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Lieutenant Governors 2010

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Updated 8/11/2009

Party Legend
D	Democrat	G	Green	L	Libertarian	P	Progressive
R	Republican	I	Independent	REF	Reform

		Lieutenant Governors
State		Name & Party		Selection Method	Next Election
Alabama		Jim Folsom Jr.	D	Elected	11/02/10
Alaska		Craig Campbell	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Arizona		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the Secretary of State.
Arkansas		Bill Halter	D	Elected	11/02/10
California		Abel Maldonado	R	Elected	11/02/10
Colorado		Barbara O'Brien	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Connecticut		Michael Fedele	R	Elected	11/02/10
Delaware		Matt Denn	D	Elected	11/06/12
Florida		Jeff Kottkamp	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Georgia		Casey Cagle	R	Elected	11/02/10
Hawaii		James Aiona	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Idaho		Brad Little	R	Elected	11/02/10
Illinois		Vacant		Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Indiana		Becky Skillman	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/06/12
Iowa		Patty Judge	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Kansas		Troy Findley	D	Appointed by Governor	11/02/10
Kentucky		Dan Mongiardo	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/08/11
Louisiana		Mitch Landrieu	D	Elected in Open Primary	10/22/11
Maine		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the President of the Senate.
Maryland		Anthony Brown	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Massachusetts		Tim Murray	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Michigan		John Cherry	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Minnesota		Carol Molnau	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Mississippi		Phil Bryant	R	Elected	11/08/11
Missouri		Peter D. Kinder	R	Elected	11/06/12
Montana		John Bohlinger	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/06/12
Nebraska		Rick Sheehy	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Nevada		Brian Krolicki	R	Elected	11/02/10
New Hampshire		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the President of the Senate.
New Jersey		Kim Guadagno	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/05/13
New Mexico		Diane Denish	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
New York		Richard Ravitch*	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
North Carolina		Walter Dalton	D	Elected	11/06/12
North Dakota		Jack Dalrymple	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/06/12
Ohio		Lee Fisher	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Oklahoma		Jari Askins	D	Elected	11/02/10
Oregon		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the Secretary of State.
Pennsylvania		Joseph B. Scarnati**	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Rhode Island		Elizabeth Roberts	D	Elected	11/02/10
South Carolina		Andre Bauer	R	Elected	11/02/10
South Dakota		Dennis Daugaard	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Tennessee		Ron Ramsey	R	Elected by Senate	11/06/12
Texas		David Dewhurst	R	Elected	11/02/10
Utah		Greg Bell***	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/06/12
Vermont		Brian Dubie	R	Elected	11/02/10
Virginia		Bill Bolling	R	Elected	11/05/13
Washington		Brad Owen	D	Elected	11/06/12
West Virginia		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the President of the Senate.
Wisconsin		Barbara Lawton	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Wyoming		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the Secretary of State.

*On September 22, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the appointment by Governor David Paterson (D) of Richard Ravitch for Lieutenant Governor was constitutional, overturning a previous ruling in a lower court. The Court of Appeals is the highest court in the state.  
**Current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania replaced former Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll after her passing on November 12, 2008.
***Greg Bell was appointed Lieutenant Governor and received Senate confirmation on September 1. He was selected by the current Governor, who replaced former Governor Jon Huntsman when he resigned to become Ambassador to China.