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The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky, [1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason ...
The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government in Kentucky.Sixty-two men and one woman have served as governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once before becoming ineligible for four years.
Governor Brown appointed Atkins first as his finance secretary and then as cabinet secretary. [1] [2] In 1983, Atkins ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, but was defeated by Steve Beshear in the Democratic primary election. [1] Atkins left active politics following his loss in 1983 and became the chief lobbyist for Humana in Kentucky.
The governor and lieutenant governor usually run on a single ticket, as per a 1992 constitutional amendment, and are elected to four-year terms. The current governor is Andy Beshear, and the lieutenant governor is Jacqueline Coleman, both of whom are Democrats. [2] [3]
Collins was elected lieutenant governor in 1979, under Governor John Y. Brown Jr. Brown was frequently out of the state, leaving Collins as acting governor for more than 500 days of her four-year term. In 1983, she defeated Republican Jim Bunning to become Kentucky's first woman governor. Her administration had two primary focuses: education ...
Republican Michael Adams, the incumbent Kentucky secretary of state, fended off a challenge from retired Covington firefighter Charles "Buddy" Wheatley to earn a second term in an office that has ...
The only instance since at least 1980 in which the second in line reached a state governorship was on January 8, 2002, when New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. acted as governor for 90 minutes between Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett's terms in that capacity as president of the Senate following governor Christine Todd Whitman's ...
Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Attorney General Treasurer State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House; 1792 Isaac Shelby (DR) no such office: James Brown (DR) George Nicholas (F) John Logan: DR majority DR majority John Brown (AA) John Edwards (AA) 2AA Washington/ Jefferson [a] (I) 1793 John ...