Wahl der Vizegouverneure in den Vereinigten Staaten
Von CaptainJZH
Wahl der Vizegouverneure in den Vereinigten Staaten
Von CaptainJZH
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_(United_States)#Relationship_with_lieutenant_governor
I still think it’s odd having them separate. I didn’t realize that was a thing until I heard NC had a Democratic governor last year. I heard about Mark Robinson so much I thought they were both Republicans.
I’ve only lived in yellow states, so I had no idea there were other ways.
as a Filipino I find it funny how other countries give them fancy titles like „lieutenant governor“, „deputy governor“, etc.; here we just call them vice governors like the vice president
More states should let the DC City Council Chair take over as Governor.
D.C doesn’t have a governor, so including it on a map about lieutenant governors doesn’t really make sense.
Its often ignored just how powerful the Lieutenant Governor of Texas really is, he alone decides what bills can be voted on in our state legislature
Fun fact: New Jersey has never had a male lieutenant governor. Only women have held that office, and 2/3rds of them have been black women. The new Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill will break that streak as she picked a man as her lieutenant gov.
The separately elected states are probably just reflective of how the President and Vice President used to be separately elected (before they changed that from all the problems it caused). In general they took a lot of influence from how the national government is organized, hence why every state also has a bicameral legislature except Nebraska. I guess it’s not usually that important on the state level…. usually
West Virginia doesn’t even have a Lt. Governor. The appointee is just the acting governor if there is no Governor. That became a question this year with the former governor stepping down to become a state senator.