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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 ...
Steve Beshear, incumbent Lieutenant Governor; W. Grady Stumbo, former Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources ... W. Grady Stumbo 84,613 13.35 ...
As of 2020, Virginia Military Institute alumni include two previous Governors of Virginia, the current Secretary of the Army, a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, two Lieutenant Governors of Virginia, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 Rhodes Scholars, Medal of Honor recipients, an Academy Award winner, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, a martyr recognized by ...
1.6 Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour. ... Sir James O'Grady: 1935: 1941: Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton: 1941: ... James Roland Walter ...
The 1938 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Democratic Assemblyman Ellis E. Patterson defeated Republican physician Walter Scott Franklin with 50.73% of the vote.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. and former Lt. Gov. candidate Tony Grady announced his bid for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, joining an increasingly crowded GOP field hoping to unseat Democrat Jacky Rosen in ...
In the event a governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor. In 26 states, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket, ensuring that they come from the same political party. In 17 states, they are elected separately and, thus, may come from different parties.
The incumbent Democratic governor, Bev Perdue, was eligible to run for reelection, but announced on January 26, 2012, that she would not seek a second term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Walter H. Dalton won the Democratic nomination, while former mayor of Charlotte and 2008 gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory won the Republican nomination.