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Bradley in DC
07-15-2009, 02:28 PM
NLGA Fact Sheet
TEAM ELECTION DATA FOR THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

as of December 29, 2006
24 states have team elections for governor and lieutenant governor in the general election: Alaska*, Colorado~, Connecticut+, Florida, Hawaii*, Illinois*, Indiana+, Iowa+, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts*, Michigan+, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska#, New Mexico*, New York*, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota+, Utah, and Wisconsin*.

18 states elect the governor and lieutenant governor separately. Following the 2006 elections, four of these states the governor and lieutenant governor are of different parties: Alabama (R/D), California (R/D), Rhode Island (R/D), and Virginia (D/R) .

In four territorial jurisdictions, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands there are team elections for governor and lieutenant governor; in Puerto Rico the secretary of state is next in line for succession to governor and is appointed.

In the three states where the Office of Secretary of State is next in line for succession to the governor, there are no team elections – Arizona, Oregon, and Wyoming. Oregon’s secretary of state is not elected in the same year as the governor.

Five states have presiding officers of the senate as successor – Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Tennessee confers the lieutenant governor title and succession responsibility on the speaker of the senate. In 2000, the West Virginia legislature determined the president of the senate be additionally designated the title of ‘lieutenant governor’ in acknowledgement of the president’s responsibility as first successor to governor. New Jersey has created the office of lieutenant governor and will elect its first (in a team election) in 2010.

* Lt Governor candidates are selected at the primary election independent of the gubernatorial candidates. Team in the general.

+ Lt Governor candidates are selected by party convention following the gubernatorial primary and become part of the team in the general

~ Beginning with the 2002 election, Lt Governor candidates for the major political parties are nominated by the gubernatorial candidates not later than 7 days after the election.

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torchbearer
07-15-2009, 04:29 PM
Louisiana elects our directly by state wide popular vote.
governor and lt. gov. can be of different parties, and often are in louisiana.
the position is basically in charge of tourism.

Bradley in DC
07-15-2009, 04:54 PM
the position is basically in charge of tourism.

Best idea I've seen in a while! :)

LittleLightShining
07-15-2009, 05:15 PM
Ours(VT) are elected separately but right now they are the same party.