The Lieutenant Governors: 2023
| FIPS | State or other jurisdiction |
Name and party | Method of selection |
Length of regular term in years |
Date of first service |
Present term ends |
Number of previous terms |
Joint election of governor and lieutenant governor (a) |
Nomination Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Alabama* | Will Ainsworth (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | No | NA |
| 02 | Alaska* | Nancy Dahlstrom (R) | CE | 4 | 12/2022 | 12/2026 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 04 | Arizona | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 05 | Arkansas | Leslie Rutledge (r) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | 1 | No | SP |
| 06 | California* | Eleni Kounalakis (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | No | NA |
| 08 | Colorado | Dianne Primavera (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | SGC |
| 09 | Connecticut* | Susan Bysiewicz (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes (g) | NA |
| 10 | Delaware* | Bethany Hall-Long (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2017 | 1/2025 | 1 | No | NA |
| 12 | Florida* | Jeanette Núñez (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 13 | Georgia* | Burt Jones (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 15 | Hawaii | Sylvia Luke (D) | CE | 4 | 12/2022 | 12/2026 | ✕ | Yes (g) | SP |
| 16 | Idaho* | Scott Bedke (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 17 | Illinois* | Juliana Stratton (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 18 | Indiana | Suzanne Crouch (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2017 | 1/2025 | 1 | Yes | SPC |
| 19 | Iowa* | Adam Gregg (R) | CE | 4 | 5/2017 (c) | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 20 | Kansas* | David Toland (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 (h) | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 21 | Kentucky | Jacqueline Coleman (D) | CE | 4 | 12/2019 | 12/2027 | ✕ | Yes | SGC |
| 22 | Louisiana* | Billy Nungesser (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2016 | 1/2024 | 1 | No | NA |
| 23 | Maine | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 24 | Maryland* | Aruna Miller (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 25 | Massachusetts* | Kim Driscoll (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes (g) | NA |
| 26 | Michigan* | Garlin Gilchrist II (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 27 | Minnesota | Peggy Flanagan (DFL) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 28 | Mississippi* | Delbert Hosemann (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2020 | 1/2024 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 29 | Missouri | Mike Kehoe (R) | CE | 4 | 6/2018 (d) | 1/2025 | 1 | No | SP |
| 30 | Montana | Kristen Juras (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 | 1/2025 | ✕ | Yes | SGC |
| 31 | Nebraska | Joe Kelly (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes | SGC |
| 32 | Nevada* | Stavros Anthony (R) | CE | 4 | 12/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 33 | New Hampshire | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 34 | New Jersey* | Tahesha Way (D) | CE | 4 | 9/2023 (k) | 1/2026 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 35 | New Mexico | Howie Morales (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes (g) | SGC |
| 36 | New York* | Antonio Delgado (D) (j) | CE | 4 | 5/2022 (j) | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes (g) | NA |
| 37 | North Carolina* | Mark Robinson (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 | 1/2025 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 38 | North Dakota | Tammy Miller (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 (l) | 12/2024 | ✕ | Yes | SGC |
| 39 | Ohio | John Husted (R) | SE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 40 | Oklahoma | Matt Pinnell (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | No | SP |
| 41 | Oregon | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 42 | Pennsylvania* | Austin Davis (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes (g) | NA |
| 44 | Rhode Island* | Sabina Matos (D) | SE | 4 | 4/2021 (i) | 1/2027 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 45 | South Carolina* | Pamela Evette (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 46 | South Dakota | Larry Rhoden (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 47 | Tennessee | Randy McNally (R) | (e) | 2 | 1/2017 | 1/2025 | 3 | (e) | (e) |
| 48 | Texas* | Dan Patrick (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2015 | 1/2027 | 2 | No | NA |
| 49 | Utah* | Deidre Henderson (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 | 1/2025 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 50 | Vermont* | David Zuckerman (D) | CE | 2 | 1/2023 | 1/2025 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 51 | Virginia* | Winsome Earle-Sears (R) | CE | 4 | 1/2022 | 1/2026 | ✕ | No | NA |
