Party affiliation of current United States lieutenant governors: Democratic
Republican
Position nonexistent
Party affiliation of current designated successors to the current United States governors : Democratic designated successor
Republican designated successor
New Progressive designated successor
Method for electing the lieutenant governor. Same ticket
Same ticket in the general election, separate election in the primaries
Separate election
Title given to the leader of state senate
Position nonexistent
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.
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
↑ Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election which will create the office of Arizona Lieutenant Governor starting with the 2026 election. ↑ 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.