List of current United States lieutenant governors

Party affiliation of current United States lieutenant governors:
  Democratic
  Republican
  Position nonexistent
Party affiliation of current designated successors to the current United States governors:
  Democratic designated successor
  Republican designated successor
  New Progressive designated successor
Method for electing the lieutenant governor.
  Same ticket
  Same ticket in the general election, separate election in the primaries
  Separate election
  Title given to the leader of state senate
  Position nonexistent

The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. States and four of the five territories. Not all states have a lieutenant governor. This article is a list of all lieutenant governors and/or political offices of equal ranking.

List of Lieutenant Governors

States

State Image Name Party Prior Public Experience Term Start Term End Selection[1]
Alabama (list) Will Ainsworth Republican Alabama House January 14, 2019 2027 Separate election
Alaska (list) Nancy Dahlstrom Republican Commissioner of Alaska Department of Corrections
Alaska House		 December 5, 2022 2026 Same ticket
Arkansas (list) Leslie Rutledge Republican Attorney General January 10, 2023 2027 Separate election
California (list) Eleni Kounalakis Democratic United States Ambassador to Hungary January 7, 2019 2027 (term limits) Separate election
Colorado (list) Dianne Primavera Democratic Colorado House January 8, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Connecticut (list) Susan Bysiewicz Democratic Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Connecticut House		 January 9, 2019 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Delaware (list) Kyle Evans Gay Democratic Delaware Senate January 21, 2025 2029 Separate election
Florida (list) Jay Collins Republican Florida Senate August 12, 2025 2027 Same ticket
Georgia (list) Burt Jones Republican Georgia Senate January 9, 2023 2027 Separate election
Hawaii (list) Sylvia Luke Democratic Hawaii House December 5, 2022 2026 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Idaho (list) Scott Bedke Republican Idaho House Speaker January 2, 2023 2027 Separate election
Illinois (list) Juliana Stratton Democratic Illinois House January 14, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Indiana (list) Micah Beckwith Republican Noblesville public library trustee January 13, 2025 2029 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separately nominated at party conventions
Iowa (list) Chris Cournoyer Republican Iowa Senate December 16, 2024 2027 Same ticket
Kansas (list) David Toland Democratic State Secretary of Commerce January 2, 2021 2027 Same ticket
Kentucky (list) Jacqueline Coleman Democratic No prior offices December 10, 2019 2027 (term limits) Same ticket
Louisiana (list) Billy Nungesser Republican Plaquemines Parish President January 11, 2016 2028 Separate election
Maryland (list) Aruna Miller Democratic Maryland House of Delegates January 18, 2023 2027 Same ticket
Massachusetts (list) Kim Driscoll Democratic Mayor of Salem January 5, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan (list) Garlin Gilchrist Democratic No prior offices January 1, 2019 2027 (term limits) Same ticket
Minnesota (list) Peggy Flanagan Democratic (DFL) Minnesota House January 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Mississippi (list) Delbert Hosemann Republican Mississippi Secretary of State January 14, 2020 2028 (term limits) Separate election
Missouri (list) David Wasinger Republican No prior offices January 13, 2025 2029 Separate election
Montana (list) Kristen Juras Republican No prior offices January 4, 2021 2029 Same ticket
Nebraska (list) Joe Kelly Republican United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska January 5, 2023 2027 Same ticket
Nevada (list) Stavros Anthony Republican Las Vegas City Council January 2, 2023 2027 Separate election
New Jersey (list) Dale Caldwell Democratic Board of the College Achieve of Greater Asbury Park Charter School President

Village Charter School Head Educational Services Committee of New Jersey Board of Directors President New Brunswick Public Schools Board of Education President

 January 20, 2026 2030 Same ticket
New Mexico (list) Howie Morales Democratic New Mexico Senate
Grant County Clerk		 January 1, 2019 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
New York (list) Antonio Delgado Democratic U.S. House May 25, 2022 2026[2] Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina (list) Rachel Hunt Democratic North Carolina Senate
North Carolina House		 January 1, 2025 2029 Separate election
North Dakota (list) Michelle Strinden Republican North Dakota House December 15, 2024 2028 Same ticket
Ohio (list) Jim Tressel Republican No prior offices February 14, 2025 2027 Same ticket
Oklahoma (list) Matt Pinnell Republican No prior offices January 14, 2019 2027 Separate election
Pennsylvania (list) Austin Davis Democratic Pennsylvania House January 17, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island (list) Sabina Matos Democratic Providence City Council April 14, 2021 2027 Separate election
South Carolina (list) Pamela Evette Republican No prior offices January 9, 2019 2027 Same ticket
South Dakota (list) Tony Venhuizen Republican South Dakota House January 30, 2025 2027 Same ticket
Tennessee (list) Randy McNally Republican Tennessee Senate
Tennessee House		 January 10, 2017 2027 State Senate[3]
Texas (list) Dan Patrick Republican Texas Senate January 20, 2015 2027 Separate election
Utah (list) Deidre Henderson Republican Utah Senate January 4, 2021 2029 Same ticket
Vermont (list) John S. Rodgers Republican Vermont Senate
Vermont House of Representatives		 January 9, 2025 2027 Separate election
Virginia (list) Ghazala Hashmi Democratic Virginia Senate January 17, 2026 2030 Separate election
Washington (list) Denny Heck Democratic U.S. House
Washington House		 January 13, 2021 2029 Separate election
West Virginia (list) Randy Smith Republican West Virginia House
West Virginia Senate		 January 8, 2025 2027 State Senate[4]
Wisconsin (list) Sara Rodriguez Democratic Wisconsin State Assembly January 3, 2023 2027 Same ticket in the general elections;
Separate elections in the primaries

Territories

Territory Image Lieutenant governor Party Prior public experience Start of term End of term Chosen by[1]
American Samoa (list) Pulu Ae Ae Republican American Samoa
House of Representatives		 January 3, 2025 2029 Same ticket
Guam (list) Josh Tenorio Democratic No prior offices January 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands (list) Dennis Mendiola Republican Northern Mariana Islands Senate July 23, 2025 2027 Same ticket
U.S. Virgin Islands (list) Tregenza Roach Democratic Legislature of the Virgin Islands January 7, 2019 2027 Same ticket

States without Lieutenant Governors

State Office Image Officeholder Party Prior public experience Start of term
Arizona[a] Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Democratic County Recorder of Maricopa County January 2, 2023
Maine President of the Senate Mattie Daughtry Democratic Maine Senate
Maine House of Representatives		 December 4, 2024
New Hampshire President of the Senate Sharon Carson Republican New Hampshire Senate
New Hampshire House of Representatives		 December 4, 2024
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read Democratic Oregon Treasurer
Oregon House		 January 6, 2025
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray Republican Wyoming House of Representatives January 2, 2023

Federal districts and territories without Lieutenant Governors

Jurisdiction Office Image Officeholder Party Prior public experience Start of term
District of Columbia Chairman of the Council Phil Mendelson Democratic DC Councilman
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner		 June 13, 2012
Puerto Rico Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera New Progressive/
Democratic		 Mayor of Gurabo July 3, 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election, which will create the office of Arizona Lieutenant Governor following the 2026 election.

References

  1. 1 2 "Executive Branch of the Several States". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ NY lieutenant gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
  3. ↑ The Tennessee Senate elects their speaker who serves as lieutenant governor. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
  4. ↑ West Virginia Code 6A-1-4(b), as enacted in 2000, entitles the president of the West Virginia Senate to use the title Lieutenant Governor


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