Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States

Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States

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The following is the planned order of succession for the governorships of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and the five organized territories of the United States, according to the constitutions (and supplemental laws, if any) of each.^[1] Some states make a distinction whether the succeeding individual is acting as governor or becomes governor.

From 1980 to 1999, there were 13 successions of governorships. From 2000 to 2019 this number increased to 29.^[2] The only instance since at least 1980 in which the second in line reached a state governorship was on January 8, 2002, when New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. acted as governor for 90 minutes between Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett's terms in that capacity as president of the Senate following governor Christine Todd Whitman's resignation.^[3] In 2019, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez Garced became governor when both the governor and secretary of state resigned in Telegramgate.

From 1945 to 2016, 39 of those who succeeded to the governorship ran for and won election to a full term.^[4]

Notes

The office is officially nonpartisan, but Superintendent Thurmond identifies with the Democratic Party.
Must be the same party as the outgoing governor. If the current officeholder is not a member of the same party, skip to the next on the list.
If the minority leader of the Senate is not a member of the same party as the outgoing governor, succession goes back to the president of the Senate
The elected office of Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction was abolished as of January 11, 2021 and replaced with the appointed Secretary of Education. However the state constitution has not been changed.
Only eligible to serve until a new president of the Senate is elected.
Only eligible to serve until a new governor is elected by the General Assembly.
"Senior" is defined as the member of the legislature who has served "for the longest continuous period of time", with age being the tiebreaker (in favor of the older/oldest person) if multiple people qualify. Sen. Ankney served for eight years in the state House of Representatives from 2007-2015 and went directly to the state Senate, serving until the present.
Only eligible to serve until a new governor is elected by a joint session of the Legislature.
The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but Speaker Arch identifies with the Republican Party.
The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but this senator identifies with the Republican Party.
The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but this senator identifies with the Democratic Party.
The New York Defense Emergency Act of 1951 calls for the "Commissioner of Commerce" and the "Industrial Commissioner" to be in the emergency line of succession. However, these departments/positions no longer appear to exist and it is unclear if there have been statutory changes made to accommodate the line of succession.
Griffin-Valade is not eligible to succeed to the office of governor as she was appointed, not elected, to her position.
The office is officially nonpartisan, but Superintendent Reykdal identifies with the Democratic Party.
Elections in American Samoa are officially nonpartisan, but Gov. Mauga and Lt. Gov. Ale both identify with the Democratic Party, and Speaker Ale with the Republican Party.

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[12] The office is officially nonpartisan, but Superintendent Thurmond identifies with the Democratic Party.

[party-14] Must be the same party as the outgoing governor. If the current officeholder is not a member of the same party, skip to the next on the list.

[15] If the minority leader of the Senate is not a member of the same party as the outgoing governor, succession goes back to the president of the Senate

[28] The elected office of Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction was abolished as of January 11, 2021 and replaced with the appointed Secretary of Education. However the state constitution has not been changed.

[senate-35] Only eligible to serve until a new president of the Senate is elected.

[39] Only eligible to serve until a new governor is elected by the General Assembly.

[54] "Senior" is defined as the member of the legislature who has served "for the longest continuous period of time", with age being the tiebreaker (in favor of the older/oldest person) if multiple people qualify. Sen. Ankney served for eight years in the state House of Representatives from 2007-2015 and went directly to the state Senate, serving until the present.

[55] Only eligible to serve until a new governor is elected by a joint session of the Legislature.

[59] The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but Speaker Arch identifies with the Republican Party.

[negop-60] The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but this senator identifies with the Republican Party.

[nedem-61] The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but this senator identifies with the Democratic Party.

[NY-69] The New York Defense Emergency Act of 1951 calls for the "Commissioner of Commerce" and the "Industrial Commissioner" to be in the emergency line of succession. However, these departments/positions no longer appear to exist and it is unclear if there have been statutory changes made to accommodate the line of succession.

[77] Griffin-Valade is not eligible to succeed to the office of governor as she was appointed, not elected, to her position.

[97] The office is officially nonpartisan, but Superintendent Reykdal identifies with the Democratic Party.

[AS-104] Elections in American Samoa are officially nonpartisan, but Gov. Mauga and Lt. Gov. Ale both identify with the Democratic Party, and Speaker Ale with the Republican Party.

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#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Alabama	Kay Ivey (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Will Ainsworth (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Greg Reed (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Nathaniel Ledbetter (R)
4	Attorney General	Steve Marshall (R)
5	Auditor	Andrew Sorrell (R)
6	Secretary of State	Wes Allen (R)
7	Treasurer	Young Boozer (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Alaska	Mike Dunleavy (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Nancy Dahlstrom (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Arizona	Katie Hobbs (D)
1	Secretary of State	Adrian Fontes (D)
2	Attorney General	Kris Mayes (D)
3	Treasurer	Kimberly Yee (R)
4	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Tom Horne (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Arkansas	Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Leslie Rutledge (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Bart Hester (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Matthew Shepherd (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of California	Gavin Newsom (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Mike McGuire (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Robert Rivas (D)
4	Secretary of State	Shirley Weber (D)
5	Attorney General	Rob Bonta (D)
6	Treasurer	Fiona Ma (D)
7	Controller	Malia Cohen (D)
8	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Tony Thurmond (NP)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	Insurance Commissioner	Ricardo Lara (D)
10	Chair of the Board of Equalization	Malia Cohen (D)
11	List of 4–7 people named by the governor (subject to confirmation by the Senate) in the case of war or enemy-caused disaster.