| 53 | Washington | Denny Heck (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 | 1/2025 | ✕ | No | SP |
| 54 | West Virginia | Craig Blair (R) | (f) | 2 | 1/2021 | 1/2024 | ✕ | (f) | (f) |
| 55 | Wisconsin | Sara Rodriguez (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes (g) | SP |
| 56 | Wyoming | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 60 | American Samoa* | Talauega Eleasalo Vaalele Ale (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2021 | 1/2025 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 66 | Guam* | Josh Tenorio (D) | CE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
| 69 | CNMI* ** | David Apatang (I) | CE | 4 | 1/2023 | 1/2027 | ✕ | Yes | NA |
| 72 | Puerto Rico | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NLG | NA |
| 78 | U.S. Virgin Islands* | Tregenza Roach (D) | SE | 4 | 1/2019 | 1/2027 | 1 | Yes | NA |
Source:
The Council of State Governments Lieutenant Governors Survey, 2023.Key:
| * | — | Responses carried forward due to nonresponse. |
| ** | — | Commonwealth of Mariana Islands |
| ✕ | — | No previous terms. |
| C | — | Covenant. |
| CE | — | Constitutional, elected by public |
| D | — | Democrat. |
| DFL | — | Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. |
| I | — | Independent |
| LG | — | Lieutenant Governor. |
| PDP | — | Popular Democratic Party. |
| R | — | Republican. |
| SE | — | Statutorily elected. |
| SE | — | Statutorily elected. |
| SGC | — | Selected by gubernatorial candidate. |
| SGC | — | Selected by gubernatorial candidate. |
| SPC | — | Nominated at state party convention. |
| NA | — | Not available. |
Footnotes:
| (a) | The following choose candidates for lieutenant governor before the primary: Alaska, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio and Utah. The following choose candidates for lieutenant governor after the primary: Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina and South Dakota. |
| (c) | Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Adam Gregg, the state’s public defender, as lieutenant governor when she ascended to the office upon Terry Branstad’s resignation. She and Gregg ran for and were elected to a full term in the 2018 general election. |
| (d) | Mike Parson became governor upon the resignation of Eric Greitens. There is no provision for filling this office. The president pro tem of the Missouri Senate is next in line to become governor, followed by speaker of the House, and secretary of state. On June 18, 2018, Gov. Parson appointed Mike Kehoe (R), as lieutenant governor. The appointment came with legal uncertainty, as the Constitution of Missouri states that the governor can fill all vacancies “other than in the offices of lieutenant governor, state senator or representative … .” However, Parson stated that he believed that the Constitution gave him authority to name Kehoe as lieutenant governor. Kehoe was elected to a full term in November 2020. |
| (e) | In Tennessee, the president of the senate and the lieutenant governor are one in the same. The legislature provided in statute the title of lieutenant governor upon the senate president. The senate president serves two-year terms, elected by the Senate on the first day of the first session of each two year legislative term. |
| (f) | In West Virginia, the president of the senate and the lieutenant governor are one in the same. The legislature provided in statute the title of lieutenant governor upon the senate president. The senate president serves two-year terms, elected by the Senate on the first day of the first session of each two year legislative term. |
| (g) | The governor and lt. governor are elected on a joint ticket in the November general election. However, they run separately in the primary election. |
| (h) | David Toland was sworn in as lieutenant governor on January 2, 2021 after Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers left to assume the office of state treasurer. |
| (i) | Sabina Matos was sworn in as lieutenant governor on April 14, 2021. She was appointed by Gov. Dan McKee to fill the vacancy left after he became governor upon the resgination of Gina Raimando. |
| (j) | Antonio Delgado was sworn in as lieutenant governor on May 25, 2022 after the resignation of Brian Benjamin. |
| (k) | Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Tahesha Way Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey on September 8, 2023, to replace Sheila Oliver. Lt. Gov. Way also serves as New Jersey’s Secretary of State. |
| (l) | Tammy Miller was appointed Lieutenant Governor following Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford’s resignation. She was sworn in on January 3, 2023. |
| (m) | Information not provided. |