The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) is the non-profit, nonpartisan professional association for elected or appointed officials who are first in line of succession to the governors in the 50 U.S. states and the five organized territories. The first official in the line of succession is generally established in the state or territorial constitution.
Lieutenant governors
In 43 states and four territories, this official is a statewide elected lieutenant governor (In 2010 New Jersey elected its first lieutenant governor). In three states and one territory, this official is the state secretary of state. In four states, the president of the state senate (the upper house of the state legislature) is first in line of succession; two of these officials (Tennessee and West Virginia) may statutorily use the title lieutenant governor.
Of the elected lieutenant governors, 26 are elected on a ticket in the general election with the gubernatorial candidate as a running mate. Most states allow the governor to designate his or her running mate, but in some states, the governor and lieutenant governor run separately in the primary election and are "paired" for the general election. In 17 other states, the lieutenant governor and the governor are elected separately and as a result may be of different political parties. Lieutenant governors typically are acting governor when the governor is out of state. Thirty lieutenant governor are presidents of the state Senate, and of these half may cast tie-breaking votes (mirroring the Federal government of the United States, in which the Vice President of the United States is the president of the United States Senate).
History The organization was founded in 1962 as the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors (NCLG). The organization's first meeting was on December 4, 1962. In 1966, NCLG affiliated with the Council of State Governments (CSG) and was staffed through CSG from 1983 to 1988 with Edward Feigenbaum as director. In 1988, NCLG became financially independent. Gail Manning ran the organization's operations and was named director in 1991; serving until 2002.
In 2002, Julia Hurst became executive director. The same year, the organization adopted its current name and a new logo and launched its website.
The Association was incorporated in Kentucky in January 2013 and assumed independent corporate status and operations on July 1, 2013.
Functions NLGA provides members the opportunity to network, meet, foster interstate cooperation, gain policy knowledge, hone professional skills, share policy work, and promote the effectiveness of the office of lieutenant governor. NLGA does adopt national policy resolutions on subjects of importance to the membership. NLGA Articles provide for the Chairmanship to rotate annually between a Democrat and Republican. The Chair Elect is of the opposite party to the chair and assumes the role of Chair the following year.
The association office is located in Covington, Kentucky. The full membership meets twice a year, annually in Washington, DC for its Federal-State Relations meeting and annually in the summer in a select host state.
In 2007, NLGA was given the prestigious 'Associations Advance America' recognition by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). NLGA was determined to have one of the six best association programs in the nation for 'Ending Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime,' a nationwide health care campaign. NLGA has also been recognized for work by Women in Government, the American Cardiology Association, and the American Iron and Steel Institute.
List of chairs of the NLGA + Chairs of the National Lieutenant Governors Association # Term Office holder State Party 1st 1962–1963 Samuel H. Shapiro IllinoisDemocratic 2nd 1963–1964 Harold H. Chase KansasRepublican 3rd 1964–1965 Robert Evander McNair South CarolinaDemocratic 4th 1965–1966 John William Brown OhioRepublican 5th 1966–1967 Harry Lee Waterfield KentuckyDemocratic 6th 1967–1968 Malcolm Wilson New YorkRepublican 7th 1968–1969 John Cherberg WashingtonDemocratic 8th 1969–1970 Raymond J. Broderick PennsylvaniaRepublican 9th 1970–1971 George Nigh OklahomaDemocratic 10th 1971–1972 Roger W. Jepsen IowaRepublican 11th 1972 Thomas Lee Judge MontanaDemocratic 12th 1972–1973 Martin J. Schreiber Wisconsin 13th 1973–1974 Edwin Reinecke CaliforniaRepublican 14th 1974–1975 Julian Carroll KentuckyDemocratic 15th 1975 Blair Lee III Maryland 16th 1975–1976 Eugene Bookhammer DelawareRepublican 17th 1976–1977 William P. Hobby Jr.TexasDemocratic 18th 1977–1978 Robert D. Orr IndianaRepublican 19th 1978–1979 Thomas P. O'Neill III MassachusettsDemocratic 20th 1979–1980 William C. Phelps MissouriRepublican 21st 1980–1981 Charles S. Robb VirginiaDemocratic 22nd 1981–1982 Mike Curb CaliforniaRepublican 23rd 1982–1983 Martha Layne Collins KentuckyDemocratic 24th 1983–1984 William W. Scranton III PennsylvaniaRepublican 25th 1984–1985 Zell Miller GeorgiaDemocratic 26th 1985–1986 John Mutz IndianaRepublican 27th 1986–1987 Winston Bryant ArkansasDemocratic 28th 1987–1988 George Ryan IllinoisRepublican 29th 1988–1989 Steve McAlpine AlaskaDemocratic 30th 1989–1990 Bobby Brantley FloridaRepublican 31st 1990–1991 Jim Folsom Jr. AlabamaDemocratic 32nd 1991–1992 Scott McCallum WisconsinRepublican 33rd 1992–1993 Frank O'Bannon IndianaDemocratic 34th 1993–1994 Joanell Dyrstad MinnesotaRepublican 35th 1994–1995 Melinda Schwegmann LouisianaDemocratic 36th 1995–1996 Joy Corning IowaRepublican 37th 1996–1997 Kim Robak NebraskaDemocratic 38th 1997–1998 Mary Fallin OklahomaRepublican 39th 1998–1999 Ronnie Musgrove MississippiDemocratic 40th 1999–2000 Olene Walker UtahRepublican 41st 2000–2001 Steve Henry KentuckyDemocratic 42nd 2001–2002Gary SherrerKansasRepublican 43rd 2002–2003Charles FogartyRhode IslandDemocratic 44th 2003–2004Karl OhsMontanaRepublican 45th 2004–2005John CarneyDelawareDemocratic 46th 2005–2006Jane NortonColoradoRepublican 47th 2006–2007John D. CherryMichiganDemocratic 48th 2007–2008Jack DalrympleNorth DakotaRepublican 49th 2008–2009Barbara LawtonWisconsinDemocratic 50th 2009–2010Bill BollingVirginiaRepublican 51st 2010–2011Anthony BrownMarylandDemocratic 52nd 2011–2012Rick SheehyNebraskaRepublican 53rd 2012–2013Tim MurrayMassachusettsDemocratic 54th 2013–2014Todd LambOklahomaRepublican 55th 2014–2015Nancy WymanConnecticutDemocratic 56th 2015–2016Kim ReynoldsIowaRepublican 57th 2016–2017Dan McKeeRhode IslandDemocratic 58th2017–2018 Matt Michels South DakotaRepublican 59th 2018–2019Mike CooneyMontanaDemocratic 60th2019–2020Billy NungesserLouisianaRepublican 61st2020–2021Bethany Hall-LongDelawareDemocratic 62nd2021–2022Mike FoleyNebraskaRepublican 63rd 2022–2023 Juliana Stratton IllinoisDemocratic 64th 2023–2024 Adam Gregg IowaRepublican 65th 2024–2025 Garlin Gilchrist MichiganDemocratic 66th 2025–present Pamela Evette South CarolinaRepublican chair-elect Jacqueline Coleman KentuckyDemocratic
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External links Official website