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Colorado	Jared Polis (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Dianne Primavera (D)
2	President of the Senate^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Steve Fenberg (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Julie McCluskie (D)
4	Minority Leader of the House^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Rose Pugliese (R)
5	Minority Leader of the Senate^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Paul Lundeen (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Connecticut	Ned Lamont (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Susan Bysiewicz (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Martin Looney (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Delaware	John Carney (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Bethany Hall-Long (D)
2	Secretary of State	Jeffrey W. Bullock (D)
3	Attorney General	Kathy Jennings (D)
4	President pro tempore of the Senate	David Sokola (D)
5	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Valerie Longhurst (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Florida	Ron DeSantis (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jeanette Núñez (R)
2	Attorney General	Ashley Moody (R)
3	Chief Financial Officer	Jimmy Patronis (R)
4	Commissioner of Agriculture	Wilton Simpson (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Georgia	Brian Kemp (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Burt Jones (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Jon Burns (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Hawaii	Josh Green (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Sylvia Luke (D)
2	President of the Senate	Ron Kouchi (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Scott Saiki (D)
4	Attorney General	Anne E. Lopez^[20]
5	Director of Finance	Luis Salaveria^[20]
6	Comptroller	Keith Regan^[20]
7	Director of Taxation	Gary Suganuma^[20]
8	Director of Human Resources Development	Brenna Hashimoto^[20]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Idaho	Brad Little (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Scott Bedke (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Chuck Winder (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Illinois	J. B. Pritzker (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Juliana Stratton (D)
2	Attorney General	Kwame Raoul (D)
3	Secretary of State	Alexi Giannoulias (D)
4	Comptroller	Susana Mendoza (D)
5	Treasurer	Mike Frerichs (D)
6	President of the Senate	Don Harmon (D)
7	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Emanuel Chris Welch (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Indiana	Eric Holcomb (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Suzanne Crouch (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Todd Huston (R)
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Rodric Bray (R)
4	Treasurer	Daniel Elliott (R)
5	Secretary of State	Diego Morales (R)
6	Auditor	Elise Nieshalla (R)
–	Superintendent of Public Instruction	office abolished^{[lower-alpha 4]}

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Iowa	Kim Reynolds (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Adam Gregg (R)
2	President of the Senate	Amy Sinclair (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Pat Grassley (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Nebraska	Jim Pillen (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Joe Kelly (R)
2	Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature	John Arch (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 9]}
3	Chair of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council	Ray Aguilar (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
4	Chair of the Committee on Committees	Joni Albrecht (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
5	Chair of the Judiciary Committee	Justin Wayne (NP/D)^{[lower-alpha 11]}
6	Chair of the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee	Tom Brewer (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
7	Chair of the Appropriations Committee	Robert Clements (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
8	Chair of the Revenue Committee	Lou Ann Linehan (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
9	Chair of the Education Committee	Dave Murman (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
10	Chair of the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee	Julie Slama (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
11	Chair of the Natural Resources Committee	Bruce Bostelman (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
12	Chair of the Agriculture Committee	Steve Halloran (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
13	Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee	Ben Hansen (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
14	Chair of the General Affairs Committee	John Lowe (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
15	Chair of the Urban Affairs Committee	Terrell McKinney (NP/D)^{[lower-alpha 11]}
16	Chair of the Business and Labor Committee	Merv Riepe (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
17	Chair of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee	Mike Moser (NP/R)^{[lower-alpha 10]}

