LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS

Table 4.12 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS, 2003 Maximum Length of Number of consecutive State or other Method of regular term Date of Present previous terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years first service term ends terms by constitution Alabama ...... Lucy Baxley (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 ...... Loren Leman (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Arizona ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. Arkansas ...... Winthrop Rockefeller (R) CE 4 (b) 1/97 (b) 1/07 1 (b) 2 (b) California ...... Cruz Bustamante (D) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Colorado ...... Jane Norton (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Connecticut ...... M. Jodi Rell (R) CE 4 1/95 1/07 2 . . . Delaware ...... John Carney (D) CE 4 1/01 1/05 . . . 2 Florida ...... Frank Brogan (R) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Georgia ...... Mark Taylor (D) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Hawaii ...... James Aiona (R) CE 4 12/02 12/06 . . . 2 Idaho ...... Jim Risch (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 ...... Illinois ...... Pat Quinn (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 ...... Indiana ...... Joe Kernan (D) CE 4 1/97 1/05 1 . . . Iowa ...... Sally Pederson (D) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Kansas ...... John Moore (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Kentucky ...... Stephen Henry (D) CE 4 12/95 12/03 1 2 Louisiana ...... Kathleen Blanco (D) CE 4 1/96 1/04 1 . . . Maine ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. Maryland ...... Michael Steele (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Massachusetts ...... Kerry Healey (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Michigan ...... John Cherry (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Minnesota ...... Carol Molnau (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 ...... Mississippi ...... Amy Tuck (R) CE 4 1/00 1/04 . . . 2 Missouri ...... Joe Maxwell (D) CE 4 1/01 1/05 ...... Montana ...... Karl Ohs (R) CE 4 1/01 1/05 . . . 2 (c) Nebraska ...... (R) CE 4 (e) 10/01 (e) 1/07 (e) 2 Nevada ...... Lorraine Hunt (R) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 New Hampshire ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. New Jersey ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. New Mexico ...... (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 New York ...... Mary Donohue (R) CE 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . North Carolina ...... Beverly Purdue (D) CE 4 1/01 1/05 . . . 2 North Dakota ...... Jack Dalrymple (R) CE 4 12/00 12/04 ...... Ohio ...... Jennette Bradley (R) SE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 ...... Mary Fallin (R) CE 4 1/95 1/07 2 . . . Oregon ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. Pennsylvania ...... Catherine Baker Knoll (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Rhode Island ...... Charles Fogarty (D) SE 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 South Carolina ...... Andre Bauer (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 South Dakota ...... Dennis Daugaard (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 Tennessee ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. Texas ...... David Dewhurst (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 ...... Utah ...... Olene Walker (R) CE 4 1/93 1/05 2 . . . Vermont ...... Brian Dubie (R) CE 2 1/03 1/05 ...... Virginia ...... Tim Kaine (D) CE 4 1/02 1/06 ...... Washington ...... Brad Owen (D) CE 4 1/97 1/05 1 . . . West Virginia (d) ...... Earl Ray Tomblin (D) (d) 2 1/95 12/04 4 . . . Wisconsin ...... Barbara Lawton (D) CE 4 1/03 1/07 ...... Wyoming ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. American Samoa ...... Aitofele T.F. Sunia (D) CE 4 (f) 4/03 (f) 1/05 ...... Guam ...... Kaleo Moylan (R) CE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2 No. Mariana Islands ... Diego T. Benavente (R) CE 4 1/02 1/06 ...... Puerto Rico ...... …………………………………………………..……..(a)………………….……………………………………………………. U.S. Virgin Islands ..... Vargrave Richards (D) SE 4 1/03 1/07 . . . 2

Source: The Council of State Governments and the National Lieutenant (c) Eligible for eight out of 16 years. Governors Association, January 2003. (d) In West Virginia, the President of the Senate and the Lieutenant Gover- Key: nor are one in the same. The legislature provided in statute the title of Lieu- CE — Constitutional, elected by public. tenant Governor upon the Senate President. The Senate President serves 2 SE — Statutory, elected by public. year terms, elected by the Senate on the first day of the first session of each . . . — Not applicable. two year legislative term. (a) No lieutenant governor. In Tennessee, the speaker of the Senate, elected (e) Lt. Governor Heineman was appointed to the position of Lieutenant from Senate membership, has statutory title of “lieutenant governor.” Governor in October 1999 by Governor Mike Johanns. (b) Elected in November 1996 in a special election when (f) Lt. Governor Sunia was appointed to the position of Lieutenant Gover- assumed the office of governor after Governor Jim Guy Tucker’s resignation nor in April 2003 by Governor Togiola Tulafono. on July 15, 1996.

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