 2023	2027	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)		Tahesha Way	Democratic	Secretary of State Passaic County Freeholder	Sep 8, 2023	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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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

Notes[change | change source]

↑ Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election which will create the office of Arizona Lieutenant Governor starting with the 2026 election.

References[change | change source]

↑ ^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.

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[Note01-5] Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election which will create the office of Arizona Lieutenant Governor starting with the 2026 election.

[thegreenpapers1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "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

[6] 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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