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New York	Kathy Hochul (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Antonio Delgado (D)
2	Temporary President of the Senate	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Carl Heastie (D)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Attorney General	Letitia James (D)
5	Comptroller	Thomas DiNapoli (D)
6	Commissioner of Transportation	Marie Therese Dominguez
7	Commissioner of Health	Mary T. Bassett
—	Commissioner of Commerce^{[lower-alpha 12]}	n/a
—	Industrial Commissioner^{[lower-alpha 12]}	n/a
8	Chair of the Public Service Commission	John B. Rhodes
9	Secretary of State	Robert J. Rodriguez (D) (acting)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Kansas	Laura Kelly (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	David Toland (D)
2	President of the Senate	Ty Masterson (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Dan Hawkins (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Secretary of State	Scott Schwab (R)
5	Attorney General	Kris Kobach (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Kentucky	Andy Beshear (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jacqueline Coleman (D)
2	President of the Senate	Robert Stivers (R)
3	Attorney General^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Russell Coleman (R)
4	Auditor^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Allison Ball (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Louisiana	Jeff Landry (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Billy Nungesser (R)
2	Secretary of State	Nancy Landry (R)
3	Attorney General	Liz Murrill (R)
4	Treasurer	John Fleming (R)
5	President of the Senate	Cameron Henry (R)
6	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Phillip DeVillier (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Maine	Janet Mills (D)
1	President of the Senate	Troy Jackson (D)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Rachel Talbot Ross (D)
3	Secretary of State^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Shenna Bellows (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Maryland	Wes Moore (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Aruna Miller (D)
2	President of the Senate^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Bill Ferguson (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Massachusetts	Maura Healey (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Kim Driscoll (D)
2	Secretary of the Commonwealth	William F. Galvin (D)
3	Attorney General	Andrea Campbell (D)
4	Treasurer and Receiver-General	Deb Goldberg (D)
5	Auditor	Diana DiZoglio (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Garlin Gilchrist (D)
2	Secretary of State	Jocelyn Benson (D)
3	Attorney General	Dana Nessel (D)
4	President pro tempore of the Senate	Jeremy Moss (D)
5	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Joe Tate (D)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–5 are vacant
6	List of 5 people named by the governor^[39]	State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks
7		Fmr. Lieutenant Governor John Cherry (D)
8		Wayne County Exec. Warren Evans (D)
9		Businessman Gary Torgow
10		U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Minnesota	Tim Walz (DFL)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
2	President of the Senate	Bobby Joe Champion (DFL)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Melissa Hortman (DFL)
4	Secretary of State	Steve Simon (DFL)
5	Auditor	Julie Blaha (DFL)
6	Attorney General	Keith Ellison (DFL)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Mississippi	Tate Reeves (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Delbert Hosemann (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Dean Kirby (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Philip Gunn (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Missouri	Mike Parson (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mike Kehoe (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Caleb Rowden (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Dean Plocher (R)
4	Secretary of State	Jay Ashcroft (R)
5	Auditor	Scott Fitzpatrick (R)
6	Treasurer	Vivek Malek (R)
7	Attorney General	Andrew Bailey (R)

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States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Federal district

Washington, D.C.

Organized territories

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

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#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Montana	Greg Gianforte (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Kristen Juras (R)
2	President of the Senate	Jason Ellsworth (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Matt Regier (R)
4	Most senior member of the Montana Legislature^{[lower-alpha 7]}^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Duane Ankney (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Nevada	Joe Lombardo (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Stavros Anthony (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Pat Spearman (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Steve Yeager (D)
4	Secretary of State	Cisco Aguilar (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Hampshire	Chris Sununu (R)
1	President of the Senate	Jeb Bradley (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Sherman Packard (R)
3	Secretary of State	David Scanlan (R)
4	Treasurer^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Monica Mezzapelle (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Jersey	Phil Murphy (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Tahesha Way (D)
2	President of the Senate	Nicholas Scutari (D)
3	Speaker of the General Assembly	Craig Coughlin (D)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Attorney General	Matt Platkin (D)
5	Commissioner of Transportation	Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Howie Morales (D)
2	Secretary of State	Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Mimi Stewart (D)
4	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Javier Martínez (D)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of North Carolina	Roy Cooper (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mark Robinson (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Phil Berger (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tim Moore (R)
4	Secretary of State	Elaine Marshall (D)
5	Auditor	Beth Wood (D)
6	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Catherine Truitt (R)
7	Attorney General	Josh Stein (D)
8	Commissioner of Agriculture	Steve Troxler (R)
9	Commissioner of Labor	Josh Dobson (R)
10	Commissioner of Insurance	Mike Causey (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of North Dakota	Doug Burgum (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Tammy Miller (R)
2	Secretary of State	Michael Howe (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Ohio	Mike DeWine (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jon Husted (R)
2	President of the Senate	Matt Huffman (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Jason Stephens (R)
4	Secretary of State	Frank LaRose (R)
5	Treasurer	Robert Sprague (R)
6	Auditor	Keith Faber (R)
7	Attorney General	Dave Yost (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma	Matt Pinnell (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Greg Treat (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Charles McCall (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	State Auditor and Inspector	Cindy Byrd (R)
5	Attorney General	Gentner Drummond (R)
6	State Treasurer	Todd Russ (R)
7	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Ryan Walters (R)
8	Labor Commissioner	Leslie Osborn (R)
9	Corporation Commissioner (by length of tenure)	Bob Anthony (R)
10		Todd Hiett (R)
11		Kim David (R)

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Oregon	Tina Kotek (D)
–	Secretary of State	LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D)^{[lower-alpha 13]}
1	Treasurer	Tobias Read (D)
2	President of the Senate	Rob Wagner (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Dan Rayfield (D)