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Alabama Andrew Harnik/AP Governor: Kay Ivey (Republican) Salary: $120,395 Alaska Becky Bohrer/AP Governor: Mike Dunleavy (Republican) Salary: $145,000 Arizona Ross D. Franklin/AP Governor: Doug ...
Senate: 31: R 20–11: 4 Utah: Governor: State Legislature [nb 8] House of Representatives: 75 R 61–14: 2: State Senate: 29: R 23–6: 4 Vermont: Governor: General Assembly: House of Representatives: 150 MC 94–56 [nb 9] 2: Senate: 30: MC 17–13 [nb 10] 2 Virginia: Governor: General Assembly: House of Delegates: 100 D 51–49: 2: Senate: 40 ...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder took a $1.00 yearly salary. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has returned his salary to the state during each year he has held office. During his tenure as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger also did not accept his salary of $170,000 per year. However, several governors instead have decided to take a reduction ...
In 1976, with the implementation of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the lieutenant governor assumed executive duties and the gavel once again passed to a senate-elected president. 1976 also saw Virginia Shehee become the first woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate.
This office was being vacated by Republican Bill Cassidy, who instead successfully challenged U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, a candidate for a fourth term. [11] However, he ultimately did not run. [12] As of October 2021, Ivey also holds the District 6E seat on the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. [13
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [15] As of January 2025, there are 12 female state governors serving.
Each state elects two U.S. Senators to represent it in the upper chamber, each for a six-year term. Direct election of senators has only been in place since the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1912.
Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]