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About the Fifty States
Lieutenant Governors
Updated 3/17/2008

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		Lieutenant Governors
State		Name & Party		Selection Method	Next Election
Alabama		Jim Folsom Jr.	D	Elected	11/02/10
Alaska		Sean Parnell	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		John Garamendi	D	Elected	11/02/10
Colorado		Barbara O'Brien	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Connecticut		Michael Fedele	R	Elected	11/02/10
Delaware		John C. Carney, Jr.	D	Elected	11/04/08
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		Jim Risch	R	Elected	11/02/10
Illinois		Pat Quinn	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Indiana		Becky Skillman	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/04/08
Iowa		Patty Judge	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
Kansas		Mark Parkinson	D	Elected w/ 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	11/04/08
Montana		John Bohlinger	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/04/08
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		No position of Lt. Governor. The Governor is succeeded by the President of the Senate.
New Mexico		Diane Denish	D	Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
New York		VACANT		Elected w/ Governor	11/02/10
North Carolina		Beverly Perdue	D	Elected	11/04/08
North Dakota		Jack Dalrymple	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/04/08
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		Catherine Baker Knoll	D	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	11/04/08
Texas		David Dewhurst	R	Elected	11/02/10
Utah		Gary R. Herbert	R	Elected w/ Governor	11/04/08
Vermont		Brian Dubie	R	Elected	11/02/10
Virginia		Bill Bolling	R	Elected	11/03/09
Washington		Brad Owen	D	Elected	11/04/08
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.