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The 2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5, 2024.Primary elections were held on August 6, 2024. [1]This was the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least one executive office going into the election.
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories.In those states and territories, it is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers & duties as acting governor, not succeeding to the ...
Sep. 8—A Republican who wants smaller government will face off with a Democratic incumbent this November in the race for Washington's lieutenant governor. The main job of Washington's lieutenant ...
Dennis Lynn Heck (born July 29, 1952) is an American politician serving as the 17th lieutenant governor of Washington.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 10th congressional district from 2013 to 2021 and as a state representative from 1977 to 1985.
The 2020 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the lieutenant governor of Washington concurrently with the 2020 Washington elections. The top-two primary was held on August 4, and Democrats Denny Heck and Marko Liias advanced to the general election, which Heck won.
The lieutenant governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington.The incumbent is Denny Heck, a Democrat who began his term in January 2021. The lieutenant governor serves as president of the Washington State Senate, fills in as acting governor whenever the governor leaves the state or is unable to serve, and assumes the duties of governor in case of a vacancy.
Denny Heck, Lieutenant Governor of Washington and former U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district [17] (ran for re-election) [18] Jay Inslee, incumbent governor and candidate for President of the United States in 2020 [1] (endorsed Ferguson) [19]